diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e206925782..11b59a5fa6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server`: Use `canonical` attribute of the `Resource` as a span name.
+  ([#3896](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3896))
+
 ### Added 
 
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client`: add support for url exclusions via `OTEL_PYTHON_EXCLUDED_URLS` / `OTEL_PYTHON_AIOHTTP_CLIENT_EXCLUDED_URLS`
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
index 30f967d39f..d186b3af92 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
@@ -238,14 +238,22 @@ def _parse_active_request_count_attrs(req_attrs):
 
 
 def get_default_span_name(request: web.Request) -> str:
-    """Default implementation for get_default_span_details
+    """Returns the span name.
     Args:
         request: the request object itself.
     Returns:
-        The span name.
+        The canonical name of a resource if possible or just request path.
     """
-    span_name = request.path.strip() or f"HTTP {request.method}"
-    return span_name
+    try:
+        resource = request.match_info.route.resource
+        assert resource
+        path = resource.canonical
+    except (AttributeError, AssertionError):
+        path = ""
+
+    if path:
+        return f"{request.method} {path}"
+    return f"{request.method}"
 
 
 def _get_view_func(request: web.Request) -> str:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/tests/test_aiohttp_server_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/tests/test_aiohttp_server_integration.py
index 1528edf012..826a7bc74c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/tests/test_aiohttp_server_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/tests/test_aiohttp_server_integration.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes.http_attributes import (
     HTTP_METHOD,
     HTTP_STATUS_CODE,
+    HTTP_TARGET,
     HTTP_URL,
 )
 from opentelemetry.test.globals_test import (
@@ -106,7 +107,15 @@ async def fixture_server_fixture(tracer, aiohttp_server, suppress):
     AioHttpServerInstrumentor().instrument()
 
     app = aiohttp.web.Application()
-    app.add_routes([aiohttp.web.get("/test-path", default_handler)])
+    app.add_routes(
+        [
+            aiohttp.web.get("/test-path", default_handler),
+            aiohttp.web.get("/test-path/{url_param}", default_handler),
+            aiohttp.web.get(
+                "/object/{object_id}/action/{another_param}", default_handler
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
     if suppress:
         with suppress_http_instrumentation():
             server = await aiohttp_server(app)
@@ -170,6 +179,60 @@ async def test_status_code_instrumentation(
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "span_name, example_paths",
+    [
+        (
+            "GET /test-path/{url_param}",
+            (
+                "/test-path/foo",
+                "/test-path/bar",
+            ),
+        ),
+        (
+            "GET /object/{object_id}/action/{another_param}",
+            (
+                "/object/1/action/bar",
+                "/object/234/action/baz",
+            ),
+        ),
+        (
+            "GET",
+            (
+                "/i/dont/exist",
+                "/me-neither",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_url_params_instrumentation(
+    tracer,
+    server_fixture,
+    aiohttp_client,
+    span_name,
+    example_paths,
+):
+    _, memory_exporter = tracer
+    server, _ = server_fixture
+
+    assert len(memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()) == 0
+
+    client = await aiohttp_client(server)
+    for path in example_paths:
+        await client.get(path)
+
+    assert len(memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()) == 2
+
+    for request_path, span in zip(
+        example_paths, memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+    ):
+        assert span_name == span.name
+        assert request_path == span.attributes[HTTP_TARGET]
+        full_url = f"http://{server.host}:{server.port}{request_path}"
+        assert full_url == span.attributes[HTTP_URL]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("suppress", [True])
 async def test_suppress_instrumentation(