List of tallest buildings in Canada
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This is a list of the tallest skyscrapers in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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This list does not include the CN Tower
CN Tower
The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...

, as it is not technically considered to be a skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

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To qualify, a building must be quoted by a reliable source as having an official height of more than 500 feet (152 m). All sources are updated as of May, 2011.

Buildings are ranked according to their height to architectural top, as provided by multiple sources.

As of May 2011, there is a total of 64 completed and under construction buildings in Canada with an official height of 500 feet (152 m) or more. 62 of them have a roof height of at least 500 feet (152 m). Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 has the most entries on the list with a total of 38, accounting for more than half of the buildings on the list. Calgary ranks second with 14 entries, followed by Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 with 6, Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

 with 3, Mississauga with 2 and lastly Niagara Falls with 1.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design...

 (CTBUH) recently revised their list, changing the order of some buildings. However their list is still not completely up to date, not taking into account for instance the height increase applied to Toronto's ICE towers.

Some Canadian cities enforce height restriction laws. In Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, skyscrapers could not be built above the height of the Peace Tower
Peace Tower
The Peace Tower is a focal bell and clock tower, sitting on the central axis of the Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. The present incarnation replaced the Victoria Tower after the latter burned down in 1916, along with most of the Centre Block...

 until the late 1970s, when the restriction was changed so that no building could overwhelm the skyline. In Montreal, skyscrapers cannot be built above the elevation of Mount Royal
Mount Royal
Mount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...

. The City of Vancouver has enacted "view corridors" which limit the height of buildings in most areas of downtown. The City of Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

 has an elevation restriction, approximately 492 ft (150 m) above downtown, due to the proximity of the city centre airport
Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport
Edmonton City Centre Airport, , is located within the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bordered by Yellowhead Trail to the north, Kingsway to the south, 121 Street to the west, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology to the east. It encompasses approximately of land just north...

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Tallest buildings in Canada

* Denotes project still under construction.
+ Denotes project still under construction, but topped off.

Rank
Building City Height (CTBUH)
Floors Completed
| Image Height (Skyscraperpage)
Height (Emporis)
1 First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place is a skyscraper in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and is the location of the Toronto headquarters of the Bank of Montreal. At , it is Canada's tallest skyscraper and the 15th tallest building in North America...

 
Toronto 978 ft (298.1 m) 72 1975 978 ft (298.1 m) 1165 ft (355.1 m) antenna 978 ft (298.1 m)
2 Trump International Hotel and Tower
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Toronto)
Trump International Hotel & Tower, Toronto is a mixed-use skyscraper currently under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is being built by Talon International Development Inc., which is owned by Val Levitan and Canadian businessman Alex Shnaider....

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Toronto 922 ft (281 m) 58 2011 909 ft (277.1 m) 776 ft roof 842 ft (256.6 m)
3 Scotia Plaza
Scotia Plaza
Scotia Plaza is a Postmodern commercial office complex in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The complex is situated in the financial district of the downtown core, and is generally bordered by Yonge Street on the east, King Street West on the south, Bay Street on the west, and Adelaide Street...

 
Toronto 902 ft (274.9 m) 68 1988
902 ft (274.9 m) 902 ft (274.9 m)
4 Aura (at College Park)
Aura (at College Park)
The Aura is a mixed-use skyscraper being built in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the final phase of a series of new condominiums near College Park in Toronto's Downtown Yonge District. It is part of the Residences of College Park project. Construction began in April 2010.-History:The original...

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Toronto 874 ft (266.4 m) 75 2014 866 ft (264 m) 863 ft (263 m)
5 TD Canada Trust Tower, Brookfield Place
BCE Place
Brookfield Place is an office complex in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, comprising the 2.1 hectare block bounded by Yonge Street to the east, Wellington Street West to the north, Bay Street to the west, and Front Street to the south...

 
Toronto 856 ft (260.9 m) 53 1990 863 ft (263 m) 745 ft roof 856 ft (260.9 m)
6 Commerce Court
Commerce Court
Commerce Court is a complex of four office buildings on King- and Bay-streets in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The main tenant is the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce...

