Víťazom kvalifikácie na VC Kanady sa stal opäť Sebastian Vettel. V prvom rade na štarte ho ale doplní Fernando Alonso, ktorého bude z tretieho miesta istiť Felipe Massa.
Výsledky kvalifikácie:
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1'13.014 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1'13.199 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1'13.217 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1'13.429 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1'13.565 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1'13.814 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1'13.838 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1'13.864 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1'14.062 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1'14.085 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1'14.752 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1'15.043 |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1'15.285 |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1'15.287 |
| 15 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1'15.334 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1'15.361 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | 1'15.587 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1'16.294 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1'16.745 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1'16.786 |
| 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1'18.424 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1'18.537 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1'18.574 |
| 24 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1'19.414 |
