1996 du Maurier Open – Men's singles

Wayne Ferreira defeated Todd Woodbridge in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1996 Canadian Open.

Andre Agassi was the two-time reigning champion, but did not compete that year.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. • # 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (second round)

• # Goran Ivanišević (second round)

• # Wayne Ferreira (champion)

• # Marcelo Ríos (semifinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 MaliVai Washington (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Todd Martin (semifinals)

• # Marc Rosset (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Arnaud Boetsch (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Francisco Clavet (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Jason Stoltenberg (second round)

• # Paul Haarhuis (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Magnus Gustafsson (first round)