Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Canaan Township, OH: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2025 is still open for the Creston Village water system, which supplies Canaan Township. Norwayne Local School District runs the public schools in Canaan Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Canaan Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Canaan Township.
Power comes from Ohio Edison
Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 76.3% of Canaan Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 72% of Ohio Edison’s home customers do, and Ohio Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Creston Village water system
The Creston Village water system supplies Canaan Township: about 41% of residents live in its service area. About 58% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 2,171 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), beginning Oct 2025. 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2025: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 3.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 9.0 ppb. That’s higher than 86% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. OH8500312.
8 home internet providers serve Canaan Township
100% of 2,185 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 35% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 57% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | DSL | 55% | 90/5 |
| MCTV | Fiber, Cable | 36% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Armstrong | Cable | 4% | 1,000/20 |
| Untangled.Network | Fixed wireless | 90% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 70% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Canaan Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Canaan Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Canaan Township is in Norwayne Local School District.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Canaan Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Canaan Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Canaan Township | ZIP’s residents in Canaan Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44217 | Creston, OH | 70% | 87% |
| 44214 | Burbank, OH | 21% | 50% |
| 44691 | Wooster, OH | 8% | 1% |
| 44677 | Smithville, OH | 1% | 2% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Canaan Township
Who supplies Canaan Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Creston Village water system (EPA ID OH8500312). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.3 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Canaan Township?
Ohio Edison (Ohio Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Canaan Township?
Spectrum, Frontier, MCTV, Armstrong, Untangled.Network, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Canaan Township?
44217 (70%), 44214 (21%), 44691 (8%), 44677 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Canaan Township in?
Norwayne Local School District.
How do I register to vote in Canaan Township?
In Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Director, Wayne County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.ohiosos.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.