South Canaan is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

The township's population was 1,768 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.

[4] The Octagon Stone Schoolhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

There were 762 housing units at an average density of 27.7 per square mile (10.7/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 96.9% White, 0.5% Black, 0.2% American Indian, 1.1% Asian, and 1.3% from two or more races.