Race Result
| GP n. 327 - 30/09/1979 - Grand Prix of Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
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| Winner: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:52'06.892 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:29.892 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:31.272 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 72 | 1:52'06.892 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 72 | +1.080 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 28 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 72 | + 1'13.656 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 71 | + 1 lap | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |  Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 71 | + 1 lap | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 70 | + 2 laps | 17 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 |  Ricardo Zunino |
Brabham-Ford | 68 | + 4 laps | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 67 | + 5 laps | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | 17 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | 67 | + 5 laps | 21 | 0 |
| 10 | 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 66 | out of fuel | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford | 61 | gear box | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 36 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
Alfa Romeo | 52 | fuel system | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ligier-Ford | 47 | gear box | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell-Ford | 33 | engine | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 33 |  Derek Daly |
Tyrrell-Ford | 28 | engine | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 |  Hector Rebaque |
Rebaque-Ford | 26 | chassis | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 24 | brakes | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 | Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | 24 | ignition | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 | Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 23 | suspension | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 20 | spun off | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 19 | engine | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | 14 | accident | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 14 | accident | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 10 | engine | 5 | 0 |
| Dnq | 30 | Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 22 | Marc Surer |
Ensign-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 19 | Alex Ribeiro |
Fittipaldi-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 24 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 20 |  Keke Rosberg |
Wolf-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||