Show values on top of bars in chart.js

Question

I pulled out the data from being defined inside of myChart that way I could pull out the max value from the dataset. Then inside of the yAxes you can set the max ticks to be the max value + 10 from your data set. This ensures that the top bars in the graph will not go off the edge of the canvas and not display their value.

var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart");
debugger;
var data = {
  labels: ["2 Jan", "9 Jan", "16 Jan", "23 Jan", "30 Jan", "6 Feb", "13 Feb"],
  datasets: [{
    data: [150, 87, 56, 50, 88, 60, 45],
    backgroundColor: "#4082c4"
  }]
}
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
  type: 'bar',
  data: data,
  options: {
    "hover": {
      "animationDuration": 0
    },
    "animation": {
      "duration": 1,
      "onComplete": function() {
        var chartInstance = this.chart,
          ctx = chartInstance.ctx;

        ctx.font = Chart.helpers.fontString(Chart.defaults.global.defaultFontSize, Chart.defaults.global.defaultFontStyle, Chart.defaults.global.defaultFontFamily);
        ctx.textAlign = 'center';
        ctx.textBaseline="bottom";

        this.data.datasets.forEach(function(dataset, i) {
          var meta = chartInstance.controller.getDatasetMeta(i);
          meta.data.forEach(function(bar, index) {
            var data = dataset.data[index];
            ctx.fillText(data, bar._model.x, bar._model.y - 5);
          });
        });
      }
    },
    legend: {
      "display": false
    },
    tooltips: {
      "enabled": false
    },
    scales: {
      yAxes: [{
        display: false,
        gridLines: {
          display: false
        },
        ticks: {
          max: Math.max(...data.datasets[0].data) + 10,
          display: false,
          beginAtZero: true
        }
      }],
      xAxes: [{
        gridLines: {
          display: false
        },
        ticks: {
          beginAtZero: true
        }
      }]
    }
  }
});

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.5.0/Chart.bundle.js"></script>
<canvas id="myChart" width="100" height="100"></canvas>

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