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Posted: July 29, 2025 | View More »Canton Bicentennial Time Capsule Closing Event
Welcome to the Canton IL Bicentennial Celebration information page. To honor this significant occasion, the Bicentennial Planning Committee created a series of events and activities from June 20-29, 2025, that not only showcased our rich heritage but also brought our community together in a spirit of unity and celebration. The 2125 Time Capsule deadline is […]
Posted: July 28, 2025 | View More »City Celebrates New Opera House Plaza With Ribbon Cutting
New Greenspace Plaza Design Is Nod To Original Historic Building Update October, 2025: The City of Canton celebrated the completion of the Opera House Plaza on Friday evening with a Ribbon Cutting and Dedication ceremony. Key contributors to the project spoke, and the Bicentennial Committee dedicated a bronze plaque mounted on the first arch. Entertainment […]
Posted: October 27, 2025 | View More »IL EPA Provides Funding for Canton Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements
The City of Canton will receive funding in the amount of $49,710,990.00 from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Pollution Control Loan Program.
Posted: October 27, 2025 | View More »Leaf Pick Up Schedule Set To Begin
Schedule Offers Earlier Pick Ups For Thurs/Fri Routes The City of Canton will begin the Leaf Pick-up Program starting Monday, November 3, 2025. Please place leaves on the terrace where possible. Please do not put any leaves in the street. We will pick up leaves, weather permitting, until the first snow. And please do not […]
Posted: October 23, 2025 | View More »Canton Fire Department Issues Burn Advisory
At this time, due to dry conditions in the area, the Canton Fire Department is asking citizens to avoid burning any landscape waste until conditions improve. An option instead of burning can be taking the landscape waste to the Canton yard waste facility located at 497 West Cedar. This facility accepts biodegradable landscape waste – […]
Posted: September 16, 2025 | View More »Water Main Break on W. Hickory Disrupts Service
Wednesday, November 12: This afternoon, City crews are repairing a water main break on West Hickory Street that required water to be shut off for residents on W. Maple from the Ameren substation to the intersection of W. Maple and W. Hickory St. It is not know at this time if a Boil Order will […]
Posted: November 12, 2025 | View More »Water Main Replacement Project Set To Begin October 6
Water Main Project Scheduled to Begin October 6 Construction on the West Maple/Hickory Water Line Replacement project is set to begin Monday, October 6. Crews will be replacing the water line from S. Avenue D near the Canton Park District offices, to W. Maple Street, to W. Hickory Street, and ending near Skateland. Motorists are […]
Posted: October 3, 2025 | View More »City Completing Phase Two of Lead Service Line Replacements
City awarded with IEPA loan to fund second phase Lead Water Service Line Replacement The City of Canton wishes to announce that the second phase of Lead Service Line Replacement has been approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. In 2023, the City was able to replace 201 lead water service lines with the use […]
Posted: March 25, 2025 | View More »