Canning was one of the first prominent politicians of the era to openly use the label "
Tory", which came into use in the 1790s as a term for the Pittites. Later, in 1824, he was one of the first to use the term "
Conservative".
In honour of the role he played in the
Greek War of Independence, Canning's name was given to one of the central squares in downtown Athens (Πλατεία Κάνιγγος).
A street and its corresponding subway station in
Buenos Aires, Argentina on
Line D was originally named after Canning. The station was renamed in 1973 by the administration of populist Argentine President
Juan Perón in honor of the famed Argentine writer Scalabrini Ortiz.
Canning is the namesake of the Oxford Canning Club.
The George Canning is a Bar/Brasserie on Grove Lane, SE5 in
Denmark Hill in South East London. There is also a George Canning pub on the corner of Water Lane and Effra Road in
Brixton although in recent years it has been renamed the Hobgoblin.
He also gives his name to the area
Canning and
Canning Dock in
Liverpool.
A number of places in
Western Australia are named after Canning, due to his government facilitating the expedition of
Admiral James Stirling to establish the Swan River colony. These places include a tributary of the
Swan River, the
Canning River, the Perth suburbs of
Cannington and
Canning Vale, as well as the
Local Government area of Perth the
City of Canning. A federal parliamentary seat in Western Australia is also named Canning, and relates to the name of the local area.
In Canada, the village of
Canning, Nova Scotia, is named after him.
