List of number-one singles of 1974 (Canada)

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.

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.

Terry Jacks , formerly of the band The Poppy Family , reached number one for four weeks with " Seasons in the Sun ", which became the number-one year-end single for 1974
Elton John totalled five weeks at number one with " Bennie and the Jets ", " Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me " and " The Bitch Is Back ".
Barbra Streisand charted her first Canada number-one single with " The Way We Were ".
Gordon Lightfoot ( pictured in 2009 ) spent three weeks in June 1974 at number one with " Sundown ", his second number-one after " If You Could Read My Mind ".