List of number-one singles of 1986 (Canada)

Jennifer Rush spent two weeks at the top with "The Power of Love", Canada's most successful single of the year.

RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1986, forty-one songs peaked at number one on the magazine's chart. Lionel Richie's "Say You, Say Me" was the first chart-topper of the year while Bruce Hornsby and the Range stayed at number one into 1987 with "The Way It Is". Only twelve musical acts had peaked at number one in Canada before this year: Lionel Richie, Corey Hart, Billy Ocean, Mr. Mister, Starship, Madonna, George Michael, Huey Lewis and the News, Cyndi Lauper, The Human League, and Elton John and Stevie Wonder (credited as "Friends" on "That's What Friends Are For").

Two Canadian acts—Corey Hart and Glass Tiger—reached number one during 1986, and four singers peaked atop the chart with multiple singles: Whitney Houston, Billy Ocean, Madonna, and Peter Cetera. Of these four, Madonna attained both the most number-one hits (three) and the highest total of weeks at number one (five). Cetera spent three weeks at number one while Houston and Ocean each topped the chart for two weeks. The best-performing record of the year was "The Power of Love" by American singer Jennifer Rush, which topped the listing on the issues of 29 April and 3 May. Besides Houston, Ocean, and Rush, the other acts that peaked atop the magazine's chart for more than one week were Lionel Richie, Mr. Mister, Glass Tiger, Patti LaBelle, Michael McDonald, Peter Gabriel, Timex Social Club, and Chris de Burgh.

Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 1986

Chart history

Working with several other musicians, Dionne Warwick reached number one with "That's What Friends Are For".
Glass Tiger topped their native country's chart for the first and only time with "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)".
Patti LaBelle (pictured) had a number-one hit with "On My Own", which she performed with Michael McDonald.
Peter Cetera of Chicago had two Canadian number ones in 1986: "Glory of Love" and "The Next Time I Fall".
Bruce Hornsby, with his band the Range, ended 1986 at number one with "The Way It Is".
Issue date Song Artist Reference
4 January "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie
11 January
18 January "Everything in My Heart" Corey Hart
25 January "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne Warwick and Friends
1 February "Rock Me Amadeus" Falco
8 February "I Miss You" Klymaxx
15 February "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean
22 February "Conga" Miami Sound Machine
1 March "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston
8 March "Kyrie" Mr. Mister
15 March
22 March "Sara" Starship
29 March "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" Glass Tiger
5 April
12 April "Secret Lovers" Atlantic Starr
19 April "Bop" Dan Seals
26 April "The Power of Love"† Jennifer Rush
3 May
10 May "Let's Go All the Way" Sly Fox
17 May "West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys
24 May "Live to Tell" Madonna
31 May
7 June "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston
14 June "A Different Corner" George Michael
21 June "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
28 June
5 July "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean
12 July "I Can't Wait" Nu Shooz
19 July "Who's Johnny" El DeBarge
26 July "Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel
2 August
9 August "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna
16 August
23 August "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera
30 August
6 September "Mad About You" Belinda Carlisle
13 September "Higher Love" Steve Winwood
20 September "Friends and Lovers" Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson
27 September "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News
4 October "Rumors" Timex Social Club
11 October
18 October "Spirit in the Sky" Doctor and the Medics
25 October "The Lady in Red" Chris de Burgh
1 November
8 November "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
15 November "Human" The Human League
22 November "True Blue" Madonna
29 November "Two of Hearts" Stacey Q
6 December "Amanda" Boston
13 December "The Next Time I Fall" Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
20 December "Stand by Me" Ben E. King
27 December "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby and the Range

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