List of number-one albums of 2022 (Canada)

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These are the Canadian number-one albums of 2022. 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 2022 [1]
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.
January 1 30 Adele [2]
January 8 Christmas Michael Bublé [3]
January 1530Adele [4]
January 22 Dawn FM The Weeknd [5]
January 29 [6]
February 5 Encanto Soundtrack [7]
February 12 [8]
February 19 [9]
February 26 [10]
March 5 [11]
March 12 [12]
March 19 [13]
March 26 [14]
April 2 [15]
April 9 Mainstream Sellout Machine Gun Kelly [16]
April 16 Unlimited Love Red Hot Chili Peppers [17]
April 23 Sour Olivia Rodrigo [18]
April 30 [19]
May 7 It's Almost Dry Pusha T [20]
May 14 I Never Liked You Future [21]
May 21 Come Home the Kids Miss You Jack Harlow [22]
May 28 Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Kendrick Lamar [23]
June 4 Harry's House Harry Styles [24]
June 11 [25]
June 18 Twelve Carat Toothache Post Malone [26]
June 25 Proof BTS [27]
July 2 Honestly, Nevermind Drake [28]
July 9 [29]
July 16 [30]
July 23Harry's HouseHarry Styles [31]
July 30 [32]
August 6 [33]
August 13 Renaissance Beyoncé [34]
August 20 [35]
August 27Harry's HouseHarry Styles [36]
September 3 [37]
September 10 God Did DJ Khaled [38]
September 17Harry's HouseHarry Styles [39]
September 24 Patient Number 9 Ozzy Osbourne [40]
October 1 Born Pink Blackpink [41]
October 8 The Highlights The Weeknd [42]
October 15 [43]
October 22 [44]
October 29 It's Only Me Lil Baby [45]
November 5 Midnights Taylor Swift [46]
November 12 [47]
November 19 Her Loss Drake and 21 Savage [48]
November 26MidnightsTaylor Swift [49]
December 3 [50]
December 10 [51]
December 17 Heroes & Villains Metro Boomin [52]
December 24 SOS SZA [53]
December 31 [54]

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