The Canal Fanafo Area Council has 52 Communities and has about 9,000 in population, it has five Community Councils.

One of the first Area Council building, is known as the local Government building. The Canal Fanafo Area Council compound was from Namabhuk to Sele and from Palon to Flat Area, road to big bay bush. The Canal Fanafo Area Council has 10 Primary Schools (5 Anglophone & 5 Francophone), a mission School and two (2) Junior Secondary Schools.

The Canal Fanafo Area has one (1) Health Center, one (1) Clinic and seven (7) Aid post.

The distance from Luganville to Canal Fanafo Area Head Quarters is about six (6) kilometers. The Area Council consist of fifteen (15) Islands of Vanuatu, since the Nangriamel and Jimmy Stevens establishment and also unique in the Sanma Provincial region.