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