I have written a detailed essay on this topic here: http://blog.itaysk.com/2017/11/20/deployment-strategies-defined
In my opinion, the difference is whether or not the new ‘green’ version is exposed to real users. If it is, then I’d call it Canary. A common way to implement Canary is regular Blue/Green with the addition of smart routing of specific users to the new version. Read the post for a detailed comparison
Blue/Green:
Canary:
