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Can the canvas be rotated so north is pointing in some other direction than defined by the projection? This question answers with respect to the composer, but not the canvas. There is a related 5 year old entry in the bug tracking database that's closed as unnecessary. Is that the current status, or is there a way to rotate the canvas in the newer versions?
Creating a new projection is really not the answer
In QGIS at bottom right corner, there is an option called 'Rotation'.
There you can rotate your canvas (or extent of view) by any angle.
Map canvas rotation is being added as a feature to QGIS 2.8. Here's a video posted by Faunalia of the feature.
If creating new projection is not the answer then I am not aware about any direct way.
From my point of view if QGIS starts with dynamic rotation it should be taken directly to another level - 3D (2.5) like Arscene/Google Earth/Discover 3D to name few approaches of different software solutions...
There is some way through plugin GLOBE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDDe-sVogNU
GRASS (NVIZ):
http://linfiniti.com/2010/12/3d-visualisation-and-dem-creation-in-qgis-with-the-grass-plugin/
And export plugin:
http://anitagraser.com/2014/03/15/3d-viz-with-qgis-three-js/
