Explore Canaan, New Brunswick, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Canaan, New Brunswick. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of New Brunswick or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Canaan and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Canaan.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Canaan |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Westmorland |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.246984 |
| Longitude | -65.065904 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E4T |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAZSJ |
Canaan is a locality in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Canaan is located at 46.2470°N, 65.0659°W.
Canaan rests within a quiet expanse of New Brunswick, defined by the steady, dark currents of the Buctouche River and the modest rise of Fisher Hill. It lies 20.5 km west of Maple Hills, NB (from Maple Hills, NB: bearing 278°T), and is situated 10.9 km south-south-west of Saint-Paul. The low light of late afternoon catches the reeds along the Buctouche River, turning the water into a ribbon of tarnished silver that winds past the shadow of Fisher Hill. Birch Ridge Lake sits nine kilometers distant, a solitary eye reflecting the expanse of the sky, while the air in Canaan holds a crisp, earthen weight that suggests the deep woods pressing inward. Here, the landscape remains spare and deliberate, demanding a patient eye to appreciate the way the frost clings to the stalks of late grass or how the silence settles over the terrain once the wind dies down. The history of Canaan lingers in the persistence of small-scale land use and the slow, seasonal shifts of a rural economy that has long favored the yield of the timber and the soil. Families maintain a connection to the land that is neither showy nor sudden, but rather a practice of maintenance and watchful stewardship over generations. Life in Canaan moves according to the demands of the climate, where the turning of the seasons dictates the pace of work and the quiet gatherings of neighbors. The character of the people reflects the terrain—unassuming, enduring, and deeply attentive to the subtle changes in the atmosphere that signal the arrival of winter or the first thaw of spring.
Canaan s'étire dans une langueur tranquille, là où la lumière du crépuscule semble s'attarder sur les pentes douces entourant la colline Fisher. Le regard, porté vers l'horizon, capte l'éclat argenté de la rivière Buctouche qui serpente avec une lenteur obstinée, comme si elle hésitait à quitter ces terres nourricières. À neuf kilomètres de là, le lac Birch Ridge demeure une présence silencieuse, une étendue d'eau calme dont la profondeur sombre contraste avec la clarté des champs environnants. Dans cette région, l'existence se règle sur le murmure des herbes hautes et le passage des vents qui traversent les vallons, rappelant les efforts ancestraux des familles ayant défriché ce sol tenace pour y établir leurs fermes. Canaan conserve une allure de quiétude presque primitive, où le labeur quotidien se confond avec le cycle immuable des récoltes et le souffle frais montant des berges. Les habitants partagent une sagesse née de la proximité avec cette terre exigeante, trouvant une beauté sobre dans les nuances de gris et de vert qui colorent Canaan à l'approche de la nuit, lorsque le silence s'installe enfin sur les collines et les eaux dormantes.
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Explore Canaan, New Brunswick, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.246984, -65.065904. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Canaan includes the postal code (E4T), telephone area code (506). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Canaan is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |