Canadian Grand Prix
Mosport International Raceway
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh |
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 2 | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell |
| 4 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus |
| 5 | Jochen Mass | McLaren |
| 6 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell |
| 7 | Alan Jones | Shadow |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow |
| 9 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf |
| 10 | John Watson | Brabham |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
| 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 13 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham |
| 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign |
| 15 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign |
| 17 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
| 18 | Ian Scheckter | March |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi |
| 20 | Brett Lunger | McLaren |
| 21 | Patrick Nève | March |
| 22 | Danny Ongais | Penske |
| 23 | Alex Ribeiro | March |
| 24 | Hans Binder | Surtees |
| 25 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh |