| «1979-14» | Canada Grand Prix - XVIII Grand Prix du Canada |
| 1979-09-30 | Montréal - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - 72 laps × 4.41 km : 317.52 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:29.892 | 176.612 km/h | |
| 2 | 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 01:30.554 | +00.662 (+0.736%) | +00.662 |
| 3 | 3 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:30.768 | +00.876 (+0.975%) | +00.214 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 01:30.775 | +00.883 (+0.982%) | +00.007 |
| 5 | 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 01:30.820 | +00.928 (+1.032%) | +00.045 |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:31.941 | +02.049 (+2.279%) | +01.121 |
| 7 | 7 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 01:32.103 | +02.211 (+2.460%) | +00.162 |
| 8 | 8 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 01:32.116 | +02.224 (+2.474%) | +00.013 |
| 9 | 9 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 01:32.280 | +02.388 (+2.657%) | +00.164 |
| 10 | 10 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:32.651 | +02.759 (+3.069%) | +00.371 |
| 11 | 11 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:32.682 | +02.790 (+3.104%) | +00.031 |
| 12 | 12 | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 01:32.858 | +02.966 (+3.300%) | +00.176 |
| 13 | 13 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.065 | +03.173 (+3.530%) | +00.207 |
| 14 | 14 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.090 | +03.198 (+3.558%) | +00.025 |
| 15 | 15 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.297 | +03.405 (+3.788%) | +00.207 |
| 16 | 16 | 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.355 | +03.463 (+3.852%) | +00.058 |
| 17 | 17 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.362 | +03.470 (+3.860%) | +00.007 |
| 18 | 18 | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 01:33.378 | +03.486 (+3.878%) | +00.016 |
| 19 | 19 | 5 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.511 | +03.619 (+4.026%) | +00.133 |
| 20 | 20 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:33.603 | +03.711 (+4.128%) | +00.092 |
| 21 | 21 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 01:34.102 | +04.210 (+4.683%) | +00.499 |
| 22 | 22 | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Rebaque • Ford Cosworth | 01:34.129 | +04.237 (+4.713%) | +00.027 |
| 23 | 23 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 01:34.256 | +04.364 (+4.855%) | +00.127 |
| 24 | 24 | 33 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:34.301 | +04.409 (+4.905%) | +00.045 |
| 25 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:34.365 | +04.473 (+4.976%) | +00.064 | |
| 26 | 22 | Marc Surer | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 01:34.747 | +04.855 (+5.401%) | +00.382 | |
| 27 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 01:35.061 | +05.169 (+5.750%) | +00.314 | |
| 28 | 19 | Alex Ribeiro | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 01:36.901 | +07.009 (+7.797%) | +01.840 | |
| 29 | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | 01:37.590 | +07.698 (+8.564%) | +00.689 |