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[note 1] as the Alternative 30 by RPM magazine.

[note 2] In early 1999, the magazine renamed the chart to Rock Report.

[note 3] This chart was published most weeks[note 4] until the magazine's demise 13 November 2000.

[1] 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".