Canary originally referred to the Spanish island of Gran Canaria in the North Atlantic Ocean and the surrounding Canary Islands. It may also refer to:
Animals
Birds
Canaries, birds in the genera Serinus and Crithagra including, among others:
Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), a small wild bird
Domestic canary, Serinus canaria domestica, a small pet or aviary bird, also responsible for the "canary yellow" color term
Yellow canary (Crithagra flaviventris), a small bird
Fish
Canary damsel (Similiparma lurida), fish of the family Pomacentridae, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean
Canary moray (Gymnothorax bacalladoi), an eel of the family Muraenidae
Canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger), of the family Sebastidae, found in the northeast Pacific Ocean
People
Canary Burton (born 1942), American keyboardist, composer and writer
Canary Conn (born 1949), American entertainer and author
Bill Canary (fl. 1994), Republican campaign consultant in Alabama, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Canary (born in 1962), American mathematician at the University of Michigan
David Canary (1938–2015), American actor
Places
Canary District, a housing development in Toronto, Canada
Canary Islands, Spain
Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, United Kingdom
Arts and entertainment
Black Canary, a DC Comics superhero, first appeared in 1947
Sara Lance/The Canary, a character on the television series Arrow, based on the DC Comics character
Canary, a character in the manga and anime series Hunter × Hunter
Canary dance, a Renaissance dance popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries
"Canary" (NCIS), a 2013 episode of the American television series NCIS
"The Canary" (short story), 1923 short story by Katherine Mansfield
Canary (visual novel), released in 2000
Technology
Canary release, a deployment cycle used by software developers to gradually roll out new features to a limited number of users
Google Chrome Canary, pre-release version of the Chrome browser
HTC Canary, the first smartphone to run Windows Mobile, released in November 2002
Canary value, a buffer overflow protection method in computer programming
Other uses
Canary, LLC, an oilfield services company
The Canary (website), a news media outlet created in 2015
Canary melon, a yellow fruit
Canary Current, a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre
Canaries, players for or supporters of Norwich City F.C.
Canary sack, white fortified wine (sack) imported from the Canary Islands
Canary wood (disambiguation), a name used to describe wood from a number of tree species
Canary yellow, a shade of yellow
Warrant canary, a published statement, the removal of which indicates the publisher received a National Security Letter