You can start using the dev branch instead of the Canary branch which should result in less crashes and other issues (for reference it's canary -> dev -> beta -> stable)
Link to download here:
https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac
Release notes here:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/06/dev-channel-update_19.html
Link to download here:
https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac
Release notes here:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/06/dev-channel-update_19.html