Richard Dalton (born August 27, 1979) is an Irish-born, Canadian sprint canoeist.
He has won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (C-1 200 m: 2010 - tied with Ukraine's Yuriy Cheban, C-1 1000 m: 2005, C-2 1000 m: 2002).
He also won a C-2 silver medal at the 2000 world marathon championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
The distance at a marathon event varies between 36 and 40 km.
Dalton competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, earning sixth place in both the C-1 500 m and C-1 1000 m events.