1996 du Maurier Open – Women's singles

Defending champion Monica Seles defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–2) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1996 Canadian Open.

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.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (champion)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
 * 3)  Iva Majoli (second round)
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (second round)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva (quarterfinals)
 * 7)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce (third round)
 * 9) 🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini (third round)
 * 10)  Amanda Coetzer (third round)
 * 11)  Irina Spîrlea (first round)
 * 12) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (second round)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Amy Frazier (quarterfinals)
 * 14) 🇨🇿 Helena Suková (first round)
 * 15) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (third round)
 * 16) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (third round)