The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix was Round 16 of the 1978 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, 8 October 1978. Jean-Pierre Jarier started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and Gilles Villeneuve was the race winner for Ferrari.
1978 Canadian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Canada | Ferrari | Michelin | 70 | 1:57:49.196 | 1:57:49.196 | - | - | 1:38.407 | 160.414 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Wolf Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +13.372 | 1:58:02.568 | +13.372 | +13.372 | 1:39.858 | 160.111 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Ferrari | Michelin | 70 | +19.408 | 1:58:08.604 | +19.408 | +6.036 | 1:39.251 | 159.975 | 11 | 4 | |
| 4 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +24.667 | 1:58:13.863 | +24.667 | +5.259 | 1:38.913 | 159.856 | 12 | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +28.558 | 1:58:17.754 | +28.558 | +3.891 | 1:38.713 | 159.768 | 13 | 2 | |
| 6 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ireland | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +54.476 | 1:58:43.672 | +54.476 | +25.918 | 1:39.426 | 159.187 | 15 | 1 | |
| 7 | 3 | Didier Pironi | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +1:21.250 | 1:59:10.446 | +1:21.250 | +26.774 | 1:39.102 | 158.591 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | France | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +1:26.560 | 1:59:15.756 | +1:26.560 | +5.310 | 1:39.605 | 158.473 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones | Australia | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +1:28.942 | 1:59:18.138 | +1:28.942 | +2.382 | 1:38.072 | 70 | 158.421 | 5 | |
| 10 | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1:58:00.933 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:39.560 | 157.860 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 66 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1:58:38.151 | 1 lap | +37.218 | 1:39.575 | 157.035 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille | France | Renault | Michelin | 65 | +5 laps | 1:59:01.186 | 5 laps | 4 laps | 1:40.629 | 147.454 | 22 | ||
| NC | 10 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | ATS Ford | Goodyear | 58 | +12 laps | 1:58:57.209 | 1:38.780 | 131.648 | 21 | ||||
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 52 | Transmission | 1:39.242 | 10 | ||||||
| DNF | 7 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 51 | Spun Off | 1:40.617 | 19 | ||||||
| DNF | 55 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 49 | Oil Leak | 1:38.743 | 1 | ||||||
| DNF | 18 | René Arnoux | France | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 37 | Engine | 1:40.087 | 16 | ||||||
| DNF | 21 | Bobby Rahal | United States | Wolf Ford | Goodyear | 16 | Fuel System | 1:41.552 | 20 | ||||||
| DNF | 2 | John Watson | Great Britain | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 8 | Accident | 1:42.532 | 4 | ||||||
| DNF | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 5 | Brakes | 1:42.483 | 7 | ||||||
| DNF | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 1 | Accident | 2:44.735 | 2:44.735 | 1 | 98.339 | 8 | |||
| DNF | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | Accident | 6 | ||||||||
| DNQ | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 19 | Beppe Gabbiani | Italy | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | Merzario Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Mexico | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 9 | Michael Bleekemolen | Netherlands | ATS Ford | Goodyear |