The French arrived around 1725 but Canaries did not appear on any Saint Lucian maps until thirty three years later after two Frenchmen established the lone plantation which occupied where the village now sits and extended well up into the Canaries River valley.

One of the island’s smallest and quietest districts, Canaries sits between Anse La Raye and Soufrière on the west coast and has largely stayed outside the tourism circuit that defines its neighbors. It’s genuinely rural and mountainous, appealing to a specific kind of buyer chasing seclusion, dramatic hillside views, and a real escape from anything resembling a resort town. Infrastructure and available inventory are both limited compared to the northern districts, so this tends to be a district for buyers building rather than browsing an existing market. Today, Canaries largely relies on fishing or tourist industry or retail employment in Soufríere to the south. But, of course, this also has resulted in Canaries retaining a quaintness and friendly attitude unmatched by any other community.