Apimela canadensis is a species of Staphylinid (rove beetle) first described in 2017 from specimens collected in New Brunswick, Canada.

[2] Apimela canadensis was originally found near the Meduxnekeag River to the west of Woodstock, in New Brunswick (Canada) in 2008.

[3] The holotype and three paratype specimens were captured in the months of May and June on an area of partially shaded cobblestones near the outflow of a brook along the Jacquet River.

One paratype was found along a river margin underneath a cobblestone which was in a grassy area away from the water’s edge.

They are a glossy, yellowish brown in colour, with slightly darker head and covered in a fine pubescence.