diff --git a/.changeset/nice-ghosts-clean.md b/.changeset/nice-ghosts-clean.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..270253c853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-ghosts-clean.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/canon': minor
+---
+
+We are renaming CanonProvider to IconProvider to improve clarity on how to override icons.
diff --git a/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/page.mdx b/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/page.mdx
index 35fbc482b2..b2abdefb12 100644
--- a/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/page.mdx
+++ b/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/page.mdx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ building it incrementally with not conflict with the existing theming system.
 
 Install Canon using a package manager.
 
-<CodeBlock lang="shell" code={`npm install @backstage/canon`} />
+<CodeBlock lang="shell" code={`yarn add @backstage/canon`} />
 
 ### 2. Import the css files
 
@@ -28,19 +28,7 @@ import '@backstage/canon/css/core.css';
 import '@backstage/canon/css/components.css';
 ```
 
-### 3. Add the theme provider
-
-Add the theme provider to your application.
-
-```tsx
-import { ThemeProvider } from '@backstage/canon';
-
-<ThemeProvider>
-  <App />
-</ThemeProvider>;
-```
-
-### 4. Start building ✨
+### 3. Start building ✨
 
 Now you can start building your plugin using the new design system.
 
diff --git a/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/theme/iconography/page.mdx b/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/theme/iconography/page.mdx
index 9083c93389..b4b1aa2183 100644
--- a/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/theme/iconography/page.mdx
+++ b/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/theme/iconography/page.mdx
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ selection for you to use in your application. The list of names is set down
 below. To use an icon, you can use the `Icon` component and pass the name of
 the icon you want to use.
 
-<CodeBlock title="Icon component" code={`<Icon name="heart" />`} />
+<CodeBlock code={`<Icon name="heart" />`} />
+
+## Icon overrides
+
+You can override any icons in our library by using the `IconProvider` at the root of your application.
+
+<CodeBlock
+  code={`<IconProvider overrides={{ heart: () => <div>Custom Icon</div> }} />`}
+/>
 
 ## Icon library
 
diff --git a/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/theme/responsive/page.mdx b/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/theme/responsive/page.mdx
index cdbd82533c..7eb4411333 100644
--- a/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/theme/responsive/page.mdx
+++ b/canon-docs/src/app/(docs)/theme/responsive/page.mdx
@@ -105,19 +105,3 @@ the value, you add an object with the value and the breakpoint prefix.
 // Responsive value
 
 <Button size={{ xs: 'small', md: 'medium' }}>Button</Button>`} />
-
-## How to update breakpoints
-
-The set of keys are not to be changed, but you can update the minimum width of
-each breakpoint in the theme provider.
-
-<CodeBlock
-  code={`<CanonProvider breakpoints={{
-    xs: 0,
-    sm: 640,
-    md: 768,
-    lg: 1024,
-    xl: 1280,
-    '2xl': 1536,
-}} />`}
-/>
diff --git a/canon-docs/src/app/providers.tsx b/canon-docs/src/app/providers.tsx
index 81a18136e8..b7e0bed167 100644
--- a/canon-docs/src/app/providers.tsx
+++ b/canon-docs/src/app/providers.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 'use client';
 
 import { ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { CanonProvider } from '../../../packages/canon/src/contexts/canon';
 import { PlaygroundProvider } from '@/utils/playground-context';
 
 export const Providers = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
-  return (
-    <CanonProvider>
-      <PlaygroundProvider>{children}</PlaygroundProvider>
-    </CanonProvider>
-  );
+  return <PlaygroundProvider>{children}</PlaygroundProvider>;
 };
diff --git a/packages/canon/.storybook/preview.tsx b/packages/canon/.storybook/preview.tsx
index 8ffa2e55df..e278bb011f 100644
--- a/packages/canon/.storybook/preview.tsx
+++ b/packages/canon/.storybook/preview.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import type { Preview, ReactRenderer } from '@storybook/react';
 import { withThemeByDataAttribute } from '@storybook/addon-themes';
-import { CanonProvider } from '../src/contexts/canon';
 
 // Canon specific styles
 import '../src/css/core.css';
@@ -87,11 +86,7 @@ const preview: Preview = {
         (element as HTMLElement).style.backgroundColor = 'var(--canon-bg)';
       });
 
-      return (
-        <CanonProvider>
-          <Story />
-        </CanonProvider>
-      );
+      return <Story />;
     },
   ],
 };
diff --git a/packages/canon/report.api.md b/packages/canon/report.api.md
index f194084a9b..f36a53be6e 100644
--- a/packages/canon/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/canon/report.api.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ```ts
 /// <reference types="react" />
 
+import { Context } from 'react';
 import type { CSSProperties } from 'react';
 import { Field as Field_2 } from '@base-ui-components/react/field';
 import { ForwardRefExoticComponent } from 'react';
@@ -162,23 +163,6 @@ export interface ButtonProps {
   variant?: ButtonOwnProps['variant'];
 }
 
-// @public (undocumented)
-export interface CanonContextProps {
-  // (undocumented)
-  icons: IconMap;
-}
-
-// @public (undocumented)
-export const CanonProvider: (props: CanonProviderProps) => React_2.JSX.Element;
-
-// @public (undocumented)
-export interface CanonProviderProps {
-  // (undocumented)
-  children?: ReactNode;
-  // (undocumented)
-  overrides?: Partial<Record<IconNames, React_2.ComponentType>>;
-}
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const Checkbox: React_2.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
   CheckboxProps & React_2.RefAttributes<HTMLButtonElement>
@@ -617,6 +601,15 @@ export type HeightProps = GetPropDefTypes<typeof heightPropDefs>;
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const Icon: (props: IconProps) => React_2.JSX.Element;
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export const IconContext: Context<IconContextProps>;
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface IconContextProps {
+  // (undocumented)
+  icons: IconMap;
+}
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type IconMap = Partial<Record<IconNames, React.ComponentType>>;
 
