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Canal

Canal is a direct BodyOfWater subtype for artificial waterways: shipping canals, irrigation canals, historic transport canals. It adds no properties of its own.

Full example of schema.org/Canal json-ld markup

The markup is verified as valid with Rich Results Test from Google.

schema.org/Canal
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Canal",
  "name": "Panama Canal",
  "description": "An artificial 82-kilometre waterway in Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoShape",
    "line": "9.08 -79.68 9.33 -79.92"
  },
  "containedInPlace": { "@type": "Country", "name": "Panama" },
  "sameAs": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43082"
}
</script>

Minimal valid version

The smallest markup that still produces a valid Canal entity. Use it as the floor. Reach for the advanced example above when you want search engines and AI agents to understand more about your content.

schema.org/Canal (minimal)
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Canal",
  "name": "Panama Canal"
}
</script>

Google rich results this unlocks

Canal is a structural type. It does not produce a rich result on its own.

Its value comes from combining it with a primary type whose markup earns a rich result (Article, Product, Event, and so on). Canal becomes the trunk that the primary type branches off viamainEntityorbreadcrumb. Include it on every page as the backbone of your markup.

Common Canal mistakes

Mistakes that pass validation but silently fail to earn rich results or mislead consumers walking the graph. Avoid these and your markup will be ahead of most sites in the wild.

  1. 01

    Canal for a river

    Wrong
    Canal for a natural river
    Right
    RiverBodyOfWater for natural rivers; Canal for artificial waterways only

    Canals imply human engineering; rivers are natural.

Schema properties in this example

CanalBodyOfWaterLandformPlacenamedescriptiongeoGeoShapelinecontainedInPlaceCountrysameAs

Also mentioned in 1 other example

Canal also appears in BodyOfWater. See the full Canal schema page for every reference.

About the example data

The Panama Canal, schema.org's canonical example.

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