List of number-one singles of 1996 (Canada)

Alanis Morissette, who had four different number-one singles in 1996, had the best-selling hit of the year with "You Learn". Her preceding single, "Ironic", came in second place.

RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. 1996 saw twenty-three songs reach the number-one spot in Canada. Alanis Morissette achieved both the first and last number-one singles of the year: "Hand in My Pocket" and "Head over Feet", respectively. Six different artists reached number one for the first time in 1996: Joan Osborne, Everything but the Girl, Collective Soul, Melissa Etheridge, BoDeans, and the Tragically Hip.

Canadian singer Alanis Morissette was the most successful act of 1996 in Canada, reaching number one with four different singles between January and November: "Hand in My Pocket", "Ironic", "You Learn", and "Head over Feet"—all from her album Jagged Little Pill. Although "Ironic" spent six weeks at number one, it was the second highest-selling single of the year; "You Learn" came in first place, topping the RPM Singles Chart for three nonconsecutive weeks in July. Mariah Carey, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Bryan Adams were the only other acts to top Canada's chart with multiple singles.

Aside from Morissette, three other Canadian acts reached number one: the Tragically Hip, Bryan Adams, and Celine Dion. Morissette's "Head over Feet" spent the most weeks at the top in 1996, staying there for seven weeks. Eric Clapton stayed five weeks at number one with "Change the World", as did John Mellencamp with "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)". Hootie & the Blowfish spent four weeks at number one with two hits: "Time" and "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)", while Mariah Carey, Everything but the Girl, and Bryan Adams each logged three weeks at number one with their chart-topping singles.

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† Indicates best-performing single of 1996

Chart history

Hootie & the Blowfish held the number-one position in Canada for four weeks with two tracks: "Time" and "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)".
"I Want to Come Over" gave Melissa Etheridge her first number-one single in Canada when it topped the chart in March.
Tracy Chapman gained her second Canadian number-one single in 1996 with "Give Me One Reason".
Canadian band the Tragically Hip topped the RPM chart for two nonconsecutive weeks in June and July with "Ahead by a Century".
John Mellencamp remained atop the chart for five weeks in 1996 with his fourth Canadian number one, "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)".
Issue date Song Artist Reference
1 January "Hand in My Pocket" Alanis Morissette
8 January "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Whitney Houston
15 January
22 January "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
29 January
5 February "One of Us" Joan Osborne
12 February "Time" Hootie & the Blowfish
19 February "Missing" Everything but the Girl
26 February
4 March
11 March "The World I Know" Collective Soul
18 March "I Want to Come Over" Melissa Etheridge
25 March "Follow You Down" Gin Blossoms
1 April "Ironic" Alanis Morissette
8 April
15 April
22 April
29 April
6 May
13 May "Closer to Free" BoDeans
20 May "Always Be My Baby" Mariah Carey
27 May "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" Hootie & the Blowfish
3 June
10 June
17 June "Give Me One Reason" Tracy Chapman
24 June "Ahead by a Century" The Tragically Hip
1 July "You Learn"† Alanis Morissette
8 July "Ahead by a Century" The Tragically Hip
15 July "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" Bryan Adams
22 July "You Learn"† Alanis Morissette
29 July
5 August "Change the World" Eric Clapton
12 August
19 August
26 August
2 September
9 September "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" John Mellencamp
16 September
23 September
30 September
7 October
14 October "Let's Make a Night to Remember" Bryan Adams
21 October
28 October "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Celine Dion
4 November
11 November "If It Makes You Happy" Sheryl Crow
18 November "Head over Feet" Alanis Morissette
25 November
2 December
9 December
16 December
23 December
30 December

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