Canby, town (1990 pop. 1,826), Yellow Medicine co., SW Minn., 28 mi/45 km NW of Marshall, near S. Dak. state line, on Canby Creek; 44°42'N 96°16'W. Agr. area (grain, soybeans, alfalfa, sugar beets; livestock); trade center for farm cooperatives. Mfg. (fertilizers, steel and aluminum fabrication, machinery). Lac qui Parle R. to SE. Inc. as village 1879, as city 1905.
