it was renamed again to become the second canning road district on 17 june 1921, and received a large amount of land from the abolished jandakot road district on 30 november 1923. on 1 july 1961, canning road district became the shire of canning under the "local government act 1960", which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. on 4 december 1970 it gained town status as the town of canning and assumed its current name when it gained city status on 10 march 1979.