List of number-one singles of 1976 (Canada)

RPM was a Canadian music magazine that published the best-performing singles chart in Canada from 1964 to 2000.

Twenty-one acts achieved their first number-one single in the chart in 1976: the Bay City Rollers, the Silver Convention, C. W. McCall, Neil Sedaka, Nazareth, THP Orchestra, Donna Summer, Gary Wright, Queen, The Sylvers, Kiss, Henry Gross, Sweeney Todd, Andrea True Connection, Eric Carmen (formerly of the Raspberries), Starland Vocal Band, Kiki Dee, Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band, Chicago, Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots, and Rod Stewart.

Three acts, KC and the Sunshine Band, the Bay City Rollers and the Silver Convention had more than one number-one hit for 1976.

Three Canadian acts, the THP Orchestra, Sweeney Todd (with Nick Gilder) and Gordon Lightfoot, had one number-one song each in the chart that year.

C. W. McCall's "Convoy" stayed at number one for four weeks, while Sweeney Todd's "Roxy Roller", Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots' "Disco Duck" had also stayed at number one for three weeks each.

Rod Stewart stayed at number one for five weeks with " Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) ", becoming the number-one year-end single in Canada for 1976
Scottish hard rock band Nazareth ( pictured in 2022 ) had their only Canada number-one single with " Love Hurts "
Queen had their first number-one on the RPM chart with " Bohemian Rhapsody ".
Wings had their third Canada number-one single with " Silly Love Songs ".