 West
Toronto 784 ft (239 m) 57 1972
784 ft (239 m) 942 ft (287.1 m) antenna 784 ft (239 m)
7 Number One Bloor
Number One Bloor
Number One Bloor is a condominium development at the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Bloor Street in Toronto. The development will replace the former 1 Bloor East plan by Bazis International...

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Toronto 781 ft (238 m) 70 2015 780 ft (238 m) 722 ft (220.1 m)
8 The Bow
The Bow (skyscraper)
The Bow is a 158,000-square-metre office building currently under construction for the headquarters of EnCana Corporation. It will also be occupied by Cenovus, which was spun off of Encana in late 2009. The skyscraper is being built in downtown Calgary, Alberta...

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Calgary 774 ft (235.9 m) 58 2011 774 ft (235.9 m) 774 ft (235.9 m)
9 1250 René-Lévesque
1250 René-Lévesque
1250 Boulevard René-Lévesque, also known as La Tour IBM-Marathon, is a , 47-story skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for IBM Canada and Marathon Realty, hence the former name "IBM-Marathon." It is now named for its address at 1250 René...

 
Montreal 743 ft (226.5 m) 47 1992
756 ft (230.4 m) 653 ft roof 743 ft (226.5 m)
10 Toronto-Dominion Centre
Toronto-Dominion Centre
The Toronto-Dominion Centre, or Centre, is a cluster of buildings in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of six towers and a pavilion covered in bronze-tinted glass and black painted steel. It serves as the global headquarters of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, as well as providing office and...

 
Toronto 731 ft (222.8 m) 56 1967
731 ft (222.8 m) 731 ft (222.8 m)
11 Ice Condominiums, East * Toronto 710ft (216 m) 67 2013 768 ft (234.1 m) 711 ft (216.7 m)
12 Suncor Energy Centre West Calgary 706 ft (215.2 m) 53 1984
705 ft (214.9 m) 706 ft (215.2 m)
13 Bay Adelaide Centre West Toronto 704 ft (214.6 m) 50 2009
715 ft (217.9 m) 715 ft (217.9 m)
14 Shangri-La Toronto
Shangri-La Toronto
Shangri-La Toronto is a hotel and condominium tower under construction in downtown Toronto, Canada. It was designed by Vancouver based architect James Cheng is being built by Westbank Projects Corp. This is the same team that was responsible for building the 201m Living Shangri-La, the tallest...

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Toronto 702 ft (214 m) 66 2012 704 ft (214.6 m) 698 ft roof 702 ft (214 m)
15 Eighth Avenue Place + Calgary 691 ft (210.6 m) 49 2011 697 ft (212.4 m) 691 ft (210.6 m)
16 Ritz-Carlton Toronto
Ritz-Carlton Toronto
The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto is a luxury hotel and residential skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At a height of 210 metres, it is Toronto's 8th tallest building....

 
Toronto 687 ft (209.4 m) 53 2010 688 ft (209.7 m) 684 ft (208.5 m)
17 Bay Wellington Tower
BCE Place
Brookfield Place is an office complex in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, comprising the 2.1 hectare block bounded by Yonge Street to the east, Wellington Street West to the north, Bay Street to the west, and Front Street to the south...

 
Toronto 679 ft (207 m) 49 1991
683 ft (208.2 m) 679 ft (207 m)
18= 1000 de la Gauchetière
1000 de La Gauchetière
1000 de la Gauchetière is a skyscraper in the Canadian city of Montreal and is the tallest building in Montreal. It is named for its address at 1000 De la Gauchetière Street West in the city's downtown. It rises to the maximum height approved by the city at 205 m and 51 floors...

 
Montreal 673 ft (205.1 m) 51 1992
673 ft (205.1 m) 673 ft (205.1 m)
18= L Tower
L Tower
The L Tower is condominium development under construction in Toronto, Canada. Designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, the structure will be located adjacent to the heritage-designated Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, itself a modernist icon of the city at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets....

