List of number-one digital songs of 2016 (Canada)

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This is a list of the number-one downloaded songs in Canada during the year 2016.

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The Nielsen SoundScan-compiled chart is published on Music Canada's website on Mondays and Billboard on Tuesdays.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 10–11 days in advance.

Chart history

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-charting digital song of 2016 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference(s)
January 2"Hello" Adele [2]
January 9 [3]
January 16 [4]
January 23"Love Yourself" Dagger-14-plain.png Justin Bieber [5]
January 30 [6]
February 6"Stressed Out" Twenty One Pilots [7]
February 13 [8]
February 20"Pillowtalk" Zayn [9]
February 27"Stressed Out"Twenty One Pilots [10]
March 5 [11]
March 12"Work" Rihanna featuring Drake [12]
March 19"Piece by Piece" Kelly Clarkson [13]
March 26"7 Years" Lukas Graham [14]
April 2 [15]
April 9 [16]
April 16 [17]
April 23 [18]
April 30"One Dance"Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla [19]
May 7 [20]
May 14 [21]
May 21"This Is What You Came For" Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna [22]
May 28"Can't Stop the Feeling!" Justin Timberlake [23]
June 4 [24]
June 11 [25]
June 18 [26]
June 25 [27]
July 2"Cheap Thrills" Sia featuring Sean Paul [28]
July 9 [29]
July 16 [30]
July 23 [31]
July 30 [32]
August 6 [33]
August 13"Cold Water" Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and [34]
August 20"Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey [35]
August 27"Let Me Love You" DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber [36]
September 3"Cold Water"Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ [37]
September 10"Closer"The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey [38]
September 17 [39]
September 24 [40]
October 1 [41]
October 8 [42]
October 15 [43]
October 22 [44]
October 29 [45]
November 5"Starboy" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk [46]
November 12 [47]
November 19 [48]
November 26"Don't Wanna Know" Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar [49]
December 3"Starboy"The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk [50]
December 10 [51]
December 17"Don't Wanna Know"Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar [52]
December 24"Starboy"The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk [53]
December 31"I Don't Wanna Live Forever"Zayn and Taylor Swift [54]

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