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| 71st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 12 |
| Official name: | Rallye Criterium Molson du Quebec |
| Edition: | 6th |
| Date: | from Thursday 13-Sep-1979 to Sunday 16-Sep-1979 |
| Rally HQ: | Montreal, Quebec; Canada |
| Surface: | Tarmac/gravel |
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| Entries: | 61 | |
| Starters: | 39 | |
| Finishers: | 13 | (33.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 32 | |
| Shortest: | 2.30 | km | (SS1 Iles des Souers 1) |
| Longest: | 47.90 | km | (SS28 Wayagamack) |
| Slowest: | 70.28 | km/h | (SS15 Tawachiche 1) |
| Fastest: | 186.71 | km/h | (SS21 Tewkesbury 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 503.70 | km | (26.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 387.30 | km | (20.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,508.00 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,895.30 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 9th win and 20th podium for Bjorn Waldegard. |
| Second place was 5th podium for Timo Salonen. |
| Third place was 4th podium for Ari Vatanen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 16th win and win and third place were 42nd to 43rd podiums for Ford. |
| | Second place was 13th podium for Datsun. |
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