diff --git a/packages/bar/src/BarCanvas.tsx b/packages/bar/src/BarCanvas.tsx
index aac01d7ecb..76eb192bd7 100644
--- a/packages/bar/src/BarCanvas.tsx
+++ b/packages/bar/src/BarCanvas.tsx
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
 
     // barComponent = canvasDefaultProps.barComponent,
 
-    // enableLabel = canvasDefaultProps.enableLabel,
-    // label = canvasDefaultProps.label,
-    // labelSkipWidth = canvasDefaultProps.labelSkipWidth,
-    // labelSkipHeight = canvasDefaultProps.labelSkipHeight,
-    // labelTextColor = canvasDefaultProps.labelTextColor,
+    enableLabel = canvasDefaultProps.enableLabel,
+    label = canvasDefaultProps.label,
+    labelSkipWidth = canvasDefaultProps.labelSkipWidth,
+    labelSkipHeight = canvasDefaultProps.labelSkipHeight,
+    labelTextColor = canvasDefaultProps.labelTextColor,
 
     // markers,
 
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
     const getBorderColor = useInheritedColor<ComputedBarDatum<RawDatum>>(borderColor, theme)
     const getColor = useOrdinalColorScale(colors, colorBy)
     const getIndex = usePropertyAccessor(indexBy)
-    // const getLabel = usePropertyAccessor(label)
-    // const getLabelColor = useInheritedColor<ComputedBarDatum<RawDatum>>(labelTextColor, theme)
+    const getLabel = usePropertyAccessor(label)
+    const getLabelColor = useInheritedColor<ComputedBarDatum<RawDatum>>(labelTextColor, theme)
     const getTooltipLabel = usePropertyAccessor(tooltipLabel)
 
     const options = {
@@ -173,6 +173,16 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
         [hiddenIds, keys, result.bars]
     )
 
+    const shouldRenderLabel = useCallback(
+        ({ width, height }: { height: number; width: number }) => {
+            if (!enableLabel) return false
+            if (labelSkipWidth > 0 && width < labelSkipWidth) return false
+            if (labelSkipHeight > 0 && height < labelSkipHeight) return false
+            return true
+        },
+        [enableLabel, labelSkipHeight, labelSkipWidth]
+    )
+
     useEffect(() => {
         const ctx = canvasEl.current?.getContext('2d')
 
@@ -266,6 +276,13 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
             if (borderWidth > 0) {
                 ctx.stroke()
             }
+
+            if (shouldRenderLabel({ height, width })) {
+                ctx.textBaseline = 'middle'
+                ctx.textAlign = 'center'
+                ctx.fillStyle = getLabelColor(bar)
+                ctx.fillText(getLabel(bar.data), x + width / 2, y + height / 2)
+            }
         })
 
         ctx.save()
@@ -278,6 +295,8 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
         enableGridX,
         enableGridY,
         getBorderColor,
+        getLabel,
+        getLabelColor,
         gridXValues,
         gridYValues,
         groupMode,
@@ -297,6 +316,7 @@ const InnerBarCanvas = <RawDatum extends BarDatum>({
         result.xScale,
         result.yScale,
         reverse,
+        shouldRenderLabel,
         theme,
         width,
     ])
diff --git a/packages/bar/src/props.ts b/packages/bar/src/props.ts
index 8a9b44d3ec..8be106fc59 100644
--- a/packages/bar/src/props.ts
+++ b/packages/bar/src/props.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const defaultProps = {
     labelSkipWidth: 0,
     labelSkipHeight: 0,
     labelLinkColor: 'theme',
-    labelTextColor: 'theme',
+    labelTextColor: { from: 'theme', theme: 'labels.text.fill' },
 
     colorBy: 'id' as const,
     colors: { scheme: 'nivo' } as OrdinalColorScaleConfig,
diff --git a/packages/bar/stories/barCanvas.stories.tsx b/packages/bar/stories/barCanvas.stories.tsx
index 75d1c3d438..30a6e11a06 100644
--- a/packages/bar/stories/barCanvas.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/bar/stories/barCanvas.stories.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const commonProps = {
     indexBy: 'country',
     keys,
     padding: 0.2,
-    labelTextColor: 'inherit:darker(1.4)',
     labelSkipWidth: 16,
     labelSkipHeight: 16,
 }