| «1978-16» | Canada Grand Prix - XVII Grand Prix du Canada |
| 1978-10-08 | Montréal - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - 70 laps × 4.5 km : 315.0 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 70 | 1:57:49.196 | 160.414 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 70 | +13.372 | +13.372 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 70 | +19.408 | +06.036 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 70 | +24.667 | +05.259 | 3 |
| 5 | 13 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 70 | +28.558 | +03.891 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 70 | +54.476 | +25.918 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 70 | +01:21.250 | +26.774 | |
| 8 | 17 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 70 | +01:26.560 | +05.310 | |
| 9 | 5 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 70 | +01:28.942 | +02.382 | |
| 10 | 9 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 69 | +1 lap | ||
| 11 | 14 | 66 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 69 | +1 lap | ||
| 12 | 22 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 65 | +5 laps | ||
| DNC | 21 | 10 | Keke Rosberg | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 58 | |||
| 10 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 52 | gearbox | |||
| 19 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 51 | accident | |||
| 1 | 55 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 49 | oil leak | |||
| 16 | 18 | René Arnoux | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 37 | oil pressure | |||
| 20 | 21 | Bobby Rahal | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 16 | fuel injection | |||
| 4 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 8 | accident | |||
| 7 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 5 | brakes | |||
| 8 | 16 | Hans Joachim Stuck | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 1 | collision | |||
| 6 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 0 | collision | |||
| DNQ | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 19 | Beppe Gabbiani | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 9 | Michael Bleekemolen | ATS • Ford Cosworth |
Fastest lap - 01:38.072 - 165.185 km/h - Alan Jones (lap 70)