The following is about the qualification system and qualified countries for the Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games competition to be held in Lima, Peru.
[3] The host nation (Peru) is guaranteed two quotas in the slalom events and it must qualify in sprint.
In each discipline the competitions will start with the larger boats and work their way down till the last event.
There will be 5 wild card spots handed out to countries that failed to qualify, but competed at the qualification tournament.
The USA qualified one more athlete then the maximum allowed in men's kayak.