List of number-one singles of 1996 (Canada) Chart history Chart history

| Volume_Issue | Issue_date | Weeks_on_numbe_one | Song | Artists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62:21-22 | 8 January - 15 January | 2 |  Exhale (Shoop Shoop)  | Whitney Houston |
| 62:23-24 | 22 January - 29 January | 2 |  One Sweet Day  | Mariah Carey |
| 62:25 | 5 February | 1 |  One of Us  | Joan Osborne |
| 62:26 | 12 February | 1 |  Time  | Hootie & the Blowfish |
| 63:1-3 | 19 February - 4 March | 3 |  Missing  | Everything but the Girl |
| 63:4 | 11 March | 1 |  The World I Know  | Collective Soul |
| 63:5 | 18 March | 1 |  I Want to Come Over  | Melissa Etheridge |
| 63:6 | 25 March | 1 |  Follow You Down  | Gin Blossoms |
| 63:7-12 | 1 April - 6 May | 6 |  Ironic  | Alanis Morissette |