According to RPM magazine, the biggest song of 1968 in Canada was “Hey Jude” by The Beatles. It evolved from “Hey Jules”, which Paul McCartney wrote for John Lennon’s son, Julian. Just three songs in the Top 100 below are by Canadians (bolded in red), the most successful of which was Steppenwolf’s “Born To Be Wild” (#14), the song that coined the term “heavy metal”. Note that a mistake made in the chart was that #62 and #70 as well as #60 and #73 were given the same entry. The Canadian charts are an accurate reflection of Canadian tastes in music, and the Top 100 songs were determined both from nationwide sales and radio airplay data. The drawback with year-end charts is that songs charting from the end of one year through beginning of the next will have their chart performance split between the two years. More year-end and other Canadian charts can be found here.
| RANK | TITLE | ARTIST |
| 1 | Hey Jude | The Beatles |
| 2 | Honey | Bobby Goldsboro |
| 3 | Mrs. Robinson | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 4 | Young Girl | Gary Puckett & Union Gap |
| 5 | People Got To Be Free | Rascals |
| 6 | Green Tambourine | Lemon Pipers |
| 7 | I’ve Gotta Get a Message To You | The Bee Gees |
| 8 | This Guy’s In Love With You | Herb Alpert |
| 9 | Harper Valley PTA | Jeannie C Riley |
| 10 | Yummy Yummy Yummy | Ohio Express |
| 11 | Wichita Lineman | Glen Campbell |
| 12 | Love Is Blue | Paul Mauriat |
| 13 | Hello I Love You | The Doors |
| 14 | Born To Be Wild | Steppenwolf |
| 15 | A Beautiful Morning | The Rascals |
| 16 | Those Were the Days | Mary Hopkin |
| 17 | Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde | Georgie Fame |
| 18 | Lady Willpower | Gary Puckett & Union Gap |
| 19 | Lady Madonna | The Beatles |
| 20 | Simon Says | 1910 Fruit Gum Company |
| 21 | Sunshine of Your Love | Cream |
| 22 | Zabadak | Dee Dozy Beaky Mick Titch |
| 23 | Fire | Arthur Brown |
| 24 | Judy In Disguise | John Fred/Playboys |
| 25 | Master Jack | Four Jacks & A Jill |
| 26 | Tighten Up | Archie Bell |
| 27 | Light My Fire | Jose Feliciano |
| 28 | Stoned Soul Picnic | Fifth Dimension |
| 29 | I Can Take or Leave Your Loving | Herman’s Hermits |
| 30 | Hello Goodbye | The Beatles |
| 31 | Mony Mony | Tommy James/Shondells |
| 32 | Turn Around Look at Me | The Vogues |
| 33 | MacArthur Park | Richard Harris |
| 34 | Midnight Confessions | The Grass Roots |
| 35 | The Unicorn | The Irish Rovers |
| 36 | Jumpin’ Jack Flash | The Rolling Stones |
| 37 | The Mighty Quinn | Manfred Mann |
| 38 | Hush | Deep Purple |
| 39 | White Room | Cream |
| 40 | Cry Like a Baby | The Box Tops |
| 41 | The Good The Bad & The Ugly | Hugo Montenegro |
| 42 | 1, 2, 3 Red Light | 1910 Fruitgum Co. |
| 43 | Hurdy Gurdy Man | Donovan |
| 44 | The Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding |
| 45 | Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf |
| 46 | Baby Now That I’ve Found You | The Foundations |
| 47 | Hold Me Tight | Johnny Nash |
| 48 | Bend Me Shape Me | American Breed |
| 49 | You Keep Me Hangin’ On | Vanilla Fudge |
| 50 | Words | The Bee Gees |
| 51 | Grazing in the Grass | Hugh Masekela |
| 52 | Love Is All Around | The Troggs |
| 53 | The Horse | Cliff Nobles |
| 54 | Classical Gas | Mason Williams |
| 55 | Over You | Union Gap |
| 56 | Indian Lake | The Cowsills |
| 57 | La La Means I Love You | The Delfonics |
| 58 | Baby Come Back | The Equals |
| 59 | Itchycoo Park | Small Faces |
| 60 | Chewy Chewy | Ohio Express |
| 61 | Love Child | Diana Ross/Supremes |
| 62 | Angel of the Morning | Merrilee Rush |
| 63 | Little Green Apples | OC Smith |
| 64 | The Look of Love | Sergio Mendes & Brasil |
| 65 | Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight | T. Boyce/B. Hart |
| 66 | Fool on the Hill | Sergio Mendes & Brasil |
| 67 | Girl Watcher | The O’Kaysions |
| 68 | Goin’ Out…/Can’t Take My Eyes… | The Lettermen |
| 69 | Bottle of Wine | The Fireballs |
| 70 | Angel of the Morning | Merrilee Rush |
| 71 | I Wish It Would Rain | The Temptations |
| 72 | Dream a Little Dream of Me | Mama Cass |
| 73 | Chewy Chewy | Ohio Express |
| 74 | Cowboys and Girls | The Intruders |
| 75 | Magic Bus | The Who |
| 76 | Stormy | Classics IV |
| 77 | Slip Away | Clarence Carter |
| 78 | Walk Away Renee | The Four Tops |
| 79 | Summertime Blues | Blue Cheer |
| 80 | Woman Woman | Union Gap |
| 81 | Since You’ve Been Gone | Aretha Franklin |
| 82 | Pictures of Match Stick Men | The Status Quo |
| 83 | Bang-Shang-A-Lang | The Archies |
| 84 | Spooky | Classics IV |
| 85 | I’m Gonna Make You Love Me | Diana Ross/Supremes |
| 86 | Valley of the Dolls | Dionne Warwick |
| 87 | Little Arrows | Leapy Lee |
| 88 | Like to Get to Know You | Spanky & Our Gang |
| 89 | Valleri | The Monkees |
| 90 | For Once in My Life | Stevie Wonder |
| 91 | Abraham, Martin & John | Dion |
| 92 | Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin |
| 93 | Elenore | The Turtles |
| 94 | Legend of Xanadu | Dee Dozy Beaky Mick Titch |
| 95 | Playboy | Gene & Debbie |
| 96 | Both Sides Now | Judy Collins |
| 97 | DW Washburn | The Monkees |
| 98 | Think | Aretha Franklin |
| 99 | Just Dropped In | First Edition |
| 100 | Sleepy Joe | Herman’s Hermits |
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