Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor set the early pace at the 2.45-mile track, formerly known as Mosport Park, and worked his way down to 1m04.462s in his Acura – over a second under the lap record.
Friday pacesetter Blomqvist then produced a stunning lap of 1m04.394 that was right on the ragged edge in Turn 3, before he then slid right off the track at Moss Corner while trying to improve on his P1 time on the following tour.
“It was an absolute wild ride, I was over my limit, I’m not going to lie,” he admitted. “That session was a case of putting your brain to one side.”
Tristan Vautier (JDC-Miller Motorsports) was the fastest of the Cadillacs but over half a second off the Acuras. Alex Lynn (Chip Ganassi Racing), Olivier Pla (Action Express) and Sebastien Bourdais completed the top six, the latter suffering a spin at Moss.
Jarrett Andretti (Andretti Autosport) and Gar Robinson (Riley Motorsports) dueled over the pole in LMP3, with Andretti taking it by 0.072s. Ari Balogh will start third for Jr III Racing, ahead of Jon Bennett (CORE Autosport).
In the GTD classes, Mathieu Jaminet’s Pfaff Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3R beat the Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F of Frankie Montecalvo to pole position.
Jaminet started off with a lap of 1m15.703s, before a grassy off at the exit of the final corner cost him time on a potentially quicker lap. As Montecalvo reeled off a 1m15.633s to grab P1, Jaminet regrouped and lowered his best time to a class record-breaking 1m15.468s.
Montecalvo was second fastest overall, and first of the non-Pro cars, ahead of Alex Riberas in the Pro class Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage entry. John Edwards was fourth in the Team RLL BMW M4, just pipping Jordan Taylor in the factory Corvette C8.R.
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park - IMSA qualifying results:
| Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 |
 Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist | DPi | Acura DPi | 1'04.394 | |
| 2 | 10 |
 Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque | DPi | Acura DPi | 1'04.462 | 0.068 |
| 3 | 5 |
 Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'04.895 | 0.501 |
| 4 | 02 |
 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'05.082 | 0.688 |
| 5 | 31 |
Olivier Pla  Pipo Derani | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'05.126 | 0.732 |
| 6 | 01 |
 Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'05.266 | 0.872 |
| 7 | 36 |
Jarett Andretti  Gabby Chaves | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'13.102 | 8.708 |
| 8 | 74 |
Gar Robinson  Scott Andrews | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'13.174 | 8.780 |
| 9 | 30 |
Ari Balogh  Garett Grist | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'13.815 | 9.421 |
| 10 | 54 |
Jon Bennett Colin Braun | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'14.056 | 9.662 |
| 11 | 13 |
Orey Fidani Kyle Marcelli | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'14.832 | 10.438 |
| 12 | 33 |
Joao Barbosa Lance Willsey | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'15.121 | 10.727 |
| 13 | 9 |
Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet | GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'15.468 | 11.074 |
| 14 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'15.633 | 11.239 |
| 15 | 23 |
Ross Gunn  Alex Riberas | GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'15.890 | 11.496 |
| 16 | 25 |
Connor de Phillippi John Edwards | GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'15.899 | 11.505 |
| 17 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor | GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'15.955 | 11.561 |
| 18 | 27 |
Roman De Angelis  Maxime Martin | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'15.975 | 11.581 |
| 19 | 1 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow | GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'16.004 | 11.610 |
| 20 | 57 |
Russell Ward  Philip Ellis | GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 1'16.039 | 11.645 |
| 21 | 14 |
Ben Barnicoat  Kamui Kobayashi | GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'16.071 | 11.677 |
| 22 | 96 |
Robby Foley Bill Auberlen | GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'16.156 | 11.762 |
| 23 | 51 |
Ryan Eversley Aidan Read | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'16.250 | 11.856 |
| 24 | 79 |
Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella | GTD PRO | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 1'17.071 | 12.677 |
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