How to print Avery® 5161 labels in Canva
Canva has no snap-to-label sheet for Avery 5161: make an 8.5 × 11 in design and add guides at the 20 label positions (4 in × 1 in), then print the PDF at 100 %. For text labels, the designer below is quicker.
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In Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers: select the cells with the header row, copy, and paste here. The sample rows are replaced.
Text auto-fits at 14 pt.
Print at 100% / Actual size, not “Fit to page”. Paper: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in).
Free prints one full sheet.
Font, style, colours, start position and printer offset
Print the alignment test sheet on plain paper, hold it over a label sheet, and nudge: positive moves everything right / down.
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- Unlimited mail merge rows and sheets
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Pro tools
Avery 5161 in Canva, step by step
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Create a sheet-sized design
Canva works per design, not per label, so start with Create a design › Custom size 8.5 × 11 in, the full US Letter sheet that holds 20 Avery 5161 labels.
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Show rulers and guides
Turn on rulers and guides (under File or View settings, depending on your Canva version), then drag vertical guides from the ruler to the left label edges at 0.156 in, 4.344 in; zoom in to place them precisely (each label is 4 in wide).
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Add the row guides
Drag horizontal guides to the top label edges at 0.5 in, 1.5 in, 2.5 in … every 1 in … 9.5 in (each label is 1 in tall).
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Design inside the boxes
Keep text at least 0.063 in inside every 5161 label edge; Canva has no snap-to-label, so check each of the 20 copies against the guides.
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Export a print PDF
Download the 5161 sheet (Share › Download) as PDF Print with crop marks and bleed turned off, then print at 100 % (“Actual size”) on US Letter paper.
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Or lay out the sheet with LabelGrid
Text-only 5161 labels are quicker in the designer above: it places all 20 positions for you. Images on labels are part of LabelGrid Pro.
Worked example: 20 shelf labels on 5161
20 labels on Avery 5161 fit on one page of 20; for more, duplicate the finished page and make sure the guides at 0.156 in and 0.5 in are on every page.
In the LabelGrid designer the same 20 rows go into merge mode; the free version prints the first 20 (one full 5161 sheet) and Pro removes the limit. To reuse a part-used sheet, set the start position to the first empty label.
The Canva numbers for Avery 5161
| Custom design size | 8.5 × 11 in |
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| Label box | 4 in × 1 in, 20 boxes |
| Vertical guides (left edges) | 0.156 in, 4.344 in |
| Horizontal guides (top edges) | 0.5 in, 1.5 in, 2.5 in … every 1 in … 9.5 in |
| Safe inset | 0.063 in |
When 5161 labels print out of line in Canva
- The 5161 page shrinks when printed from the browser tab: print the downloaded PDF from a PDF viewer at Actual size instead.
- Designs sit a little off the 5161 die-cuts: snapping moved an element; zoom in and check it against the 0.156 in and 0.5 in guides.
- If every 5161 label printed from Canva is off by the same amount, the printer feeds off-centre: add the measured offset to the 0.5 in top or 0.156 in side margin, or use the LabelGrid printer offset.
About the Avery 5161 sheet
Avery® 5161 (address labels) has 20 labels of 1″ × 4″ per US Letter sheet. The same layout is sold under other Avery codes too (5261, 5961, 8161, 8461 and 18161), so these settings work for them as well.
Common jobs for 5161: Halloween address labels, Christmas address labels, holiday address labels, wedding invitation address labels and address labels. Avery® 5161 is named only to identify compatible sheets; LabelGrid is not affiliated with Avery.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I make Avery 5161 labels in Canva?
Yes, with an 8.5 × 11 in custom design and guides at the label edges listed above; export as PDF and print at 100 %. Canva does not align text to labels for you.
What are the measurements of Avery 5161?
20 labels of 4 in × 1 in on US Letter, 2 across and 10 down. In Canva the first label box starts at 0.156 in from the left and 0.5 in from the top.
Why do my 5161 labels from Canva drift down the page?
Either a guide is off or the PDF was printed with “fit to page”; at 97 % the last row moves about 0.315 in. Print at 100 %.
Can I skip Canva entirely?
Yes. The LabelGrid designer at the top of this page is set to Avery 5161: type one label or paste a list and download a PDF aligned to all 20 positions, free and in your browser.