Our town is on a military tract chosen by the federal government as the finest land in the nation to be awarded to soldiers following the War of 1812. Come see our historic district. Take a walk through our downtown square. See a movie or have a nice dinner. Spend the day enjoying our outstanding parks, visiting our community college or browsing through our wonderful library.
Canton is thirty miles southwest of Peoria and less than two hundred miles from Chicago.
Canton offers city pleasures set in the luxury of a small town atmosphere. Canton has a wonderful park system. Lakeland Park houses four lakes while Big Creek Park provides picnic areas, playgrounds, frisbee golf and eight tennis courts. The Athletic Park is equipped with four sand volleyball courts as well as several softball and baseball diamonds. There are also many small parks scattered throughout town.