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Toronto 673 ft (205.1 m) 58 2012 673 ft (205.1 m) 673 ft (205.1 m)
20 Ice Condominiums, West * Toronto 610 ft (186 m) 57 2013 663 ft (202.1 m) 610 ft (186 m)
21 Living Shangri-La  Vancouver 659 ft (200.9 m) 62 2008
659 ft (200.9 m) 646 ft roof 659 ft (200.9 m)
22= Bankers Hall - East  Calgary 646 ft (196.9 m) 52 1989
646 ft (196.9 m) 646 ft (196.9 m)
22= Bankers Hall - West  Calgary 646 ft (196.9 m) 52 2000
646 ft (196.9 m) 646 ft (196.9 m)
24 Four Seasons Hotel and Residences
Four Seasons Hotel and Residences
Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, is a project featuring a 55 storey, 205 metre tall hotel condominium high-rise and a 30 storey 125 metre tall residential condominium tower presently under construction at 36 Yorkville Ave...

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Toronto 640 ft (195 m) 55 2011 669 ft (203.9 m) 624 ft (190.2 m)
25 Tour de la Bourse
Tour de la Bourse
La tour de la Bourse is an International Style skyscraper by Luigi Moretti and Pier Luigi Nervi at 800 Victoria Square in Montreal, Quebec, connected by the underground city to Square-Victoria Metro Station...

 
Montreal 623 ft (189.9 m) 47 1964
623 ft (189.9 m) 623 ft (189.9 m)
26 Place Ville-Marie
Place Ville-Marie
1 Place Ville-Marie , formerly Royal Bank Tower taken from its anchor tenant, is a with 47-storey, cruciform office tower built in the International style in 1962, arguably the most distinctive building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in the 1960s as the headquarters of the Royal Bank of...

 
Montreal 617 ft (188.1 m) 47 1962
617 ft (188.1 m) 670 ft (204 m) antenna 617 ft (188.1 m)
27 RBC Centre
RBC Centre
RBC Centre is a , 43-storey office tower completed on June 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the outskirts of the traditionally defined financial district, owned and managed by Cadillac Fairview Corporation...

 
Toronto 607 ft (185 m) 42 2009
610 ft (186 m) 600 ft roof 684 ft (208.5 m)
28= Tour CIBC
Tour CIBC
La Tour CIBC is a forty-five-storey skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec. With the communications antenna on the roof, the total height is . The International Style office tower was built by Peter Dickinson, Ross, Fish, Duschenes and Barrett and was the city's tallest building from 1962 to 1963...

 
Montreal 604 ft (184.1 m) 55 1962
614 ft (187.1 m) 820 ft (250 m) antenna 590 ft (180 m)
28= U Condominiums II * Toronto 604 ft (184.1 m) 55 2013 604 ft (184.1 m) 604 ft (184.1 m)
30 Royal Trust Tower (part of the TD Centre) Toronto 600ft (183 m) 46 1969
600ft (183 m) 600ft (183 m)
31 Centennial Place
Centennial Place (Calgary)
Centennial Place is a set of 2 skyscrapers constructied in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Named in honour of Alberta's Centennial year, the complex includes an underground 5 level parkade with 793 stalls. The office space covers .Construction of Centennial Place was completed in 2010...

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Calgary 599 ft (182.6 m) 40 2010 599 ft (182.6 m) 542 ft roof 542 ft (165.2 m)
32 Maple Leaf Square
Maple Leaf Square
Maple Leaf Square, has a twin tower condominium called , an office, retail, entertainment and hotel complex located to the west of the Air Canada Centre in Downtown Toronto...

 North
Toronto 595 ft (181.4 m) 54 2010 610 ft (186 m) 610 ft (186 m)
33 Absolute World South
Absolute World
Absolute World is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario in suburban Toronto. The project is being built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group...

