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". [2]
| Date | Issue | Single | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January | Volume 62, No. 21 | "One of Us" | Joan Osborne | [3] |
| 15 January | Volume 62, No. 22 | "Wonderwall" | Oasis | [4] |
| 22 January | Volume 62, No. 23 | "Wonderwall" | Oasis | [5] |
| 29 January | Volume 62, No. 24 | "Brain Stew" | Green Day | [6] |
| 5 February | Volume 62, No. 25 | "Brain Stew" | Green Day | [7] |
| 12 February | Volume 62, No. 26 | "Brain Stew" | Green Day | [8] |
| 19 February | Volume 63, No. 1 | "1979" | The Smashing Pumpkins | [9] |
| 26 February | Volume 63, No. 2 | "Peaches" | The Presidents of the United States of America | [10] |
| 4 March | Volume 63, No. 3 | "Peaches" | The Presidents of the United States of America | [11] |
| 11 March | Volume 63, No. 4 | "Peaches" | The Presidents of the United States of America | [12] |
| 18 March | Volume 63, No. 5 | "Ironic" | Alanis Morissette | [13] |
| 25 March | Volume 63, No. 6 | "Zero" | The Smashing Pumpkins | [14] |
| 1 April | Volume 63, No. 7 | "Aeroplane" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | [15] |
| 8 April | Volume 63, No. 8 | "Big Bang Baby" | Stone Temple Pilots | [16] |
| 15 April | Volume 63, No. 9 | "Big Bang Baby" | Stone Temple Pilots | [17] |
| 22 April | Volume 63, No. 10 | "Champagne Supernova" | Oasis | [18] |
| 29 April | Volume 63, No. 11 | "Big Bang Baby" | Stone Temple Pilots | [19] |
| 6 May | Volume 63, No. 12 | "Champagne Supernova" | Oasis | [20] |
| 13 May | Volume 63, No. 13 | "Machinehead" | Bush X | [21] |
| 20 May | Volume 63, No. 14 | "Ahead By a Century" | Tragically Hip | [22] |
| 27 May | Volume 63, No. 15 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden | [23] |
| 3 June | Volume 63, No. 16 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden | [24] |
| 10 June | Volume 63, No. 17 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden | [25] |
| 17 June | Volume 63, No. 18 | "One More Astronaut" | I Mother Earth | [26] |
| 24 June | Volume 63, No. 19 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden | [27] |
| 1 July | Volume 63, No. 20 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden | [28] |
| 8 July | Volume 63, No. 21 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden | [29] |
| 15 July | Volume 63, No. 22 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots | [30] |
| 22 July | Volume 63, No. 23 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots | [31] |
| 29 July | Volume 63, No. 24 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots | [32] |
| 5 August | Volume 63, No. 25 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots | [33] |
| 12 August | Volume 63, No. 26 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden | [34] |
| 19 August | Volume 64, No. 1 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden | [35] |
| 26 August | Volume 64, No. 2 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden | [36] |
| 2 September | Volume 64, No. 3 | On-line chart not available | [note 5] | |
| 9 September | Volume 64, No. 4 | "Who You Are" | Pearl Jam | [37] |
| 16 September | Volume 64, No. 5 | "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" | Primitive Radio Gods | [38] |
| 23 September | Volume 64, No. 6 | "E-bow the Letter" | R.E.M. | [39] |
| 30 September | Volume 64, No. 7 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Sheryl Crow | [40] |
| 7 October | Volume 64, No. 8 | "Novocaine for the Soul" | Eels | [41] |
| 14 October | Volume 64, No. 9 | "Novocaine for the Soul" | Eels | [42] |
| 21 October | Volume 64, No. 10 | "Muzzle" | The Smashing Pumpkins | [43] |
| 4 November | Volume 64, No. 11 | "Aneurysm" | Nirvana | [44] |
| 11 November | Volume 64, No. 13 | "Aneurysm" | Nirvana | [45] |
| 18 November | Volume 64, No. 14 | "Aneurysm" | Nirvana | [46] |
| 25 November | Volume 64, No. 15 | "Stinkfist" | Tool | [47] |
| 2 December | Volume 64, No. 16 | "Swallowed" | Bush X | [48] |
| 9 December | Volume 64, No. 17 | "Swallowed" | Bush X | [49] |
| 16 December | Volume 64, No. 18 | "Swallowed" | Bush X | [50] |
| RPM's number-one Alternative rock single of 1996 | ||||
| 16 December | Volume 64, No. 18 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden | [2] |
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