| Event: | Canoeing |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Rowing and Canoeing Course |
| Dates: | October 26–29 |
| Competitors: | 125 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
Canoeing competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held from October 26 to October 29 at the Rowing and Canoeing Course in Ciudad Guzmán. The Canoe Slalom event was dropped due to an anticipated low number of entries. The winners of some events (K1M 200m, K1M 1000m, K1W 200m, K1W 500m, C1M 200m, C1M 1000m) qualified to compete at the canoeing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. The Pan American Games were not a qualification tournament for the Olympics in the events K4M 1,000 and K4W 500.
| C-1 200 metres | ||||
| C-1 1000 metres | ||||
| C-2 1000 metres | Karel Aguilar Chacón Serguey Torres | Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira | Ronny Ratia Anderson Ramos | |
| K-1 200 metres | ||||
| K-1 1000 metres | ||||
| K-2 200 metres | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Miguel Correa Ruben Voizard | Givago Ribeiro Gilvan Ribeiro | |
| K-2 1000 metres | Steven Jorens Richard Dessureault-Dober | Reinier Torres Jorge Antonio García | Pablo de Torres Roberto Geringer Sallette | |
| K-4 1000 metres | Osvaldo Labrada Jorge Antonio Garcia Reinier Torres Maikel Daniel Zulueta | Richard Dessureault-Dober Philippe Duchesneau Steven Jorens Connor Taras | Celso Oliveira Roberto Maehler Gilvan Ribeiro Givago Ribeiro |
| K-1 200 metres | ||||
| K-1 500 metres | ||||
| K-2 500 metres | Dayexi Gandarela Yulitza Meneses | Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi | Margaret Hogan Kaitlyn McElroy | |
| K-4 500 metres | Kathleen Fraser Kristin Gauthier Alexa Irvin Una Lounder | Anais Abraham Karina Alanís Alicia Guluarte Maricela Montemayor | Darisleydis Amador Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela Yusmary Mengana |
All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−5).
| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Event | Phase | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 13 | Wednesday October 26, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:55 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Women's K-4 500m | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
| Men's K-1 1000m, C-1 1000m, K-2 1000m, C-2 1000m | Preliminaries/Semifinals | ||||||
| Women's K-1 500m | Preliminaries/Semifinals | ||||||
| Day 14 | Thursday October 27, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:35 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Men's K-4 1000m | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
| Women's K-1 200m | Preliminaries/Semifinals | ||||||
| Men's K-1 200m, C-1 200m, K-2 200m | Preliminaries/Semifinals | ||||||
| Day 15 | Friday October 28, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:55 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Men's K-1 1000m, C-1 1000m, K-2 1000m, C-2 1000m | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Women's K-1 500m | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals | ||||
| Day 16 | Saturday October 29, 2011 | 9:00 | 10:55 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Women's K-1 200m, K-2 500m | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Men's K-1 200m, C-1 200m, K-2 200m | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
See main article: Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification. The first five boats in each event qualified from the 2010 Pan American Championship in Mexico City. This gave a total of 110 out of the 130 athlete quotas used. Out of the remaining 20 spots 10 will go to countries not already qualified and the remaining 10 spots will be determined by the Pan American Canoe Federation. Out of the remaining spots, some will be awarded to Mexico if it has not qualified a boat through the Pan American Championship, therefore reducing the remaining number. An NOC can enter a maximum of 16 athletes (10 men and 6 women).