When will the power be back in Canton, IL?
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Canton is a city of about 12,896 residents in Fulton County.
Ameren has reported outages for Canton by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Canton is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Canton:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Canton: the closest other places we track are Pekin, about 22 miles to the east; Peoria, about 26 miles to the northeast; East Peoria, about 27 miles to the east; and Morton, about 30 miles to the east. Also nearby: Galesburg (32 mi NW), Washington (33 mi E), Macomb (35 mi W), Lincoln (45 mi SE), Kewanee (47 mi N), Normal (55 mi E), Bloomington (56 mi E) and Springfield (58 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Moline (68 mi); northeast toward Streator (74 mi); east toward Pontiac (76 mi); southeast toward Decatur (76 mi); south toward Jacksonville (59 mi); southwest toward Quincy (83 mi); west toward Burlington, IA (60 mi); and northwest toward Rock Island (69 mi).
Who serves Canton?
We track live outage data from Ameren and Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Fulton County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
County context: across all of Fulton County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Fulton County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Canton, IL?
To check your own street, search a Canton ZIP code — 61520 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Canton specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Canton we have the city-level view: Ameren has published outages for Canton under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Canton is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Fulton County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Canton.
