# List of number-one singles of 1974 (Canada)

RPM was a Canadian music magazine that published the best-performing singles chart in Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1974, thirty-four singles reached number one in Canada. The first number one single was "The Most Beautiful Girl" by the American country singer Charlie Rich, which reached number one in December 1973, and the last was "Kung Fu Fighting" by the Jamaican singer Carl Douglas. Twenty acts had their first number-one on the chart, such as Terry Jacks (formerly of the Poppy Family), Barbra Streisand, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Jim Stafford, John Denver, David Essex, MFSB, the Three Degrees, Grand Funk Railroad, Marvin Hamlisch, Paul McCartney and Wings, Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods, The Hues Corporation, George McCrae, Paul Anka, Eric Clapton, Cat Stevens, Olivia Newton-John, the First Class and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Six Canadian acts, Terry Jacks, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Andy Kim, Paul Anka and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, had one number-one song each in the chart that year.
The longest-running number-one and best-performing single of the year was a version of "Seasons in the Sun" recorded by Terry Jacks, formerly of the Poppy Family, which spent four weeks at number one from the week of January 26 to the week of February 16. English rock musician Elton John had the most weeks at number one and the most number-one singles, totalling five weeks with "Bennie and the Jets", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" and "The Bitch Is Back". Gordon Lightfoot, Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Bobby Vinton had a total of three weeks each at number one with "Sundown", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and "My Melody of Love" respectively. American folk singer-songwriter Jim Croce had two weeks at number one with the posthumous hit "Time in a Bottle", which was released as a single after his death in a plane crash in 1973. Nine acts, Anne Murray, John Denver, MFSB, the Three Seasons, Grand Funk Railroad, The Hues Corporation, Eric Clapton, Cat Stevens and Carl Douglas, also had two weeks each at number one.

## Chart history

Key :
* The yellow background indicates the #1 song on RPM's year-end top 200 singles chart of 1974.
Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 5 | "The Most Beautiful Girl" | Charlie Rich |
| January 12 | "Time in a Bottle" | Jim Croce |
| January 19 | "Time in a Bottle" | Jim Croce |
| January 26 | "Seasons in the Sun" | Terry Jacks |
| February 2 | "Seasons in the Sun" | Terry Jacks |
| February 9 | "Seasons in the Sun" | Terry Jacks |
| February 16 | "Seasons in the Sun" | Terry Jacks |
| February 23 | "The Way We Were" | Barbra Streisand |
| March 2 | "Love's Theme" | Love Unlimited Orchestra |
| March 9 | "Spiders & Snakes" | Jim Stafford |
| March 16 | "A Love Song" | Anne Murray |
| March 23 | "A Love Song" | Anne Murray |
| March 30 | "Rock On" | David Essex |
| April 6 | "Sunshine on My Shoulders" | John Denver |
| April 13 | "Bennie and the Jets" | Elton John |
| April 20 | "Bennie and the Jets" | Elton John |
| April 27 | "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" | MFSB featuring The Three Degrees |
| May 4 | "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" | MFSB featuring The Three Degrees |
| May 11 | "The Loco-Motion" | Grand Funk |
| May 18 | "The Loco-Motion" | Grand Funk |
| May 25 | "The Entertainer" | Marvin Hamlisch |
| June 1 | "The Streak" | Ray Stevens |
| June 8 | "Band on the Run" | Paul McCartney and Wings |
| June 15 | "Sundown" | Gordon Lightfoot |
| June 22 | "Sundown" | Gordon Lightfoot |
| June 29 | "Sundown" | Gordon Lightfoot |
| July 6 | "Billy Don't Be a Hero" | Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods |
| July 13 | "Rock the Boat" | The Hues Corporation |
| July 20 | "Rock the Boat" | The Hues Corporation |
| July 27 | "Rock Your Baby" | George McCrae |
| August 3 | "Annie's Song" | John Denver |
| August 10 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Elton John |
| August 17 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Elton John |
| August 24 | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Roberta Flack |
| August 31 | "(You're) Having My Baby" | Paul Anka |
| September 7 | "I Shot the Sheriff" | Eric Clapton |
| September 14 | "I Shot the Sheriff" | Eric Clapton |
| September 21 | "Rock Me Gently" | Andy Kim |
| September 28 | "Another Saturday Night" | Cat Stevens |
| October 5 | "I Honestly Love You" | Olivia Newton-John |
| October 12 | "Beach Baby" | The First Class |
| October 19 | "Another Saturday Night" | Cat Stevens |
| October 26 | "You Haven't Done Nothin'" | Stevie Wonder |
| November 2 | "The Bitch Is Back" | Elton John |
| November 9 | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
| November 16 | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
| November 23 | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
| November 30 | "My Melody of Love" | Bobby Vinton |
| December 7 | "My Melody of Love" | Bobby Vinton |
| December 14 | "My Melody of Love" | Bobby Vinton |
| December 21 | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Carl Douglas |
| December 28 | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Carl Douglas |