List of Canadian number-one albums of 1981

These are the Canadian number-one albums of 1981. The charts were compiled and published by RPM every Saturday.

Issue date	Album	Artist	Ref
January 3	The River	Bruce Springsteen	^[2]
January 10			^[3]
January 17			^[4]
January 24	Double Fantasy	John Lennon and Yoko Ono	^[5]
January 31	Double Fantasy	John Lennon and Yoko Ono	^[6]
February 7	Zenyatta Mondatta	The Police	^[7]
February 14			^[8]
February 21			^[9]
February 28			^[10]
March 7			^[11]
March 14	Double Fantasy	John Lennon and Yoko Ono	^[12]
March 21			^[13]
March 28			^[14]
April 4	Moving Pictures	Rush	^[15]
April 11			^[16]
April 18			^[17]
April 25			^[18]
May 2	Face Value †	Phil Collins	^[19]
May 9	Face Value †	Phil Collins	^[20]
May 16	Arc of a Diver	Steve Winwood	^[21]
May 23			^[22]
May 30			^[23]
June 6			^[24]
June 13	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	AC/DC	^[25]
June 20	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	AC/DC	^[26]
June 27	Face Value †	Phil Collins	^[27]
July 4	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	AC/DC	^[28]
July 11			^[29]
July 18			^[30]
July 25			^[31]
August 1			^[32]
August 8			^[33]
August 15			^[34]
August 22			^[35]
August 29	Long Distance Voyager	The Moody Blues	^[36]
September 5			^[37]
September 12			^[38]
September 19			^[39]
September 26			^[40]
October 3			^[41]
October 10	Tattoo You	The Rolling Stones	^[42]
October 17			^[43]
October 24			^[44]
October 31			^[45]
November 7			^[46]
November 14			^[47]
November 21			^[48]
November 28	Ghost in the Machine	The Police	^[49]
December 5			^[50]
December 12			^[51]
December 19	The Great White North	Bob and Doug McKenzie	^[52]
December 26	The Great White North	Bob and Doug McKenzie	^[53]

See also