# List of number-one singles of 1979 (Canada)

RPM was a Canadian music magazine that published the best-performing singles chart in Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1979, twenty-eight singles reached number one in Canada. The first number one single was from Canadian singer-songwriter Gino Vannelli, with "I Just Wanna Stop" which reached number one in December 1978, and the last was "Babe" from American rock band Styx. Twelve acts achieved their first number-one song in the chart in 1979: the Village People, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Supertramp, Sister Sledge, Anita Ward, The Knack, Patrick Hernandez, Robert Palmer, M and Styx; the Village People and The Knack would also score another number-one hit that year. The Bee Gees and Donna Summer would also have more than one new number-one song, having three and two singles respectively. Excluding Gino Vannelli, which charted in late December 1978, Anne Murray was the only Canadian act with at least one number-one song in the chart that year, with "I Just Fall in Love Again".
The best-performing single of the year was "The Logical Song" by the British progressive rock band Supertramp, which spent 28 weeks in the chart, including two weeks at number one. The longest-running number-one single is "Babe", which spent five weeks at number one throughout December 1979. The Bee Gees' "Tragedy", and Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" stayed at number one for four weeks each that year. The Bee Gees had the most weeks at number one, totalling seven weeks, and also had the most number-one singles, with three.

## Chart history

Key :
* The yellow background indicates the #1 song on RPM's Year-End Top 200 Singles of 1979.
Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 6 | "I Just Wanna Stop" | Gino Vannelli |
| January 13 | "Le Freak" | Chic |
| January 20 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees |
| January 27 | "Y.M.C.A." | Village People |
| February 3 | "Y.M.C.A." | Village People |
| February 10 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees |
| February 17 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees |
| February 24 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| March 3 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| March 10 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| March 17 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| March 24 | "Tragedy" | Bee Gees |
| March 31 | "Tragedy" | Bee Gees |
| April 7 | "Tragedy" | Bee Gees |
| April 14 | "Tragedy" | Bee Gees |
| April 21 | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Anne Murray |
| April 28 | "What a Fool Believes" | The Doobie Brothers |
| May 5 | "Knock on Wood" | Amii Stewart |
| May 12 | "Heart of Glass" | Blondie |
| May 19 | "In the Navy" | Village People |
| May 26 | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb |
| June 2 | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb |
| June 9 | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer |
| June 16 | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer |
| June 23 | "Love You Inside Out" | Bee Gees |
| June 30 | "The Logical Song" | Supertramp |
| July 7 | "The Logical Song" | Supertramp |
| July 14 | "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge |
| July 21 | "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge |
| July 28 | "Ring My Bell" | Anita Ward |
| August 4 | "Ring My Bell" | Anita Ward |
| August 11 | "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| August 18 | "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| August 25 | "Born to Be Alive" | Patrick Hernandez |
| September 1 | "Born to Be Alive" | Patrick Hernandez |
| September 8 | "My Sharona" | The Knack |
| September 15 | "My Sharona" | The Knack |
| September 22 | "My Sharona" | The Knack |
| September 29 | "I Was Made for Lovin' You" | Kiss |
| October 6 | "Don't Bring Me Down" | Electric Light Orchestra |
| October 13 | "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" | Robert Palmer |
| October 20 | "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" | Robert Palmer |
| October 28 | "Pop Muzik" | M |
| November 3 | "Pop Muzik" | M |
| November 10 | "Good Girls Don't" | The Knack |
| November 17 | "Heartache Tonight" | Eagles |
| November 24 | "Heartache Tonight" | Eagles |
| December 1 | "Babe" | Styx |
| December 8 | "Babe" | Styx |
| December 15 | "Babe" | Styx |
| December 22 | "Babe" | Styx |
| December 29 | "Babe" | Styx |