# List of RPM number-one alternative rock singles of 1996

This is a list of RPM's number one weekly alternative rock singles chart in Canada for 1996. This chart was first published 11 June 1995 as the Alternative 30 by RPM magazine. In early 1999, the magazine renamed the chart to Rock Report. This chart was published most weeks until the magazine's demise 13 November 2000.
RPM's number one Alternative rock single for 1996, as published in their chart "Year End Alternative ~ Top 50", was Soundgarden's "Burden in My Hand".

## Weekly chart

| Date | Issue | Single | Artist |
| 8 January | Volume 62, No. 21 | "One of Us" | Joan Osborne |
| 15 January | Volume 62, No. 22 | "Wonderwall" | Oasis |
| 22 January | Volume 62, No. 23 | "Wonderwall" | Oasis |
| 29 January | Volume 62, No. 24 | "Brain Stew" | Green Day |
| 5 February | Volume 62, No. 25 | "Brain Stew" | Green Day |
| 12 February | Volume 62, No. 26 | "Brain Stew" | Green Day |
| 19 February | Volume 63, No. 1 | "1979" | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 26 February | Volume 63, No. 2 | "Peaches" | The Presidents of the United States of America |
| 4 March | Volume 63, No. 3 | "Peaches" | The Presidents of the United States of America |
| 11 March | Volume 63, No. 4 | "Peaches" | The Presidents of the United States of America |
| 18 March | Volume 63, No. 5 | "Ironic" | Alanis Morissette |
| 25 March | Volume 63, No. 6 | "Zero" | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 1 April | Volume 63, No. 7 | "Aeroplane" | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 8 April | Volume 63, No. 8 | "Big Bang Baby" | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 15 April | Volume 63, No. 9 | "Big Bang Baby" | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 22 April | Volume 63, No. 10 | "Champagne Supernova" | Oasis |
| 29 April | Volume 63, No. 11 | "Big Bang Baby" | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 6 May | Volume 63, No. 12 | "Champagne Supernova" | Oasis |
| 13 May | Volume 63, No. 13 | "Machinehead" | Bush X |
| 20 May | Volume 63, No. 14 | "Ahead By a Century" | Tragically Hip |
| 27 May | Volume 63, No. 15 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden |
| 3 June | Volume 63, No. 16 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden |
| 10 June | Volume 63, No. 17 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden |
| 17 June | Volume 63, No. 18 | "One More Astronaut" | I Mother Earth |
| 24 June | Volume 63, No. 19 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden |
| 1 July | Volume 63, No. 20 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden |
| 8 July | Volume 63, No. 21 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden |
| 15 July | Volume 63, No. 22 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 22 July | Volume 63, No. 23 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 29 July | Volume 63, No. 24 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 5 August | Volume 63, No. 25 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 12 August | Volume 63, No. 26 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden |
| 19 August | Volume 64, No. 1 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden |
| 26 August | Volume 64, No. 2 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden |
| 2 September | Volume 64, No. 3 | On-line chart not available | On-line chart not available |
| 9 September | Volume 64, No. 4 | "Who You Are" | Pearl Jam |
| 16 September | Volume 64, No. 5 | "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" | Primitive Radio Gods |
| 23 September | Volume 64, No. 6 | "E-bow the Letter" | R.E.M. |
| 30 September | Volume 64, No. 7 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Sheryl Crow |
| 7 October | Volume 64, No. 8 | "Novocaine for the Soul" | Eels |
| 14 October | Volume 64, No. 9 | "Novocaine for the Soul" | Eels |
| 21 October | Volume 64, No. 10 | "Muzzle" | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 4 November | Volume 64, No. 11 | "Aneurysm" | Nirvana |
| 11 November | Volume 64, No. 13 | "Aneurysm" | Nirvana |
| 18 November | Volume 64, No. 14 | "Aneurysm" | Nirvana |
| 25 November | Volume 64, No. 15 | "Stinkfist" | Tool |
| 2 December | Volume 64, No. 16 | "Swallowed" | Bush X |
| 9 December | Volume 64, No. 17 | "Swallowed" | Bush X |
| 16 December | Volume 64, No. 18 | "Swallowed" | Bush X |
| RPM's number-one Alternative rock single of 1996 |||||
| 16 December | Volume 64, No. 18 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden |