Cañon City, CO
Local News
- After facing uncertainty, Cañon City’s Royal Gorge Bridge opens under new management — Colorado Public Radio
- Lewis-Palmer vs. Canon City: Colorado High School Football, Oct. 30, 2026 — CHSAA
- New management will pull an all-nighter to make sure Royal Gorge opens Sunday on time — The Colorado Sun
- Steamboat Springs law firm ranks Pueblo, Cañon City, Colorado Springs as among state's ten most dangerous cities for Halloween — KRDO
- Grant keeps Cañon City School District serving up nutritious, locally sourced meals — Canon City Daily Record
Official Local Resources
City of Cañon City · Fremont County · colorado.gov · Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles
Cañon City (/ˈkænjən/ KAN-yən) is the home rule city that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 17,141 at the 2020 United States census. Cañon City is the principal city of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area and it is a part of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Cañon City straddles the easterly flowing Arkansas River and is a popular tourist destination for sightseeing, whitewater rafting, and rock climbing. The city is known for its many public parks, fossil discoveries, Skyline Drive, The Royal Gorge Railroad, the Royal Gorge, and extensive natural hiking paths. In 1994, the United States Board on Geographic Names approved adding the tilde to the official name of Cañon City, a change from Canon City as the official name in its decisions of 1906 and 1975. It is one of the few U.S. cities to have the Spanish Ñ in its name, others being La Cañada Flintridge, California; Española, New Mexico; Peñasco, New Mexico; and Peñitas, Texas.