Lewis Hamilton remporte le Grand Prix du Canada devant son coéquipier chez McLaren, Jenson Button. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) monte sur la 3e marche du podium. Dans une course hors norme, Red Bull a fait des mauvais choix d’arrêts et Sebastian Vettel n’a pu faire mieux qu’une 4e et 5e place, le meilleur étant Sebastian Vettel. Mark Webber terminant derrière ce dernier.
| 1 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 70 | Winner | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 70 | +2.2 secs | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 70 | +9.2 secs | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 70 | +37.8 secs | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 70 | +39.2 secs | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 70 | +56.0 secs | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 70 | +57.3 secs | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 69 | +1 Lap | 15 | 4 |
| 9 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 69 | +1 Lap | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 69 | +1 Lap | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 69 | +1 Lap | 13 | |
| 12 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 69 | +1 Lap | 16 | |
| 13 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 69 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 14 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 69 | +1 Lap | 11 | |
| 15 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 69 | +1 Lap | 6 | |
| 16 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 68 | +2 Laps | 19 | |
| 17 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 68 | +2 Laps | 14 | |
| 18 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 64 | +4 Laps | 24 | |
| 19 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 65 | +5 Laps | 23 | |
| Ret | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 50 | +20 Laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 42 | +28 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 30 | +40 Laps | 17 | |
| Ret | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 13 | +57 Laps | 22 | |
| Ret | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1 | +69 Laps | 18 |