The German seized his second successive pole position as Williams swept champions Ferrari off the front row.
The Ferrari driver is the first Formula One driver to win the same Grand Prix seven times.
Ferrari's six-times world champion Michael Schumacher starts Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix on the third row in sixth place.
The 2019 Formula One world championship starts on March 17 with 21 races in a season that ends later than any since 1963.
Verstappen took his 26th career win 0.9 of a second ahead of Spaniard Sainz,
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