WOMEN'S SENIOR
K-2
500m
  Kayak Tandem
 
David P. Merwin Memorial Trophy - Introduced 1963
 
Recordi500m
2016
1:41.75
CANADA
KC Fraser, Genevieve Orton
 
  Year   Time First Place Second Place Third Place
 
 
Introduction of the David P. Merwin Memorial Trophy
  1963   2:09 Glorianne Perrier, Francine Fox Marcia Jones, Sperry Jones D. Smith, S. Gantz
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
  1964   1:56.0 Glorianne Perrier, Francine Fox Marcia Jones, Sperry Jones M. Gibson, Liz Lankin
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1965   2:17.7 Glorianne Perrier, Francine Fox Marcia Jones-Smoke, Sperry Jones Sandra Gordon, Eldo Baumaster
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1966   2:05.2 Marcia Jones-Smoke,
Sperry Jones-Rademaker
L. Kraker, V. Perrine Betty-Anne Gowans, Norma Wilkins
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1967   1:59.81 Marcia Jones-Smoke,
Sperry Jones-Rademaker
Francine Fox, V. Moore Glorianne Perrier, D. Smith
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
  1968   2:13.5 Marcia Jones-Smoke,
Sperry Jones-Rademaker
Marjorie Homer-Dixon, Maureen Custy Claudia Hunt, Betty-Anne Gowans
        UNITED STATES CANADA CANADA
  1969   2:11.5 Marcia Jones-Smoke,
Sperry Jones-Rademaker
Claudia Hunt, Maureen Custy B. Scribner, J. Gray
        UNITED STATES CANADA UNITED STATES
  1970   1:49.7 Marcia Jones-Smoke,
Sperry Jones-Rademaker
Marjorie Homer-Dixon, Claudia Hunt Betty-Anne Gowans, Maureen Custy
        UNITED STATES CANADA CANADA
  1971   2:09.0 Marcia Jones-Smoke, K. Mosselino N. Purves, C. Hoerman JoAnn Wallace, Maureen Custy
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1972   2:06.5 Danielle Duquet, Lee Oldershaw M. Flood, L. Flood Sue Gifford, Madelaine Montreuil
        CANADA UNITED STATES CANADA
  1973   2:03.76 Marcia Jones-Smoke, L. Flood L. Murray, N. Leahy Sue Holloway, Karen Tippett
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1974   1:54.1 Sue Holloway, Karen Tippett L. Murray, A. Turner J. Jones, N. Leahy
        CANADA UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
                   
  1975   Championships suspended for Canoe Canada 75
  1976   Championships suspended for Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada
                   
  1977   No Time Sue Holloway, Ann Dodge Karen Lukanovich, Lucie Guay C. Triebold, R. Triebold
        CANADA CANADA UNITED STATES
 
Retirement of the David P. Merwin Memorial Trophy
                   
  North American Championships dissolved. Pan American Championships begin.
                   
  1978   1:58.4 Leslie Klein, A. Turner Sue Holloway, Karen Lukanovich C. Han Mei, T. Ya Chuan
        UNITED STATES CANADA CHINA
  1979   2:56.7 Sue Holloway, Lucie Guay Leslie Klein, A. Turner Karen Lukanovich, Elisabeth Arnold
        CANADA UNITED STATES CANADA
  1980   1:57.4 Leslie Klein, A. Turner L. Dragon, T. Di Marino V. Gecheva, V. Mincheva
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES BULGARIA
  1981   1:57.31 Leslie Klein, A. Turner T. Di Marino, R. Barton Sheila Waldron, Sylvia Arnold
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1982   1:57.0 Alison Brown, Nancy Olmsted Mary Mullen, Lauren Hoyle B. Sullivan, Joanne Sullivan
        CANADA CANADA UNITED STATES
  1983   1:56.41 Sue Holloway, Alexandra Barré Barb Olmsted, Lucie Guay Elisabeth Arnold, Lynn Armour
        CANADA CANADA CANADA
  1984   Championships suspended for Olympic Games, Los Angeles, USA
                   
