diff --git a/adev/src/app/app.component.ts b/adev/src/app/app.component.ts
index 646324b36a1..2287b167bdb 100644
--- a/adev/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/adev/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 
 import {DOCUMENT, isPlatformBrowser} from '@angular/common';
 import {
+  afterNextRender,
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
   Component,
   inject,
+  Injector,
   OnInit,
   PLATFORM_ID,
   signal,
@@ -23,13 +25,13 @@ import {
   getActivatedRouteSnapshotFromRouter,
   IS_SEARCH_DIALOG_OPEN,
   SearchDialog,
-  WINDOW,
 } from '@angular/docs';
 import {Footer} from './core/layout/footer/footer.component';
 import {Navigation} from './core/layout/navigation/navigation.component';
 import {SecondaryNavigation} from './core/layout/secondary-navigation/secondary-navigation.component';
 import {ProgressBarComponent} from './core/layout/progress-bar/progress-bar.component';
 import {ESCAPE, SEARCH_TRIGGER_KEY} from './core/constants/keys';
+import {HeaderService} from './core/services/header.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'adev-root',
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ import {ESCAPE, SEARCH_TRIGGER_KEY} from './core/constants/keys';
 export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
   private readonly document = inject(DOCUMENT);
   private readonly router = inject(Router);
-  private readonly window = inject(WINDOW);
+  private readonly headerService = inject(HeaderService);
 
   currentUrl = signal('');
   displayFooter = signal(false);
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
         this.currentUrl.set(url);
         this.setComponentsVisibility();
         this.displaySearchDialog.set(false);
+
+        this.updateCanonicalLink(url);
       });
 
     this.focusFirstHeadingOnRouteChange();
@@ -88,6 +92,10 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     h1?.focus();
   }
 
+  private updateCanonicalLink(absoluteUrl: string) {
+    this.headerService.setCanonical(absoluteUrl);
+  }
+
   private setComponentsVisibility(): void {
     const activatedRoute = getActivatedRouteSnapshotFromRouter(this.router as any);
 
diff --git a/adev/src/app/core/services/header.service.spec.ts b/adev/src/app/core/services/header.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9033b6733e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adev/src/app/core/services/header.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import {HeaderService} from './header.service';
+import {link} from 'fs';
+
+describe('HeaderService', () => {
+  let service: HeaderService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = TestBed.inject(HeaderService);
+  });
+
+  it('setCanonical', () => {
+    // setCanonical assumes there is a preexisting element
+    const linkEl = document.createElement('link');
+    linkEl.setAttribute('rel', 'canonical');
+    document.querySelector('head')?.appendChild(linkEl);
+
+    service.setCanonical('/some/link');
+    expect(document.querySelector('link[rel=canonical]')!.getAttribute('href')).toBe(
+      'https://angular.dev/some/link',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/adev/src/app/core/services/header.service.ts b/adev/src/app/core/services/header.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee21c0a8378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adev/src/app/core/services/header.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {DOCUMENT} from '@angular/common';
+import {Injectable, inject} from '@angular/core';
+
+const ANGULAR_DEV = 'https://angular.dev';
+
+/**
+ * Information about the deployment of this application.
+ */
+@Injectable({providedIn: 'root'})
+export class HeaderService {
+  private readonly document = inject(DOCUMENT);
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the canonical link in the header.
+   * It supposes the header link is already present in the index.html
+   *
+   * The function behave invariably and will always point to angular.dev,
+   * no matter if it's a specific version build
+   */
+  setCanonical(absolutePath: string): void {
+    const pathWithoutFragment = this.normalizePath(absolutePath).split('#')[0];
+    const fullPath = `${ANGULAR_DEV}/${pathWithoutFragment}`;
+    this.document.querySelector('link[rel=canonical]')?.setAttribute('href', fullPath);
+  }
+
+  private normalizePath(path: string): string {
+    if (path[0] === '/') {
+      return path.substring(1);
+    }
+    return path;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/adev/src/index.html b/adev/src/index.html
index 3e8444e50e9..f6d4c0eb48e 100644
--- a/adev/src/index.html
+++ b/adev/src/index.html
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
     <link rel="manifest" href="/assets/icons/site.webmanifest" />
     <link rel="mask-icon" href="/assets/icons/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#e90464" />
     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/assets/icons/favicon.ico" />
+    <link rel="canonical" href="https://angular.dev">
+
     <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Angular" />
     <meta name="application-name" content="Angular" />
     <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#e90464" />