The capital world of the Terran Coalition and the first planet settled by the Exodus. Its capital is Lawrence City. Canaan has six continents, two roughly the size of Asia on Old Earth (New Asia and New Columbia) and four smaller continents (New Africa, New Europe, New Australia, and New India).

Among its major metropolitan areas are New Tel Aviv, New Gaza, and New London. Canaan is the home of the Holy Catholic Church, which located its New Vatican in the city of New Rome on the New Australia continent. Estimated population in the 2460 census was 4.6 billion people.