This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine number one Top Singles chart of 1996.
identifies Canadian musical acts.
| Volume:Issue | Issue date | Weeks on numbe one | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62:21-22 | 8 January - 15 January | 2 | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" | Whitney Houston |
| 62:23-24 | 22 January - 29 January | 2 | "One Sweet Day" | Mariah Carey |
| 62:25 | 5 February | 1 | "One of Us" | Joan Osborne |
| 62:26 | 12 February | 1 | "Time" | Hootie & the Blowfish |
| 63:1-3 | 19 February - 4 March | 3 | "Missing" | Everything but the Girl |
| 63:4 | 11 March | 1 | "The World I Know" | Collective Soul |
| 63:5 | 18 March | 1 | "I Want to Come Over" | Melissa Etheridge |
| 63:6 | 25 March | 1 | "Follow You Down" | Gin Blossoms |
| 63:7-12 | 1 April - 6 May | 6 | "Ironic" | Alanis Morissette |
| 63:13 | 13 May | 1 | "Closer to Free" | Bodeans |
| 63:14 | 20 May | 1 | "Always Be My Baby" | Mariah Carey |
| 63:15-17 | 27 May - 10 June | 3 | "Old Man and Me" | Hootie & the Blowfish |
| 63:18 | 17 June | 1 | "Give Me One Reason" | Tracy Chapman |
| 63:19 | 24 June | 1 | "Ahead by a Century" | The Tragically Hip |
| 63:20 | 1 July | 1 | "You Learn" | Alanis Morissette |
| 63:21 | 8 July | 1 | "Ahead by a Century" (re-entry) | The Tragically Hip |
| 63:22 | 15 July | 1 | "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" | Bryan Adams |
| 63:23-24 | 22 July - 29 July | 2 | "You Learn" (re-entry) | Alanis Morissette |
| 63:25-26, 64:1-3 | 5 August - 2 September | 5 | "Change the World" | Eric Clapton |
| 64:4-8 | 9 September - 7 October | 5 | "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" | John Mellencamp |
| 64:9-10 | 14 October - 21 October | 2 | "Let's Make a Night to Remember" | Bryan Adams |
| 64:11-12 | 28 October - 4 November | 2 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Celine Dion |
| 64:13 | 11 November | 1 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Sheryl Crow |
| 64:14-18 | 18 November - 6 January 1997 ¶ | 8 ¶ | "Head Over Feet" | Alanis Morissette |
¶ - Due to a three week break in RPM publication over the Christmas/New Year time, the intervening weeks are inferred.
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