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Model year 2021 · 2nd gen (2015–2022)

2021 GMC Canyon specs

The 2021 GMC Canyon tows 3,500–7,700 lb, carries 1,380–1,578 lb of payload and measures 212.6–224.8 in long, by configuration, per GMC’s own documents.

We hold 11 configurations of the 2021 Canyon, and GMC gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations
11
Documents
2

01 / Configurations

Every 2021 Canyon configuration

11 retail configurations sold in 2021, each with the figures GMC publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. GMC gives figures for weights, dimensions and towing.

202111 configurations
2021 GMC Canyon 2nd gen: every configuration with its numbers
ConfigurationMax towingMax payload
Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD 2.5L I-43,500 lb1,440 lb
Extended Cab Long Bed 2WD 2.5L I-43,500 lb1,430 lb
Extended Cab Long Bed 4WD 2.5L I-43,500 lb1,400 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD 3.6L V67,000 lb1,578 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 4WD 3.6L V67,000 lb1,500 lb
Crew Cab Long Bed 4WD 3.6L V67,000 lb1,460 lb
Extended Cab Long Bed 2WD 3.6L V67,000 lb1,560 lb
Extended Cab Long Bed 4WD 3.6L V67,000 lb1,520 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD 2.8L Duramax diesel7,700 lb1,470 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel7,550 lb1,440 lb
Crew Cab Long Bed 4WD 2.8L Duramax diesel7,550 lb1,380 lb

MakerSource: 2021 GMC Trailering Guide (Canyon section)

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 2021

The 2021 Canyon against the 2020, the previous model year we hold. Only what GMC’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

  • Dropped: 1 configuration (Crew Cab Short Bed 4WD 2.5L I-4).
  • Payload: 1,380–1,578 lb (2020: 1,398–1,609 lb).
  • Same range as the 2020: towing and length.
  • Towing rating differs on 1 of 6 configurations sold in both years: −50 lb.
  • Payload differs on 11 of 11 configurations sold in both years: −42 to −3 lb.

03 / Sources

The 2021 documents

2 documents behind the 2021 Canyon’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked . How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

04 / Keep going

More on the Canyon

Canyon 2nd genEvery 2nd gen configuration, model year by model year, with clearance, angles and weights (2015–2022).Open the 2nd gen specs2021 Canyon towingMax towing, GCWR, payload and tongue weight for every rated configuration.See the towing tableCanyon specsEvery generation, the spec plate and the rig builder.Open the model page

These are GMC’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.