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".
| Date | Issue | Single | Artist | Ref. < | -- future charts may need 1em --> |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January | Volume 62, No. 21 | "One of Us" | |||
| 15 January | Volume 62, No. 22 | "Wonderwall" | |||
| 22 January | Volume 62, No. 23 | "Wonderwall" | |||
| 29 January | Volume 62, No. 24 | "Brain Stew" | |||
| 5 February | Volume 62, No. 25 | "Brain Stew" | |||
| 12 February | "Brain Stew" | ||||
| 19 February | Volume 63, No. 1 | "1979" | |||
| 26 February | Volume 63, No. 2 | "Peaches" | |||
| 4 March | Volume 63, No. 3 | "Peaches" | |||
| 11 March | Volume 63, No. 4 | "Peaches" | |||
| 18 March | Volume 63, No. 5 | "Ironic" | Alanis Morissette | ||
| 25 March | Volume 63, No. 6 | "Zero" | |||
| 1 April | Volume 63, No. 7 | "Aeroplane" | |||
| 8 April | Volume 63, No. 8 | "Big Bang Baby" | |||
| 15 April | Volume 63, No. 9 | "Big Bang Baby" | |||
| 22 April | Volume 63, No. 10 | "Champagne Supernova" | |||
| 29 April | Volume 63, No. 11 | "Big Bang Baby" | |||
| 6 May | Volume 63, No. 12 | "Champagne Supernova" | |||
| 13 May | Volume 63, No. 13 | "Machinehead" | |||
| 20 May | Volume 63, No. 14 | "Ahead By a Century" | Tragically Hip | ||
| 27 May | Volume 63, No. 15 | "Pretty Noose" | |||
| 3 June | Volume 63, No. 16 | "Pretty Noose" | |||
| 10 June | Volume 63, No. 17 | "Pretty Noose" | |||
| 17 June | Volume 63, No. 18 | "One More Astronaut" | I Mother Earth | ||
| 24 June | Volume 63, No. 19 | "Pretty Noose" | |||
| 1 July | Volume 63, No. 20 | "Pretty Noose" | |||
| 8 July | Volume 63, No. 21 | "Pretty Noose" | |||
| 15 July | Volume 63, No. 22 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | |||
| 22 July | Volume 63, No. 23 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | |||
| 29 July | Volume 63, No. 24 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | |||
| 5 August | Volume 63, No. 25 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | |||
| 12 August | Volume 63, No. 26 | "Burden in My Hand" | |||
| 19 August | Volume 64, No. 1 | "Burden in My Hand" | |||
| 26 August | Volume 64, No. 2 | "Burden in My Hand" | |||
| 2 September | Volume 64, No. 3 | On-line chart not available | |||
| 9 September | Volume 64, No. 4 | "Who You Are" | |||
| 16 September | Volume 64, No. 5 | "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" | |||
| 23 September | Volume 64, No. 6 | "E-bow the Letter" | |||
| 30 September | Volume 64, No. 7 | "If It Makes You Happy" | |||
| 7 October | Volume 64, No. 8 | "Novocaine for the Soul" | |||
| 14 October | Volume 64, No. 9 | "Novocaine for the Soul" | |||
| 21 October | Volume 64, No. 10 | "Muzzle" | |||
| 4 November | Volume 64, No. 11 | "Aneurysm" | |||
| 11 November | Volume 64, No. 13 | "Aneurysm" | |||
| 18 November | Volume 64, No. 14 | "Aneurysm" | |||
| 25 November | Volume 64, No. 15 | "Stinkfist" | |||
| 2 December | Volume 64, No. 16 | "Swallowed" | |||
| 9 December | Volume 64, No. 17 | "Swallowed" | |||
| 16 December | Volume 64, No. 18 | "Swallowed" | |||
| RPM's number-one Alternative rock single of 1996 | |||||
| 16 December | Volume 64, No. 18 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden | ||