You can do this by using measureText
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"),
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d")
canvas.width = 400;
canvas.height = 200;
ctx.fillStyle = "#003300";
ctx.font="20px sans-serif";
var textString = "Hello look at me!!!",
textWidth = ctx.measureText(textString ).width;
ctx.fillText(textString , (canvas.width/2) - (textWidth / 2), 100);
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