1977 Canadian Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 9 October 1977 |
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| Circuit | Mosport, 80 laps |
| Round | 16 of 17 |
| Race numbers | The 1977 Canadian Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +8 |  Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 80 | 1hr 40m 00.000s | 9 |
| 2 | +4 |  Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 80 | +6.770s | 6 |
| 3 | +2 |  Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 80 | +15.760s | 4 |
| 4 | +3 |  Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 80 | +46.690s | 3 |
| 5 | +11 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 80 | +1m 03.260s | 2 |
| 6 | +9 |  Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 78 | DNF | 1 |
| 7 | +15 |  Danny Ongais | Penske-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 78 | +2 laps | |
| 8 | +15 |  Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +2 laps | |
| 9 | -8 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 77 | DNF | |
| 10 | -2 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 76 | DNF | |
| 11 | +9 | Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 76 | DNF | |
| 12 | +5 |  Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 76 | DNF | |
| R |  James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 61 | DNF | ||
| R |  Patrick Neve | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 56 | DNF | ||
| R |  Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 34 | DNF | ||
| R | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | 32 | DNF | ||
| R |  Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 31 | DNF | ||
| R | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 29 | DNF | ||
| R | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford Cosworth | 29 | DNF | ||
| R |  Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 20 | DNF | ||
| R | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 19 | DNF | ||
| R | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 17 | DNF | ||
| R | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 12 | DNF | ||
| R | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1 | DNF | ||
| R |  Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
| Ian Ashley | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | |||||
Notes
- Vittorio Brambilla ended lap 78 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
- Mario Andretti ended lap 77 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
- Riccardo Patrese ended lap 76 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
- Brett Lunger ended lap 76 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.
- Gilles Villeneuve ended lap 76 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:11.385
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 2 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 4 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 5 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 6 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 7 | Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford Cosworth |
| 9 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth |
| 10 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
| 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 13 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
| 15 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 17 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
| 18 | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford Cosworth |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth |
| 20 | Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 21 | Patrick Neve | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 22 | Danny Ongais | Penske-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 23 | Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford Cosworth |
| 24 | Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
| 25 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth |
Non-qualifiers
| Driver | Constructor |
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| Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Niki Lauda | 72 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | 55 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | 47 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | 36 |
| 5 | James Hunt | 31 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass | 25 |
| 7 | Gunnar Nilsson | 20 |
| 8 | Alan Jones | 19 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | 16 |
| 10 | Patrick Depailler | 16 |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | 12 |
| 12 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 11 |
| 13 | John Watson | 9 |
| 14 | Ronnie Peterson | 7 |
| 15 | Carlos Pace | 6 |
| 16 | Vittorio Brambilla | 6 |
| 17 | Clay Regazzoni | 5 |
| = | Patrick Tambay | 5 |
| 19 | Renzo Zorzi | 1 |
| = | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 1 |
Constructor
Statistics & milestones
- Last start
- Patrick Neve
- Ian Scheckter
- Penske
- Wins
- 7th for Jody Scheckter (last win until 1979; last for Wolf)
- 3rd and last for Wolf
- Podiums
- 23rd for Jody Scheckter
- 11th for Patrick Depailler
- 8th and last for Jochen Mass (last German driver to finish on the podium until 1992)
- 72nd for McLaren
- 59th for Tyrrell
- 9th for Wolf
- Poles
- 8th for Mario Andretti
- 74th for Lotus
- Fastest laps
- 7th for Mario Andretti
- 56th for Lotus
- Front row starts
- 22nd for James Hunt
- 10th for Mario Andretti (25th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 2nd American driver)