Race Result
| GP n. 313 - 08/10/1978 - Grand Prix of Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
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| Winner: | Gilles Villeneuve / Ferrari - 1:57'49.196 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Jean Pierre Jarier / Lotus-Ford - 1:38.015 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:38.072 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 70 | 1:57'49.196 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 20 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 70 | +13.372 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 70 | +19.408 | 11 | 4 |
| 4 | 35 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 70 | +24.667 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 70 | +28.558 | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford | 70 | +54.476 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 70 | + 1'21.250 | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 70 | + 1'26.560 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 70 | + 1'28.942 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 69 | + 1 lap | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | 66 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 69 | + 1 lap | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 65 | + 5 laps | 22 | 0 |
| Nc | 10 |  Keke Rosberg |
ATS-Ford | 58 | not classified | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 52 | transmission | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 |  James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 51 | spun off | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 55 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Lotus-Ford | 49 | oil leak | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 | Rene Arnoux |
Surtees-Ford | 37 | engine | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 21 | Bobby Rahal |
Wolf-Ford | 16 | fuel system | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 | John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 8 | accident | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | brakes | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
Shadow-Ford | 1 | accident | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 0 | accident | 6 | 0 |
| Dnq | 36 | Rolf Stommelen |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 9 |  Michael Bleekemolen |
ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 25 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 37 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 17 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Shadow-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 19 | Beppe Gabbiani |
Surtees-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||