Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, also simply referred to as canoeing, was held in Rio de Janeiro in September 2016, with a maximum of 60 athletes (30 men, 30 women) competing in six sprint style events.

[1] In 2009, the International Canoe Federation (ICF) began a programme to make the sport accessible to everyone, with the explicit aim of including it in the Paralympic Games for the first time in Rio.

In the Paralympic Games, only kayaks, identified by the letter K, are used, and only flatwater sprint events are held.

Events are always held along straight line courses marked by buoys, 200 metres long.

There must be a minimum of three continents represented in each medal event at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.