How to instantiate a canvas to a custom world space position?

I usually ask my questions on Unity Answers, but for some reason it's not letting me this time.
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I'm trying to instantiate a canvas in world space to the same position of an object, yet every time, no matter what I try, it always instantiates to (0, 0, 0). Even after instantiating, I can't seem to change the position of it, even though there is absolutely no other code interfering with the position of that canvas.

var clone = (GameObject) Instantiate (canvasPrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.Euler(Vector3.zero));

This is the line of code I use, which used to work in an older project of mine, but now that I updated to the latest version of Unity, it also doesn't work in that project anymore.

Does anyone know what the new and proper way of instantiating a canvas in a custom position is?

 

Hmm, works fine for me. Are you sure transform.position is not (0,0,0)? Easiest way to check is to just do a Debug.Log( transform.position.ToString()); right before you instantiate.

Perhaps your script is running on a GameManager-like object that is at (0,0,0) and you are expecting it to be on the mobile object where you want the canvas to be?

 

var clone = (GameObject)Instantiate (notePrefab, new Vector3 (transform.position.x, transform.position.y + 1, 0), Quaternion.identity);
Using (almost) the same line of code, but from a different project, it still doesn't work.
I tested some other projects that had this line or a variation of it (and got updated to Unity 2017) and all of them don't work anymore. But it does still work in a project that hasn't been updated to Unity 2017.
It doesn't matter if I want it to copy the position of a transform or if set the custom position myself, it always instantiates at 0,0,0.