Z prvého miesta vyštartuje do závodu Brit Lewis Hamilton. Pretrhla sa tak šnúra pole position Red Bullu, na ktorý sa okrem McLarenu už doťahuje aj Ferrari.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Kanady 2010:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15,889 | 1:15,528 | 1:15,105 | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:16,423 | 1:15,692 | 1:15,373 | 0,268 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:16,129 | 1:15,556 | 1:15,420 | 0,315 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16,171 | 1:15,597 | 1:15,435 | 0,330 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16,371 | 1:15,742 | 1:15,520 | 0,415 |
| 6 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:17,086 | 1:16,171 | 1:15,648 | 0,543 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16,673 | 1:16,314 | 1:15,688 | 0,583 |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:16,370 | 1:15,682 | 1:15,715 | 0,610 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16,495 | 1:16,295 | 1:15,881 | 0,776 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:16,350 | 1:16,001 | 1:16,071 | 0,966 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:16,880 | 1:16,434 | ||
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:16,770 | 1:16,438 | ||
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:16,598 | 1:16,492 | ||
| 14 | Vitalij Petrov | Renault | 1:16,569 | 1:16,844 | ||
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:17,356 | 1:16,928 | ||
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:17,027 | 1:17,029 | ||
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:17,611 | 1:17,384 | ||
| 18 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:18,019 | |||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:18,237 | |||
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:18,698 | |||
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:18,941 | |||
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19,484 | |||
| 23 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:19,675 | |||
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:27,757 |
