Ventanas Canton
Canton
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Location of Los Rios Province in Ecuador.
Location of Ventanas Canton in Los Ríos Province
Coordinates: 1°27′0″S 79°28′12″W / 1.45000°S 79.47000°W / -1.45000; -79.47000
Country	Ecuador
Province	Los Ríos Province
Capital	Ventanas
Government
• Mayor	Rafael Sánchez Ochoa
Area
• Total	512.8 km2 (198.0 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• Total	73,211
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)
Website	https://ventanas.gob.ec

Ventanas Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Los Ríos Province. Its capital is the town of Ventanas. Its population at the 2001 census was 71,145.^[2]

The Ventanas canton, like the other Ecuadorian cantons, is governed by a municipal government as stipulated in the National Political Constitution. The Municipal Government of Ventanas is a sectional government entity that administers the canton autonomously from the central government.

According to INEC projections for 2022, the canton has a population of 76,104 inhabitants, making it the fourth most populous canton at the provincial level. Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:^[3]

• Mestizo 55.5%
• Montubio 33.8%
• Afro-Ecuadorian 5.8%
• White 3.7%
• Indigenous 1.0%
• Other 0.3%

The canton is divided into 5 parishes (Spanish: parroquias), classified as either urban or rural. The canton has more parishes than any other canton in Ecuador. The urban parishes make up the city of Ventanas.