In this note, we present examples of complex algebraic surfaces with canonical maps of degree 12, 13, 15, 16 and 18. They are constructed as quotients of a product of two curves of genus 10 and 19 using certain non-free actions of the group $$S_3\times {\mathbb {Z}}_3^2$$
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. To our knowledge, there are no other examples in the literature of surfaces with canonical map of degree 13, 15 and 18.