  1985   1:56.19 Sheila Conover, Shirley Batlik Erika Revesz, Heather Hollingsworth Tessa DeSouza, Louise Hine
        UNITED STATES CANADA CANADA
  1986   No Time Leslie Klein, Jojo Toeppner Heather Hollingsworth, Tessa DeSouza Lynn Capen, Kim del Valle
        UNITED STATES CANADA UNITED STATES
  1987   Pan American Games in Indianapolis, USA
                   
  1988   1:47.879 Nancy Olmsted, Sheila Taylor Barb Olmsted, Cindy Leonard Caroline Brunet, Tessa DeSouza
        CANADA CANADA CANADA
                   
  1989-1999 Canada did not attend 1989/1999. Championships not held 1990-1998
                   
  2000   1:51.46 Andrea Keenan, Elizabeth Orton    
        CANADA ARGENTINA UNITED STATES
  2001     Canada 4th    
                   
  2002   1:53.232 Yulitza Meneses, Yeneise Merino Kamini Jain, Jillian D'Alessio Sabrina Ameghino, Fernanda Lauro
        CUBA CANADA ARGENTINA
  2003   Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
                   
  2004   1:47.730 Caroline Brunet, Mylanie Barré Kathy Colin, Lauren Spalding Itzel Reza, Elizabeth Orta
        CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO
  2005   1:46.747 Victoria Tuttle, Jennifer Adamson Denisse Olivella, Anca Mateescu Yulitza Meneses, Anaisis Carrillo
        CANADA MEXICO CUBA
  2006   1:49.27 Yulitza Meneses, Lianet Alvarez Geneviève Beauchesne-Sévigny,
Jillian D'Alessio
Eva Maria Zepeda, Anca Mateescu
        CUBA CANADA MEXICO
  2007   Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
                   
  2008   1:45.149 Kristin Gauthier, Mylanie Barré Maggie Hogan, Carrie Johnson Yulitza Meneses, Darisleydis Amador
        CANADA UNITED STATES CUBA
  2009   2:02.10 Marie-Pier Langlois, Nicole Brown Cecilia Collueque, Fernanda Lauro Denisse Olivella, Carla Salinas
        CANADA ARGENTINA MEXICO
  2010   1:47.03 Maricela Montemayor, Denisse Olivelle Maggie Hogan, Carrie Johnson Sabrina Ameghino, Magdalena Garro
        MEXICO UNITED STATES ARGENTINA
  2011   Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico
                   
  2012   2:00.857 Sabrina Ameghino, Alexandra Keresztesi Alanna Bray-Lougheed, Samantha Hall Angelica Jiminez, Eliana Escalona
        ARGENTINA CANADA VENEZUELA
  2013       Alanna Bray-Lougheed, Tamlyn Bohm  
            CANADA    
  2014   1:52.91 Yusmari Mengana, Daylen Perez Adriana Pita, Tatiana Munoz Maggie Hogan, Kaitlyn McElroy
        CUBA COLOMBIA UNITED STATES
  2015   Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada
                   
  2016   1:41.75 KC Fraser, Genevieve Orton Maricela Montemayor, Karina Morales Adriana Pita, Tatiana Munoz
        CANADA MEXICO COLOMBIA
  2017   1:47.71 Sabrina Ameghino, Brenda Rojas Diexe Zuluaga, Tatiana Munoz Brenda Rodriguez, Briseida Escamilla
        ARGENTINA COLOMBIA MEXICO
  2018   1:52.892 Lissa Bissonnette, Courtney Stott Beatriz Fragoza, Karina Morales Sabrina Ameghino, Brenda Rojas
        CANADA MEXICO ARGENTINA
  2019   Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
                   
  2020-2021 No Championships
                   
  2022   1:44.8 Andréanne Langlois,
Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka
Magdalena Garro, Brenda Rojas Maricela Montemayor, Karina Morales
        CANADA ARGENTINA MEXICO
  2023   Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile
                   
  2024   1:48.620 Beatriz Fragoza, Karina Morales Candelaria Sequeira, Brenda Rojas Maren Bradley, Madeline Schmidt
        MEXICO ARGENTINA CANADA