Abstract: A lighting canister stand assembly is configured to elevate a transformer above a canister drain pipe within a canister underground. The lighting canister stand assembly has a lighting canister stand, further including a lighting canister rod mechanically coupled to a first side of a lighting canister platform. The canister further comprising a canister bottom, immediately adjacent to the lighting canister rod, and a canister wall immediately adjacent to an edge of the lighting canister platform. The lighting canister platform is configured to elevate the transformer above the canister drain pipe in order to permit water to drain out of the canister and away from the transformer.