Cannero Riviera ([càn-ne-ro]; in Western Lombard Càner), is a comune (an Italian municipality) with a population of 973 and an area of 14.46 km2 in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region of Piedmont. The settlement is situated on the western shore of Lago Maggiore; it is about 130 km northeast of Turin about 15 km northeast of Verbania and a similar distance from the Italian-speaking, Swiss Canton known as the Ticino. Cannero Riviera borders the following municipalities: Aurano, Cannobio, Oggebbio, Trarego Viggiona; and across the lake in the Lombard Province of Varese: Brezzo di Bedero, Germignaga, Luino. The 19th-century politician Massimo D’Azeglio spent his last years in his villa here.

Demographic evolution

Minorities of foreign residents

ISTAT data recorded on January 1, 2011, show that there were 107 foreign residents, as follows: