Named after a 1936 wharf for the Canary Islands fruit trade.
That year No. 32 berth in the West India Docks got a transit shed for Fruit Lines Ltd, part of Fred Olsen Lines, serving the Mediterranean and Canary Islands fruit trade, and the berth gained the name Canary Wharf. The islands' name is likely from Latin Canariae Insulae, Islands of the Dogs (canis means dog), fitting, as Canary Wharf lies on the Isle of Dogs.