List of number-one singles of 1968 (Canada)

This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1968.[n 2][n 3]

Canada denotes Canadian Content.

Volume:Issue Issue Date(s) Weeks on Top Song Artist
8:17-19 23 December - 6 January 3 "Hello, Goodbye" The Beatles
8:20 13 January 1 "Woman, Woman" The Union Gap
8:21 20 January 1 "Next Plane to London" The Rose Garden
8:22 27 January 1 "Itchycoo Park" Small Faces
8:23 3 February 1 "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
8:24 10 February 1 "Baby Now That I've Found You" The Foundations
8:25 17 February 1 "Zabadak" Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
8:26 24 February 1 "Spooky" Classics IV
9:1 2 March 1 "I Can Take or Leave Your Loving" Herman's Hermits
9:2 9 March 1 "Words" Bee Gees
9:3 16 March 1 "Simon Says" 1910 Fruitgum Company
9:4-5 23 March - 30 March 2 "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" Georgie Fame
9:6 6 April 1 "La-La (Means I Love You)" The Delfonics
9:7 13 April 1 "Valleri" The Monkees
9:8 20 April 1 "Young Girl" The Union Gap
9:9-10 27 April - 4 May 2 "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro
9:11 11 May 1 "A Beautiful Morning" The Rascals
9:12-13 18 May - 25 May 2 "Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel
9:14-15 1 June - 8 June 2 "Master Jack" Four Jacks and a Jill
9:16 15 June 1 "Yummy Yummy Yummy" Ohio Express
9:17 22 June 1 "MacArthur Park" Richard Harris
9:18 29 June 1 "This Guy's in Love with You" Herb Alpert
9:19 6 July 1 "Angel of the Morning" Merrillee Rush
9:20-23 13 July - 3 August 4 "Lady Willpower" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
9:24 19 August 1 "Hello, I Love You" The Doors
9:26[n 4] 26 August 1 "People Got to Be Free" The Rascals
10.1 2 September 1 "Born to Be Wild" Steppenwolf Canada
10.2 9 September 1 "Light My Fire" José Feliciano
10:3 16 September 1 "1, 2, 3, Red Light" 1910 Fruitgum Company
10:4 23 September 1 "Harper Valley PTA" Jeannie C. Riley
10:5-7 30 September - 14 October 3 "Hey Jude" The Beatles
10:8 21 October 1 "Fire" Arthur Brown
10:9-10 28 October - 2 November 2 "Those Were the Days" Mary Hopkin
10:11 11 November 1 "Hold Me Tight" Johnny Nash
10:12 18 November 1 "Magic Carpet Ride" Steppenwolf Canada
10:13 25 November 1 "Abraham, Martin and John" Dion
10:14-15 2 December - 9 December 2 "Love Child" Diana Ross & the Supremes
10:16-19 16 December - 6 January 4 "Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell

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Notes
  1. The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
    The PDF text search does not work unless you have additional software installed. You must view each entry on the chart for a match.
  2. A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
  3. † On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
  4. Although the charts were corresponding, the archive numbered this as no. 26 instead of 25.

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