This is a list of the Canadian RPM magazine number one Top Singles of 1979, based on the publication's top 100 singles lists.
identifies Canadian musical acts.
| Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Weeks on Top | Song | Artist |
| 30:15-16 | 13 January | 2 | "Le Freak" | Chic |
| 30:17 | 20 January | 1 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees |
| 30:18-19 | 27 January - 3 February | 2 | "Y.M.C.A." | Village People |
| 30:20-21 | 10 February - 17 February | 2 | "Too Much Heaven" (return) | Bee Gees |
| 30:22-25 | 24 February - 17 March | 4 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| 30:26, 31:1-3 | 24 March - 14 April | 4 | "Tragedy" | Bee Gees |
| 31:4 | 21 April | 1 | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Anne Murray |
| 31:5 | 28 April | 1 | "What a Fool Believes" | The Doobie Brothers |
| 31:6 | 5 May | 1 | "Knock on Wood" | Amii Stewart |
| 31:7 | 12 May | 1 | "Heart of Glass" | Blondie |
| 31:8 | 19 May | 1 | "In the Navy" | Village People |
| 31:9-10 | 26 May - 2 June | 2 | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb |
| 31:11-12 | 9 June - 16 June | 2 | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer |
| 31:13 | 23 June | 1 | "Love You Inside and Out" | Bee Gees |
| 31:14-15 | 30 June - 7 July | 2 | "The Logical Song" | Supertramp |
| 31:16-17 | 14 July - 21 July | 2 | "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge |
| 31:18-19 | 28 July - 4 August | 2 | "Ring My Bell" | Anita Ward |
| 31:20-21 | 11 August - 18 August | 2 | "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| 31:22-23 | 25 August - 1 September | 2 | "Born to Be Alive" | Patrick Hernandez |
| 31:24-26 | 8 September - 22 September | 3 | "My Sharona" | The Knack |
| 32:1 | 29 September | 1 | "I Was Made for Lovin' You" | Kiss |
| 32:2 | 6 October | 1 | "Don't Bring Me Down" | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 32:3-4 | 13 October - 20 October | 2 | "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" | Robert Palmer |
| 32:5-6 | 27 October - 3 November | 2 | "Pop Muzik" | M |
| 32:7 | 10 November | 1 | "Good Girls Don't" | The Knack |
| 32:8-9 | 17 November - 24 November | 2 | "Heartache Tonight" | Eagles |
| 32:10-14 | 1 December 1979 – 5 January 1980 § | 6 | "Babe" | Styx |
Note § - first issue of following year was released 12 January 1980.
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