| En Name: | Kanashsky District |
| Ru Name: | Канашский район |
| Loc Name1: | Канаш районӗ |
| Loc Lang1: | Chuvash |
| Image View: | Abandoned Bridge, Kanashsky District.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 55.525°N 47.139°W |
| Image Coa: | Герб Канашского района (Чувашия).png |
| Federal Subject: | Chuvash Republic |
| Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | town |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Kanash |
| Selsoviet Type1: | rural settlement |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 24 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 108 |
| Mun Data As Of: | November 2011 |
| Mun Formation1: | Kanashsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 24 |
| Area Km2: | 981.4 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 39708 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
| Established Date: | September 5, 1927 |
| Website: | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=63 |
| Date: | May 2012 |
Kanashsky District (ru|Кана́шский райо́н; cv|Канаш районӗ, Kanaş rayonĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the eastern central part of the republic and borders with Tsivilsky and Krasnarmeysky Districts in the north, Urmarsky and Yantikovsky Districts in the east, Komsomolsky and Ibresinsky Districts in the south, and with Vurnarsky District in the west. The area of the district is 981.4km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kanash (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 42,623 (2002 Census);
The district was established on September 5, 1927.[4]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kanashsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic. The town of Kanash serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kanashsky Municipal District. The town of republic significance of Kanash is incorporated separately from the district as Kanash Urban Okrug.