Canning (also referred to as Port Canning) is headquarters of Canning subdivision and a town with a police station in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Headquarters of two CD Blocks – Canning I and Canning II – of the subdivision are located in this town. Carrying the memory of an abandoned port, the town is dependent to some extent on the changing fortunes of the Matla River. It is a major centre for the supply of fish to Kolkata.