Po ročnej prestávke sa zavítala Formula 1 späť do Kanady. Údaje z predchádzajúcich rokov sú pomerne zbytočné, autá novej špecifikácie na tomto okruhu ešte nejazdili.
Výsledky 1. tréningu na VC Kanady:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Čas | Strata | Kolá |
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.127 | 23 | |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:18.285 | 0.158 | 19 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.352 | 0.225 | 19 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:18.356 | 0.229 | 23 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:18.549 | 0.422 | 27 |
| 6 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:18.662 | 0.535 | 19 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:18.726 | 0.599 | 21 |
| 8 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.097 | 0.970 | 25 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:19.282 | 1.155 | 31 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:19.313 | 1.186 | 19 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.373 | 1.246 | 12 |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.511 | 1.384 | 21 |
| 13 | Vitalij Petrov | Renault | 1:19.549 | 1.422 | 24 |
| 14 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:19.609 | 1.482 | 26 |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:20.186 | 2.059 | 33 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:20.320 | 2.193 | 27 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:20.584 | 2.457 | 21 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:20.823 | 2.696 | 28 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:21.869 | 3.742 | 24 |
| 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:21.977 | 3.850 | 27 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:22.543 | 4.416 | 12 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:22.701 | 4.574 | 28 |
| 23 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:22.713 | 4.586 | 20 |
| 24 | Lucas Di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 4 |
