| Position | Artist | Album | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBWNIAS | Elevator |   | ||
| 2 | Area Resident | Area Resident |   | ||
| 3 | Denny Welburn | Goodtime Heart |   | ||
| 4 | Kate Bush | Before the Dawn | Fish People | ||
| 5 | Micah Barnes | New York Stories | eOne Music |   | |
| 6 | Austra | Future Politics |   | ||
| 7 | Greg Kelly | Ghosts |   | ||
| 8 | Mitch Kashmar | West Coast Toast | Delta Groove Music Inc. | ||
| 9 | Neil Young | Peace Trail | Reprise |   | |
| 10 | Nocturnal Bloodlust | Zetes | |||
| 11 | Sjef Frenken | Songs to Edward Lear |   | ||
| 12 | Vaudou Game | Kidayu | |||
| 13 | Alejandro Escovedo | Burn Something Beautiful | 2016, Fantasy | ||
| 14 | Blue Odeur | Pale Shelter |   | ||
| 15 | King Kessy Koudyay | Youtube | |||
| 16 | Lucas Haneman Express | Tearing Up The Rails | LHExpress.ca |   | |
| 17 | No Fly List | Both Sides | Independent - 2016 |   | |
| 18 | Riishi Von Rex | Shed Your Helmet |   | ||
| 19 | Robert Finley | Age Don't Mean A Thing | Big Legal Mess | ||
| 20 | Shabaka and the Ancestors | Wisdom of Elders | |||
| 21 | Southpaw | Southpaw |   | ||
| 22 | Wolf People | Ruins | Jagjaguwar - 2016 | ||
|  = Canadian content |  = New release | ||||
Top 10 broadcasts heard on-demand
| Position | Show | Host | Highlight | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Indian Morning | Dr. Harsha V. Dehejia and Kishore "Kish" Sampat | An Indian Morning celebrates not only the Music of India but equally its various arts and artisans, poets and potters, kings and patriots. The ethos of the program is summarized by its signature closing line, "Seeking the spirit of India, Jai Hind". The f | 
| 2 | Friday Morning Cartunes | John Westhaver | heavy friend... | 
| 3 | Heavy Friends | Lady Mary, Chris I, B-Roy, and Regis | |
| 4 | Indigenous CKCU | Shirley Gagnon | "Memories of Christmas at Indian Residential Schools" as told by survivors | 
| 5 | Lost In Bass | T-23 | Episode 56: Something NEW, OLD and BLUE with MOODY JONES, SYVYL and tracks from MARIO GIARDANO, ROBERT T and SOULMELT | 
| 6 | Canadian Spaces | Andre Gagne and Chris White | Maria Hawkins, Graham Lindsey & Anna Ludlow, Aalya Ahmad & Mike Palecek (Apparatchiks), Rodney Norman & the "Just Voices" Peace and Environment Choir, Carolyn Coté (Arms of the Girl) | 
| 7 | Wednesday Special Blend | tic | Randy Cantera (former editor of CKCU's monthly magazine, TransFM in the 80's) | 
| 8 | Friday Drive | Trevor Walker | Music to help through the deep freeze | 
| 9 | Saturday Morning | Pat Moore | |
| 10 | Thursday Early Blend | Suzette Schmiedel | Oneness Healing with Thomas Martin Tegtmeyer | 

