Canon

Canon may refer to:

Religion

Various formally approved collections of scriptures, including:
- Biblical canon, among various Jewish and Christian communities
- Chinese Buddhist canon, used in East Asia
- Jewish Bible canon, another name for the Tanakh
- Pāli Canon, used in the Therevada Buddhist tradition
- Taoist canon (Daozang), about 1400 texts collected around the 4th century
- Tibetan Buddhist canon, a loosely defined list used in the Vajrayana tradition
Canon (hymnography), a kind of hymn in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Canon (priest), a title of certain Christian priests
Canons regular, priests living in community under a rule
Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
Gospel canon, a work attempting to harmonize the accounts of the four Christian Gospels

Canon law, a rule of conduct or belief prescribed by the Catholic, Orthodox and Oriental Churches
- Canon law, religious laws, particularly in Christian contexts
- Canonization, the formal process of recognizing a Christian saint
Canon law (Catholic Church)
- Penitential canons, the Catholic canon laws regarding certain penances to be done for certain sins
Canon of construction, a rule or generally accepted principle of statutory interpretation

Canon (basic principle), a rule or a body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
Aesthetic canon, a rule for the proportions of a human figure

Canon (fiction), the conceptual material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe's fan base
Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
- The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages, a 1994 book by Harold Bloom
Canon (manga), by Nikki
Canon of Dutch Literature, a list of the most important Dutch literary works
Canon of Eclipses, an 1887 compilation of eclipses by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer
Canon of Kings, a dated list of kings used by ancient astronomers as a convenient means to date astronomical phenomena
Danish Culture Canon, a list of 108 works of cultural excellence
The Canon (Natalie Angier book), a 2007 science book by Natalie Angier
The Canon of Medicine, a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
- Pachelbel's Canon, the name commonly given to a canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel
Canon (rapper) (born 1989), American Christian rapper
Canon (album), a 2007 album by Ani DiFranco

Canon, Georgia, a city in the United States
Cañon Fiord, a fjord on Ellesmere in Nunavut, Canada
Cañon City, Colorado, United States
- Cañon City Downtown Historic District, a historic district in Cañon City, Colorado
- Cañon City School District, a school district in Cañon City, Colorado
  - Cañon City High School, a high school in Cañon City, Colorado, United States
Mézidon-Canon, a commune in Normandy, France
Canons Park, London, UK
- Canons Park tube station, a London Underground station at Canons Park

Canon of Dutch History, fifty topics to be taught in schools in the Netherlands
Canon, in bellfounding, one or more hanging loops cast integrally with the crown
Canon Yaoundé, a Cameroonian association football club