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Mississauga 589 ft (179.5 m) 56 2011 585 ft (178.3 m) 551 ft (167.9 m)
34= Canterra Tower
Canterra Tower
Canterra Tower is a skyscraper in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Located at 400 3rd Avenue SW, it stands at or 45 storeys tall. The building was completed in 1988 and was designed by WZMH Architects in the postmodern style...

 
Calgary 581 ft (177.1 m) 45 1988
581 ft (177.1 m) 581 ft (177.1 m)
34= TransCanada Tower  Calgary 581 ft (177.1 m) 38 2001
581 ft (177.1 m) 581 ft (177.1 m)
34= Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2
Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2
The Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2 is a skyscraper-style hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It was originally slated to rise 58 floors with suits and rise a height of . However the building was subsequently reduced to 53 floors and the new height has never been publicly released...

 
Niagara Falls 581 ft (177.1 m) 58 2009 no height given 581 ft (177.1 m)
37 1 King Street West  Toronto 578 ft (176.2 m) 51 2005 578 ft (176.2 m) 578 ft (176.2 m)
38= Royal Bank Plaza
Royal Bank Plaza
Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the de facto headquarters of the Royal Bank of Canada. The building shares with the Fairmont Royal York Hotel the block in Toronto's financial district bordered by Bay, Front, York, and Wellington streets....

 
Toronto 568 ft (173.1 m) 40 1979
591 ft (180.1 m) 591 ft (180.1 m)
38= Jamieson Place
Jamieson Place (Calgary)
Jamieson Place is a skyscraper in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.It was named in honour of Alice Jamieson, the first female to be appointed to any judiciary in the British Empire ....

 
Calgary 568 ft (173.1 m) 36 2010 558 ft (170.1 m) 518 ft roof 568 ft (173.1 m)
40 Maple Leaf Square
Maple Leaf Square
Maple Leaf Square, has a twin tower condominium called , an office, retail, entertainment and hotel complex located to the west of the Air Canada Centre in Downtown Toronto...

 South
Toronto 562 ft (171.3 m) 50 2010 571 ft (174 m) 571 ft (174 m)
41 Hullmark Centre, North * Toronto (not listed) 45 2014 551 ft (167.9 m) 512 ft (156.1 m)
42 First Canadian Centre
First Canadian Centre
First Canadian Centre is an office tower in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Located at 350 7th Avenue SW, it stands at or 41 storeys tall. The skyscraper has a floor area of and was built in the international and late modernist architectural styles....

 
Calgary 547 ft (166.7 m) 41 1982
547 ft (166.7 m) 547 ft (166.7 m)
43 Manulife Centre
Manulife Centre
The Manulife Centre is located on the southeast corner of Bay and Bloor streets, adjacent to the southern edge of the Yorkville district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

 
Toronto 545 ft (166.1 m) 51 1974
535 ft (163.1 m) 545 ft (166.1 m)
44 Quantum 2  Toronto 541 ft (164.9 m) 54 2008  
525 ft (160 m) 541 ft (164.9 m)
45 Western Canadian Place
Western Canadian Place
Western Canadian Place is an office tower complex in Calgary, Alberta. It consists of two buildings, the taller North Tower and the shorter South Tower....

 - North
Calgary 538 ft (164 m) 41 1983
538 ft (164 m) 538 ft (164 m)
46 Residences of College Park I(ROCP) Toronto 535 ft (163.1 m) 51 2006
507 ft (154.5 m) 535 ft (163.1 m)
47= TD Canada Trust Tower
TD Canada Trust Tower, Calgary
TD Canada Trust Tower is an office tower in Calgary, Alberta. Located at 421 7th Avenue SW, it stands at or 41 stories tall, and sits above a four-level retail podium . It was designed by WZMH Architects in the postmodern style and was built by PCL Construction in 1991. It has a total area of and...

 
Calgary 531 ft (161.8 m) 40 1991 532 ft (162.2 m) 531 ft (161.8 m)
47= Success
Pinnacle Centre
Pinnacle Centre is a condominium tower development in Toronto, Canada. The complex consists of four towers located on former railway lands on the Toronto waterfront. It is one of a number of development projects in the area, the most notable being the nearby Maple Leaf Square and CityPlace...

