1996 du Maurier Open – Women's singles
Introduction 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.#  '''Monica Seles (champion)'''#  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(final)''#  Iva Majoli ''(second round)''#  Anke Huber ''(second round)''#  Mary Joe Fernández ''(quarterfinals)''#  Magdalena Maleeva ''(quarterfinals)''#  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy ''(second round)''#  Mary Pierce ''(third round)''#  Gabriela Sabatini ''(third round)''#  Amanda Coetzer ''(third round)''#  Irina Spîrlea ''(first round)''#  Karina Habšudová ''(second round)''#  Amy Frazier ''(quarterfinals)''#  Helena Suková ''(first round)''#  Nathalie Tauziat ''(third round)''#  Elena Likhovtseva ''(third round)''
Draw ===Finals======Top half=======Section 1========Section 2=======Bottom half=======Section 3========Section 4====
References *  1996 du Maurier Open Draw