The 2000 Canadian Grand Prix was the eighth of seventeen events in the 2000 Formula One World Championship and took place at the 4.421 km (2.747 mi) clockwise temporary road course Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 18 June 2000.

[9] On June 13, a deal was agreed upon, with 60% of transport workers voting in favour of increased pay and pensions, letting the race to continue unaffected.

He had a major crash at the Sainte Devote ciorner in the last race, resulting in a 3 in (76 mm) gash on his left calf that required stitches.

[17] The Williams team had its test driver Bruno Junqueira ready to race if Ralf Schumacher was unable to compete.

BAR fitted power steering to Jacques Villeneuve's vehicle only for Friday's free practice sessions because the team wanted to introduce it at future events.

Benetton used new front and rear ailerons, while Sauber installed a qualifying grade Ferrari engine from the 1999 Japanese Grand Prix.

[22] Michael Schumacher set the first practice session's fastest lap, a 1:21.304, almost a tenth of a second faster than teammate Rubens Barrichello.

[23] Heidfeld damaged his car's left front suspension in a crash early in the session,[24] and Zonta twice lost control of his vehicle by pushing hard.

[31] Coulthard enjoyed a trouble-free practice and was fastest just under halfway through with a time of 1:18.654,[32] which was less than half a second slower than the circuit record lap set during qualifying for the 1998 race.

[31] Heidfeld's engine failed halfway through practice and dropped oil on the circuit, catching out Benetton's Alexander Wurz.

Arrows' Pedro de la Rosa and Fisichella (driving with excess understeer and lack of traction) were ninth and tenth.

[27] He was ahead of Verstappen who damaged his front suspension at turn four,[29] (a corner without a run-off area), resulting in a five-minute delay to qualifying after 40 minutes.

[27][35] Drivers entered the pit lane and remained there until marshals cleaned the circuit and put Verstappen's car onto a flatbed truck.

[43] Gené took 20th in the faster Minardi and his teammate Gastón Mazzacane completed the starting order in 22nd after facing the possibility of transgressing the 107 per cent rule for most of qualifying.

[35][36] Mazzacane went through the gravel and crashed at the first chicane; he drove the spare Minardi entry and then Gené's race car to qualify.

[35] The drivers took to the track in cloudy, windy weather below 15 °C (59 °F) at 09:30 Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) for a 30-minute warm-up session,[3][45] reporting car issues to their teams.

[38] As the drivers began the formation lap, Coulthard's McLaren stalled due to a clutch problem and he signalled to his mechanics for assistance.

[49] The mechanics restarted Coulthard's car despite being warned not to on the McLaren team radio, a violation of FIA safety regulations.

[53] Villeneuve's manoeuvre put the early braking Häkkinen wide, letting Barrichello past on the outside for fourth into turn two.

[50] As Verstappen pressures Fisichella into a braking error and passed him for tenth place on the same lap,[38][51] Button's engine began to cut out at maximum revolutions due to a fuel pick-up issue.

[53][55] Villeneuve lost second to Barrichello on lap 25 following a short battle and the Brazilian started to gradually close up to Michael Schumacher.

[41] As rain began to fall after the pit stop window closed on lap 42, every driver had switched from dry to wet tyres.

[51] At the conclusion of lap 47, with the scheduled pit stops completed, the first six drivers were Michael Schumacher, Barrichello, Fisichella, Häkkinen, Trulli, and Wurz.

[41] On the next lap, the rain began increasing in intensity as Villeneuve performed the same pass although he hit Ralf Schumacher, causing both drivers to retire.

[41] Barrichello began to close up to Michael Schumacher in the final laps as Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn instructed him to slow.

[58] Coulthard, Zonta, Wurz, and Diniz filled the next four spots, with Button, Mazzacane, and Irvine finishing at least one lap behind the victor.

[59] Michael Schumacher explained that his early pit stop was due to a suspected sensor failure that caused his crew to receive misinformation.

On the other hand, he criticised his penalty, believing that Formula One's governing body, the FIA, should have allowed race stewards more freedom in determining whether a driver gaining an advantage.

[56] The result increased Michael Schumacher's lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 56 points, 22 more than second-placed David Coulthard.

[6] Despite Michael Schumacher and Ferrari's increased points lead, Coulthard maintained that his main competitors could be caught in the season's last nine races, saying, "There's still a long way to go in the championship and anything can happen.