List of number-one albums of 2020 (Canada)

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These are the Canadian number-one albums of 2020. The chart is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published in Billboard magazine as Top Canadian Albums.

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Number-one albums

Key
†Indicates best-performing album of 2020 [1]
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.
January 4 Christmas Michael Bublé [2]
January 11 JackBoys JackBoys [3]
January 18 Hollywood's Bleeding † Post Malone [4]
January 25 Rare Selena Gomez [5]
February 1 Music to Be Murdered By Eminem [6]
February 8 [7]
February 15 [8]
February 22 [9]
February 29 Changes Justin Bieber [10]
March 7 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS [11]
March 14 American Standard James Taylor [12]
March 21 Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert [13]
March 28 [14]
April 4 After Hours The Weeknd [15]
April 11 [16]
April 18 [17]
April 25 The New Toronto 3 Tory Lanez [18]
May 2 Blame It on Baby DaBaby [19]
May 9After HoursThe Weeknd [20]
May 16 Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drake [21]
May 23 Good Intentions Nav [22]
May 30 High Off Life Future [23]
June 6 Wunna Gunna [24]
June 13 Chromatica Lady Gaga [25]
June 20 [26]
June 27 [27]
July 4After HoursThe Weeknd [28]
July 11 [29]
July 18 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke [30]
July 25 Legends Never Die Juice Wrld [31]
August 1Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the MoonPop Smoke [32]
August 8 Folklore Taylor Swift [33]
August 15 [34]
August 22 [35]
August 29Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the MoonPop Smoke [36]
September 5 [37]
September 12 [38]
September 19 [39]
September 26 [40]
October 3 [41]
October 10 Tickets to My Downfall Machine Gun Kelly [42]
October 17 Savage Mode II 21 Savage and Metro Boomin [43]
October 24Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the MoonPop Smoke [44]
October 31 [45]
November 7 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [46]
November 14 Positions Ariana Grande [47]
November 21 [48]
November 28 Power Up AC/DC [49]
December 5 Be BTS [50]
December 12 Plastic Hearts Miley Cyrus [51]
December 19 Wonder Shawn Mendes [52]
December 26 Evermore Taylor Swift [53]

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