Lewis Hamilton sa stal siedmym víťazom pretekov v sezóne. V kanadskom Montreale zvolil stratégiu dvoch zastávok v boxoch a práve tá sa ukázala ako najvýhodnejšia. Fernando Alonso skončil po taktickej chybe tímu piaty.
Výsledky VC Kanady 2012:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Kolá | Čas/strata | Štart |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 70 | 1:32:29,6 h | 2 |
| 2 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 70 | +2.5 s | 7 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 70 | +5.2 s | 15 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 70 | +7.2 s | 1 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 70 | +13.4 s | 3 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 70 | +13.8 s | 5 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 70 | +15.0 s | 4 |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 70 | +15.5 s | 12 |
| 9 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 70 | +24.4 s | 11 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 70 | +25.2 s | 6 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 70 | +37.6 s | 8 |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 70 | +46.2 s | 13 |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 70 | +47.0 s | 22 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 70 | +64.4 s | 14 |
| 15 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 69 | +1 kolo | 19 |
| 16 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 69 | +1 kolo | 10 |
| 17 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 69 | +1 kolo | 16 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 69 | +1 kolo | 17 |
| 19 | Vitalij Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 69 | +1 kolo | 18 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 67 | +3 kolá | 23 |
| - | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 56 | +14 kôl | 21 |
| - | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 43 | Zadné krídlo | 9 |
| - | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 24 | +46 kôl | 20 |
| - | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 22 | +48 kôl | 24 |
