When will the power be back in Canton, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Canton is a city of about 69,211 residents in Stark County.
AEP Ohio 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 North Canton, about 5 miles to the north; Massillon, about 8 miles to the west; Green, about 11 miles to the northwest; and Alliance, about 15 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: New Franklin (15 mi NW), Barberton (19 mi NW), Dover (20 mi S), Akron (20 mi NW), Tallmadge (21 mi N), Norton (21 mi NW), New Philadelphia (23 mi S) and Kent (24 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Ravenna (25 mi); northeast toward Warren (41 mi); east toward Salem (28 mi); southeast toward Steubenville (48 mi); southwest toward Coshocton (45 mi); west toward Wooster (30 mi); and northwest toward Wadsworth (24 mi).
Who serves Canton?
We track live outage data from AEP Ohio, FirstEnergy, Carroll Electric Cooperative and Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative in Stark County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Brewster and Village of Beach City also serve parts of Stark County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent companies' combined pictures, see AEP outages across every state it serves and FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
Canton's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 31 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 29 — 31 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 29 — 47 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 28 — 25 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 27 — 103 customers out, restored in 10 hours
County context: across all of Stark County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4 hr. The full record for Stark County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Canton, OH?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Canton's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Canton, OH?
To check your own street, search a Canton ZIP code — 44701, 44702, 44703, 44704, 44705, 44706 or any of the other 12 — 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: AEP Ohio 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 Stark County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Canton.
