His father was Jose Salvador Canales, and his mother was Maria Gonzalez Hidalgo.
He married Maria Isabel Sanchez Navarro.
He married Maria Josefa Treviño, daughter of Jose Domingo de Treviño and Maria Margarita Treviño de la Garza. It was his second marriage.
Jose Antonio Canales. He married Maria Josefa Rosillo.
Ygnacia Canales. She was an adopted child. She married Domingo de la Peña, son of Francisco de Peña and Josefa Cantu on 31 Jul 1780 in Monterrey.