Kanevskoy District, known as Kanevsky District before March 2009, is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kanevskoy Municipal District. It is located in the north of the krai. The area of the district is 2,483 square kilometers (959 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Kanevskaya. Population: 102,624 (2010 census); 102,245 (2002 census); 88,415 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kanevskaya accounts for 43.3% of the district's total population.