@@ -651,6 +644,17 @@ export type IconProps = {
   style?: React.CSSProperties;
 };
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export const IconProvider: (props: IconProviderProps) => React_2.JSX.Element;
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface IconProviderProps {
+  // (undocumented)
+  children?: ReactNode;
+  // (undocumented)
+  overrides?: Partial<Record<IconNames, React.ComponentType>>;
+}
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const icons: IconMap;
 
@@ -968,7 +972,7 @@ export interface TextProps {
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-export const useCanon: () => CanonContextProps;
+export const useIcons: () => IconContextProps;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface UtilityProps extends SpaceProps {
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/Icon.stories.tsx b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/Icon.stories.tsx
index cdf63fbb32..15e7240bf3 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/Icon.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/Icon.stories.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react';
 import { Icon } from './Icon';
-import { CanonProvider } from '../../contexts/canon';
+import { IconProvider } from './provider';
 import { icons } from './icons';
 
 const meta = {
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ export const WithCustomIcon: Story = {
   },
   decorators: [
     Story => (
-      <CanonProvider overrides={{ arrowDown: () => <div>Custom Icon</div> }}>
+      <IconProvider overrides={{ arrowDown: () => <div>Custom Icon</div> }}>
         <Story />
-      </CanonProvider>
+      </IconProvider>
     ),
   ],
 };
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/Icon.tsx b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/Icon.tsx
index 4c7b55680a..ebb4d80d98 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/Icon.tsx
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/Icon.tsx
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import { useCanon } from '../../contexts/canon';
+import { useIcons } from './context';
 import type { IconProps } from './types';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 
 /** @public */
 export const Icon = (props: IconProps) => {
   const { name, size, className, style, ...restProps } = props;
-  const { icons } = useCanon();
+  const { icons } = useIcons();
 
   const CanonIcon = icons[name] as React.ComponentType<Omit<IconProps, 'name'>>;
 
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/context.tsx b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/context.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d1974d081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/context.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { createContext, useContext } from 'react';
+import { icons } from './icons';
+import type { IconContextProps } from './types';
+
+/** @public */
+export const IconContext = createContext<IconContextProps>({
+  icons,
+});
+
+/** @public */
+export const useIcons = () => useContext(IconContext);
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/index.tsx b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/index.tsx
index 0fa2eac35b..ac7dfdeea2 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/index.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export * from './Icon';
+// Icons
 export * from './icons';
+
+// Icon component
+export * from './Icon';
+
+// Context and Provider
+export * from './context';
+export * from './provider';
+
+// Types
 export type * from './types';
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/contexts/canon.tsx b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/provider.tsx
similarity index 53%
rename from packages/canon/src/contexts/canon.tsx
rename to packages/canon/src/components/Icon/provider.tsx
index 69a9e30b6f..0f296cfee4 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/contexts/canon.tsx
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/provider.tsx
@@ -14,38 +14,21 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import React, { createContext, ReactNode, useContext } from 'react';
-import { icons } from '../components/Icon/icons';
-import { IconMap, IconNames } from '../components/Icon/types';
+import React from 'react';
+import { icons } from './icons';
+import { IconContext } from './context';
+import type { IconProviderProps } from './types';
 
 /** @public */
-export interface CanonContextProps {
-  icons: IconMap;
-}
-
-/** @public */
-export interface CanonProviderProps {
-  children?: ReactNode;
-  overrides?: Partial<Record<IconNames, React.ComponentType>>;
-}
-
-const CanonContext = createContext<CanonContextProps>({
-  icons,
-});
-
-/** @public */
-export const CanonProvider = (props: CanonProviderProps) => {
+export const IconProvider = (props: IconProviderProps) => {
   const { children, overrides } = props;
 
   // Merge provided overrides with default icons
   const combinedIcons = { ...icons, ...overrides };
 
   return (
-    <CanonContext.Provider value={{ icons: combinedIcons }}>
+    <IconContext.Provider value={{ icons: combinedIcons }}>
       {children}
-    </CanonContext.Provider>
+    </IconContext.Provider>
   );
 };
-
-/** @public */
-export const useCanon = () => useContext(CanonContext);
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/types.ts b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/types.ts
index 91fc6b9e60..d1402923c5 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/types.ts
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Icon/types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { ReactNode } from 'react';
+
 /** @public */
 export type IconNames =
   | 'arrowDown'
@@ -47,3 +49,14 @@ export type IconProps = {
   className?: string;
   style?: React.CSSProperties;
 };
+
+/** @public */
+export interface IconContextProps {
+  icons: IconMap;
+}
+
+/** @public */
+export interface IconProviderProps {
+  children?: ReactNode;
+  overrides?: Partial<Record<IconNames, React.ComponentType>>;
+}
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/index.ts b/packages/canon/src/index.ts
index 1168990966..18dad55e89 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/canon/src/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 // Providers
-export * from './contexts/canon';
+export * from './components/Icon/context';
 
 // Layout components
 export * from './components/Box';