Matija Čanić (1901 – 3 May 1964) was a Croatian military officer who became a general during the Independent State of Croatia and was awarded the title of knight (vitez).

From November 1943 until February 1944 he was commander of II Military District with its HQ in Brod.

In April 1944 he visited the German High Command of Wilhelm Keitel together with Ante Vokić.

For a short time he remained in Rome where he ran a public kitchen that fed thousands of Croatian refugees.

Afterwards, he was arrested by Allied Forces, but he escaped extradition to Communist Yugoslavia and went to Buenos Aires in Argentina, where he died on 3 May 1964.