| Circuit | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
|---|---|
| Date | 1978-10-08 |
| Round | 16 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 70 | 1:57:49.196 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | 70 | +13.372 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 70 | +19.408 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | 70 | +24.667 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | 70 | +28.558 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 15 | 70 | +54.476 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 18 | 70 | +1:21.250 | — | 0 |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | 70 | +1:26.560 | — | 0 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 5 | 70 | +1:28.942 | — | 0 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | 69 | +1 Lap | — | 0 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | 69 | +1 Lap | — | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 22 | 65 | +5 Laps | — | 0 |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 21 | 58 | +12 Laps | — | 0 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 52 | Transmission | — | 0 |
| 15 | James Hunt | McLaren | 19 | 51 | Spun off | — | 0 |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Team Lotus | 1 | 49 | Oil leak | — | 0 |
| 17 | René Arnoux | Surtees | 16 | 37 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 18 | Bobby Rahal | Wolf | 20 | 16 | Fuel system | — | 0 |
| 19 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 8 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 20 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 7 | 5 | Brakes | — | 0 |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 8 | 1 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | 0 | Accident | — | 0 |