Canouan Airport (IATA: CIW) has a short runway that accepts small regional aircraft. Mustique Airways and SVG Air operate scheduled flights from Barbados and from St. Vincent's E.T. Joshua Airport. The flight from Barbados takes about 30 minutes.
A water taxi service connects Canouan to other Grenadine islands. Inter-island ferries from St. Vincent call at Canouan on a limited schedule — the journey takes several hours and is primarily used by locals. Most visitors arrive by air or by yacht.