This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine number one Top Singles chart of 1981.
identifies Canadian musical acts.
| Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Weeks on Top | Song | Artist |
| 34:6-8 | 20 December 1980 - 31 January 1981 | 7 | "(Just Like) Starting Over" | John Lennon |
| 34:9-12 | 7-28 February | 4 | "The Tide Is High" | Blondie |
| 34:13 | 7 March | 1 | "The Best of Times" | Styx |
| 34:14-15 | 14-21 March | 2 | "Woman" | John Lennon |
| 34:16-18 | 28 March - 11 April | 3 | "Celebration" | Kool & the Gang |
| 34:19-20 | 18-25 April | 2 | "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton |
| 34:21-22 | 2-9 May | 2 | "Morning Train" | Sheena Easton |
| 34:23-25 | 16-30 May | 3 | "Angel of the Morning" | Juice Newton |
| 34:26-35:4 | 6 June - 22 August | 12 | "Stars on 45 Medley" | Stars on 45 |
| 35:5 § | 29 August | 1 | "Gemini Dream" | Moody Blues |
| 35:6 | 5 September | 1 | "Sausalito Summernight" | Diesel |
| 35:7-8 | 12-19 September | 2 | "Urgent" | Foreigner |
| 35:9-14 | 26 September - 31 October | 6 | "Endless Love" | Diana Ross and Lionel Richie |
| 35:15 | 7 November | 1 | "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | The Police |
| 35:16-20 | 14 November - 12 December | 5 | "The Friends of Mr. Cairo" | Jon & Vangelis |
| 35:21-24 | 19 December - 23 January 1982 | 6 | "Physical" | Olivia Newton-John |
Note § - RPM did not publish a chart for the weeks between 4 July and 29 August.
- RPM volumes 34-35 (1980-1982)
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