Canterbury has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Bankstown railway: Canterbury station^[4]
• 9 Fore Street: Bethungra, Canterbury^[10]
• Sugar House Road: Old Sugarmill^[11]

At the 2021 census, there were 9,430 residents in Canterbury.

• 42.4% of the population were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 8.0%, Vietnam 5.0%, Mongolia 2.9%, Nepal 2.9% and Philippines 2.7%.
• 37.1% of the population spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.9%, Greek 5.8%, Vietnamese 5.4%, Arabic 4.2% and Cantonese 3.4%.
• The most common responses for religion were No Religion 34.5%, Catholic 22.1%, Eastern Orthodox 8.3%, Buddhism 7.7% and Not stated 7.1%.^[1]
• The most common ancestries in Canterbury were Chinese 16.4%, English 13.0%, Australian 12.4%, Greek 7.5% and Irish 5.4%.^[1]

Canterbury has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with warm summers and mild winters.

High density mixed use buildings are located along Charles Street, Broughton Street, Canterbury Road and Close Street. Commercial developments are mostly situated on Canterbury Road and surrounding streets. Commercial offices will be built along Canterbury Road, Broughton Street, Charles Street and Close Street as part of the Canterbury Centre Masterplan. The current shopping precinct, close to Canterbury railway station, includes an Aldi supermarket and the landmark Hotel Canterbury. Lumex Canterbury is a shopping plaza along Canterbury Road and Cooks Avenue which includes dining shops and a fitness centre. On 16 November 2016, a Woolworths shopping centre opened on the corner of Canterbury Road and Charles Street.^[13]

Canterbury Road is a major arterial route, 11 kilometres (7 miles) long and the only vehicular crossing of the Cooks River within the suburb. The road connects the inner suburbs of Sydney with Bankstown and suburbs further to the south-west. Secondary routes, King and Holden Streets, connect the suburb to Ashfield in the north.

Canterbury railway station is located on the Bankstown line of the Sydney Trains network. The line, which crosses the Cooks River, was opened in 1895 and electrified in 1926. Two additional tracks were laid for goods traffic through to Port Botany. The station is the terminus for several Transit Systems bus routes.

Pedestrians and cyclists can cross the Cooks River at one of two dedicated footbridges making the riverside pleasant and accessible for recreational users. The popular Cooks River bicycle track follows the river along its northern bank connecting the suburb with Homebush to the north-west and Botany Bay to the east. The river itself is navigable only during high tide and used occasionally by canoeists.^[14]

Extensive parkland may be found on the banks of the Cooks River. Canterbury Park Racecourse, a 33 ha. (82 acre) racecourse on the northern bank, features a 1,578-metre (1,725 yard) track (racecourse) and attracts thousands to its horse racing carnivals.

• Tasker Park is on the southern bank of the Cooks River near the railway bridge. It is named after WS Tasker (Alderman 1925-31 and 1937–44). It includes playing fields, a swimming pool and an ice rink. It is connected to the northern bank by a footbridge.

• Mary MacKillop Reserve is on the southern bank of the Cooks River next to the Canterbury Road Bridge. Originally a rubbish tip, it was built up above flood levels from riverside soils in the 1930s.^[15] The reserve was named after Alderman Sydney Hollingsworth Simpson, who helped secure the land, however many residents assumed it was named after Wallis Simpson. A path along the river called "Coronation Row" commemorates the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and her visit to Sydney in 1953. Simpson Reserve was renamed Mary MacKillop Reserve by Canterbury City Council in 1995.
• Canterbury Park, according to modern boundaries, is part of Ashbury. It is home to Campbell and Blick Ovals.

• Canterbury Boys' High School
• Canterbury Girls High School
• Canterbury Public School
• Canterbury South Public School

St Paul's Anglican Church is located on 33 Church St. It was built on part of Robert Campbell's Canterbury estate on land donated by his daughter, Sophia Ives Campbell. The Church was designed by Edmund Blacket. It was built from local sandstone and was completed between 1858 and 1859. The church was consecrated on 12 April 1860. It is built in the Gothic Revival Church style with a steeply pitched roof which was originally covered with slate, but now by cement tiles. It features stained glass windows and a lych gate on heavy stone piers.^[16]

Uniting Church Fiji Parish is a Fijian Uniting Church located on 301 Canterbury Rd. A Methodist church previously occupied the site.^[17]

Canterbury is located in the Canterbury Ward of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.^[18]

For New South Wales state elections, the suburb is in the Electoral district of Canterbury.

For federal elections, Canterbury is primarily located within the Division of Watson. In state and federal elections, Canterbury residents predominantly vote for the Australian Labor Party.

• Vali Myers, artist, born in Canterbury.

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  Former Canterbury Post Office building
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  Art-deco amenities building
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  Junction of Cooks River and Cup and Saucer Creek, with old sugarmill in the background

• Pollon, F.; Healy, G., eds. (1988). "Ashbury" and "Canterbury" entries. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

1.^ Canterbury extends across both sides of the Cooks River, which forms a natural defining boundary around the outer limits of the Inner Western suburbs of Sydney.

• Brian Madden and Lesley Muir (2013). "Canterbury Sugarworks Industrial Site". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 26 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]

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