Pole position si v kvalifikácii v kanadskom Montreale vybojoval Nemec Sebastian Vettel. Ako jediný prekonal hranici 1min 14 s. V prvom rade ho doplní Lewis Hamilton, tretí odštartuje Fernando Alonso.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Kanady:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:14,661 | 1:14,187 | 1:13,784 | - |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:14,891 | 1:14,371 | 1:14,087 | 0,303 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14,916 | 1:14,314 | 1:14,151 | 0,367 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:14,956 | 1:14,479 | 1:14,346 | 0,562 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15,098 | 1:14,568 | 1:14,411 | 0,627 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15,194 | 1:14,641 | 1:14,465 | 0,681 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:15,163 | 1:14,627 | 1:14,645 | 0,861 |
| 8 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15,019 | 1:14,639 | 1:14,705 | 0,921 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:14,892 | 1:14,480 | 1:14,812 | 1,028 |
| 10 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:14,799 | 1:14,680 | 1:15,182 | 1,398 |
| 11 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15,101 | 1:14,688 | - | - |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:14,995 | 1:14,734 | - | - |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15,106 | 1:14,748 | - | - |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:15,552 | 1:15,078 | - | - |
| 15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15,326 | 1:15,156 | - | - |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:14,995 | 1:15,170 | - | - |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:14,979 | 1:15,231 | - | - |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:16,263 | - | - | - |
| 19 | Vitalij Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:16,482 | - | - | - |
| 20 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:16,602 | - | - | - |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:17,492 | - | - | - |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:17,901 | - | - | - |
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:18,255 | - | - | - |
| 24 | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18,330 | - | - | - |
| - | Q1 107 % | - | 1:19,887 | - | - | - |