Canaan (KAI-nuhn), town (1990 pop. 1,057), Litchfield co., NW Conn., on the Housatonic, and 19 mi/31 km NW of Torrington, in Taconic Mts.; 41°57'N 73°18'W. Includes villages of South Canaan and Falls Village (gypsum, limestone prods., agr., and construction materials). State forests. Canaan village is in North Canaan town (N). Canaan Mts. surround.