Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · 8 October 1978
Gilles Villeneuve won the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid, 13.372s ahead of Jody Scheckter. Didier Pironi gained the most places, from 18th on the grid to 7th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Villeneuve 9 + Reutemann 4 | Villeneuve 9 + Reutemann 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Wolf Scheckter 6 + Rahal 0 | Scheckter 6 + Rahal 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Arrows Patrese 3 | Patrese 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Depailler 2 + Pironi 0 | Depailler 2 + Pironi 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Ensign Daly 1 | Daly 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | McLaren Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 | Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Williams Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Team Lotus Andretti 0 + Jarier 0 | Andretti 0 + Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Brabham Piquet 0 + Watson 0 + Lauda 0 | Piquet 0 + Watson 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | ATS Rosberg 0 | Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Surtees Arnoux 0 | Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Shadow Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:57:49.196 | 70 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +13.372s | 70 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | +19.408s | 70 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +24.667s | 70 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +28.558s | 70 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | +54.476s | 70 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:21.250 | 70 | — | — | |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | +1:26.560 | 70 | — | — | |
| 9 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | +1:28.942 | 70 | — | — | |
| 10 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 69 | — | — | |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 69 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | +5 Laps | 65 | — | — | |
| NC | Keke Rosberg ATS | ATS | NC | 58 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Transmission | 52 | — | — | |
| DNF | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Oil leak | 49 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Surtees | Surtees | DNF Engine | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bobby Rahal Wolf | Wolf | DNF Fuel system | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | DNF Accident | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | DNF Brakes | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |