This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1971.[n 2][n 3]
| Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Song | Artist |
| 14:20 | 2 January | "Isn't It a Pity" | George Harrison |
| 14:21 | 9 January | ||
| 14:22 | 16 January | ||
| 14:23 | 23 January | "Knock Three Times" | Dawn with Tony Orlando |
| 14:24 | 30 January | ||
| 14:25 | 6 February | "Lonely Days" | Bee Gees |
| 14:26 | 13 February | "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" | Lynn Anderson |
| 15:1 | 20 February | "If You Could Read My Mind" | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 15:2 | 27 February | "One Bad Apple" | The Osmonds |
| 15:3 | 6 March | ||
| 15:4 | 13 March | "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 15:5 | 20 March | ||
| 15:6 | 27 March | "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" | The Partridge Family |
| 15:7 | 3 April | "She's a Lady" | Tom Jones |
| 15:8 | 10 April | "Stay Awhile" | The Bells |
| 15:9 | 17 April | ||
| 15:10 | 24 April | "Joy to the World" | Three Dog Night |
| 15:11 | 1 May | ||
| 15:12 | 8 May | ||
| 15:13 | 15 May | ||
| 15:14 | 22 May | ||
| 15:15 | 29 May | ||
| 15:16 | 5 June | "Brown Sugar" | The Rolling Stones |
| 15:17 | 12 June | ||
| 15:18 | 19 June | ||
| 15:19 | 26 June | "It Don't Come Easy" | Ringo Starr |
| 15:20 | 3 July | ||
| 15:21 | 10 July | "It's Too Late" | Carole King |
| 15:22 | 17 July | ||
| 15:23 | 24 July | ||
| 15:24 | 31 July | "Don't Pull Your Love" | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
| 15:25 | 7 August | "Sweet City Woman" | The Stampeders |
| 15:26 | 14 August | ||
| 16:1 | 21 August | ||
| 16:2 | 28 August | "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" | Bee Gees |
| 16:3 | 4 September | ||
| 16:4 | 11 September | "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 16:5 | 18 September | "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" | Paul and Linda McCartney |
| 16:6 | 25 September | ||
| 16:7 | 2 October | ||
| 16:8 | 9 October | "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart |
| 16:9 | 16 October | "Go Away Little Girl" | Donny Osmond |
| 16:10 | 23 October | ||
| 16:11 | 30 October | "Yo-Yo" | The Osmonds |
| 16:12 | 6 November | "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" | Cher |
| 16:13 | 13 November | ||
| 16:14 | 20 November | ||
| 16:15 | 27 November | "Imagine" | John Lennon |
| 16:16 | 4 December | ||
| 16:17 | 11 December | "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes |
| 16:18 | 18 December[n 4] | "Family Affair" | Sly & the Family Stone |
| 16:19 | 25 December |