 
Toronto 531 ft (161.8 m) 54 2009
532 ft (162.2 m) 531 ft (161.8 m)
49= Absolute World North
Absolute World
Absolute World is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario in suburban Toronto. The project is being built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group...

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Mississauga 529 ft (161.2 m) 50 2011 525 ft (160 m) 495 ft (150.9 m)
49= X2 * Toronto (not listed) 49 2014 525 ft (160 m) 459 ft (139.9 m)
51 1501 McGill College
1501 McGill College
Le 1501 McGill College, also known as La Tour McGill, is a , 36 story skyscraper in Downtown Montreal. Named for its address at 1501, McGill College Avenue, it was completed in 1992 at the same time as the city's two tallest, 1000 de La Gauchetière and 1250 René-Lévesque...

 
Montreal 519 ft (158.2 m) 36 1992
518 ft (157.9 m) 480 ft roof 519 ft (158.2 m)
52 The Uptown Residences
The Uptown Residences
The Uptown Residences is a condominium project built by developer Pemberton Group in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Located at 35 Balmuto Street south of Bloor Street, the 48 floor retro-Art Deco tower is 158 metres tall, and has 305 units...

 
Toronto 518 ft (157.9 m) 48 2011 525 ft (160 m) 518 ft (157.9 m)
53 The Private Residences + Vancouver 517 ft (157.6 m) 49 2011 517 ft (157.6 m) 517 ft (157.6 m)
54 300 Front * Toronto 515 ft (157 m) 52(skyscraperpage) 50(CTBUH) 2013 512 ft (156.1 m) (not listed)
55 Festival Tower  Toronto 514 ft (156.7 m) 42 2010 514 ft (156.7 m) 514 ft (156.7 m)
56= Scotia Centre  Calgary 509 ft (155.1 m) 41 1976
509 ft (155.1 m) 509 ft (155.1 m)
56= West 1 (part of CityPlace
CityPlace, Toronto
CityPlace is the name given to a large section of former railway land in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been redeveloped for multi-use purpose. The term has been more recently used for a large up-scale multi-tower condo development in the Harbourfront district. When completed, this area...

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Toronto 509 ft (155.1 m) 49 2005 486 ft (148.1 m) 486 ft (148.1 m)
58 U Condominiums I * Toronto 505 ft (153.9 m) 45 2013 505 ft (153.9 m) 505 ft (153.9 m)
59 TD Waterhouse
TD Waterhouse
TD Waterhouse is the brand used for both Canadian and British brokerages within the TD Bank Financial Group. It was also formerly used for TD's American brokerage....

 Tower, 79 Wellington Street West (part of the TD Centre)
Toronto 504 ft (153.6 m) 39 1985 504 ft (153.6 m) 504 ft (153.6 m)
60 Harbourview Estates 2 (HVE2) (part of CityPlace
CityPlace, Toronto
CityPlace is the name given to a large section of former railway land in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been redeveloped for multi-use purpose. The term has been more recently used for a large up-scale multi-tower condo development in the Harbourfront district. When completed, this area...

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Toronto 503 ft (153.3 m) 49 2005
503 ft (153.3 m) 503 ft (153.3 m)
61= Montage (part of CityPlace
CityPlace, Toronto
CityPlace is the name given to a large section of former railway land in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been redeveloped for multi-use purpose. The term has been more recently used for a large up-scale multi-tower condo development in the Harbourfront district. When completed, this area...

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Toronto 502 ft (153 m) 47 2009
502 ft (153 m) 502 ft (153 m)
61= Burano
Burano
Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy; like Venice itself, it could more correctly be called an archipelago of four islands linked by bridges...

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Toronto 502 ft (153 m) 48 2011 535 ft (163.1 m) 525 ft roof 502 ft (153 m)
63 Nexen Building
Nexen Building, Calgary
The Nexen Building is a high rise office building in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada.It is a 37-storey skyscraper, with a height of 152 m . The commissioner and main tenant of the building is the Canadian energy company Nexen....

