Can't Multi-Select Objects in Scene Editor?

[RyanMakesMovies]

I’m trying to select multiple game objects in my scene (not the hierarchy) by shift-clicking, but for some reason Unity thinks the second object that I want to select is always my Canvas, so I wind up being only able to select one object at a time.

Is there a solution to this other than just turning off my Canvas each time I need to make a change?

[Riley_Waldo]

You could create a background layer and lock it, assign the canvas to the new background layer.