High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Canaan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 897 people in the township. Statewide, other Canaan Townships are located in Athens, Madison, and Wayne Counties. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1.