diff --git a/vortex-cuda/src/canonical.rs b/vortex-cuda/src/canonical.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7306c80aec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vortex-cuda/src/canonical.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use vortex_array::Canonical;
+use vortex_array::arrays::BoolArray;
+use vortex_array::arrays::BoolArrayParts;
+use vortex_array::arrays::DecimalArray;
+use vortex_array::arrays::DecimalArrayParts;
+use vortex_array::arrays::PrimitiveArray;
+use vortex_array::arrays::PrimitiveArrayParts;
+use vortex_array::buffer::BufferHandle;
+use vortex_error::VortexResult;
+
+/// Move all canonical data from to_host from device.
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait CanonicalCudaExt {
+    async fn to_host(self) -> VortexResult<Self>
+    where
+        Self: Sized;
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl CanonicalCudaExt for Canonical {
+    async fn to_host(self) -> VortexResult<Self> {
+        match self {
+            n @ Canonical::Null(_) => Ok(n),
+            Canonical::Bool(bool) => {
+                // NOTE: update to copy to host when adding buffer handle.
+                // Also update other method to copy validity to host.
+                let BoolArrayParts { bits, validity, .. } = bool.into_parts();
+                Ok(Canonical::Bool(BoolArray::from_bit_buffer(bits, validity)))
+            }
+            Canonical::Primitive(prim) => {
+                let PrimitiveArrayParts {
+                    ptype,
+                    buffer,
+                    validity,
+                    ..
+                } = prim.into_parts();
+                Ok(Canonical::Primitive(PrimitiveArray::from_byte_buffer(
+                    buffer.try_into_host()?.await?,
+                    ptype,
+                    validity,
+                )))
+            }
+            Canonical::Decimal(decimal) => {
+                let DecimalArrayParts {
+                    decimal_dtype,
+                    values,
+                    values_type,
+                    validity,
+                    ..
+                } = decimal.into_parts();
+                Ok(Canonical::Decimal(unsafe {
+                    DecimalArray::new_unchecked_handle(
+                        BufferHandle::new_host(values.try_into_host()?.await?),
+                        values_type,
+                        decimal_dtype,
+                        validity,
+                    )
+                }))
+            }
+            _ => todo!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vortex-cuda/src/lib.rs b/vortex-cuda/src/lib.rs
index d77be685b20..c331dc80103 100644
--- a/vortex-cuda/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vortex-cuda/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 
 //! CUDA support for Vortex arrays.
 
+mod canonical;
 mod device_buffer;
 pub mod executor;
 mod kernel;
 mod session;
 mod stream;
 
+pub use canonical::CanonicalCudaExt;
 pub use device_buffer::CudaBufferExt;
 pub use device_buffer::CudaDeviceBuffer;
 pub use executor::CudaExecutionCtx;