 
Calgary 500 ft (152 m) 37 1982
499 ft (152.1 m) 499 ft (152.1 m)
64 One Wall Centre
One Wall Centre
One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Wall Centre - North Tower, is currently the second-tallest completed building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The skyscraper is located at a high point on the downtown peninsula of Vancouver and its address is 1088 Burrard Street.One Wall Centre...

 
Vancouver 491 ft (149.7 m) 48 2001
517 ft (157.6 m) 491 ft roof 491 ft (149.7 m)

Tallest building history

Years Building City Height Floors | Image
1975–present First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place is a skyscraper in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and is the location of the Toronto headquarters of the Bank of Montreal. At , it is Canada's tallest skyscraper and the 15th tallest building in North America...

 
Toronto (355 m with antenna) 72
1972-1975 Commerce Court
Commerce Court
Commerce Court is a complex of four office buildings on King- and Bay-streets in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The main tenant is the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce...

 West
Toronto 57
1967-1972 Toronto-Dominion Centre
Toronto-Dominion Centre
The Toronto-Dominion Centre, or Centre, is a cluster of buildings in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of six towers and a pavilion covered in bronze-tinted glass and black painted steel. It serves as the global headquarters of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, as well as providing office and...

 
Toronto 56
1964-1967 Tour de la Bourse
Tour de la Bourse
La tour de la Bourse is an International Style skyscraper by Luigi Moretti and Pier Luigi Nervi at 800 Victoria Square in Montreal, Quebec, connected by the underground city to Square-Victoria Metro Station...

 
Montreal 47
1962-1964 Place Ville-Marie
Place Ville-Marie
1 Place Ville-Marie , formerly Royal Bank Tower taken from its anchor tenant, is a with 47-storey, cruciform office tower built in the International style in 1962, arguably the most distinctive building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in the 1960s as the headquarters of the Royal Bank of...

 
Montreal 47 (originally 44)
1962 Tour CIBC
Tour CIBC
La Tour CIBC is a forty-five-storey skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec. With the communications antenna on the roof, the total height is . The International Style office tower was built by Peter Dickinson, Ross, Fish, Duschenes and Barrett and was the city's tallest building from 1962 to 1963...

 
Montreal 45
Commerce Court North  Toronto 34
1929-1930 Royal York Hotel
Fairmont Royal York
The Fairmont Royal York Hotel, formerly the Royal York Hotel and still often so called, is a large and historic hotel in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at 100 Front Street West. Opened on June 11, 1929, the Royal York was designed by Ross and Macdonald and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway...

 
Toronto 28
1928-1929 Royal Bank Building
Old Royal Bank Building, Montreal
Tour de la Banque Royale is a skyscraper at 360 Saint-Jacques Street in Montréal, Quebec. The 22-storey neo-classical tower was designed by the firm of York and Sawyer, and was the tallest building in the British Empire, and the first building in city taller than Montréal's Notre-Dame Basilica...

 
Montreal 22
1915-1928 Royal Bank Building
Royal Bank Building, Toronto
The Royal Bank Building refers to two office buildings built for the Royal Bank of Canada in the Financial District of Toronto, Canada:The 20-storey Royal Bank Building, located on the northeast corner of Yonge and King Streets, was completed in 1915 and designed by the architectural firm Ross and...

 
Toronto 20
1912-1915 Canadian Pacific Building  Toronto 15
1912 Sun Tower
Sun Tower
The Sun Tower is a 17 storey Beaux-Arts building at 100 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is known for its faux-patina steel dome painted to imitate copper cladding. Nine nude muses, the "nine maidens" supporting the cornice line can be seen...

 
Vancouver 17
1910-1912 Dominion Building
Dominion Building
The Dominion Building , is a commercial building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located on the edge of Gastown , it was Vancouver's first steel-framed high-rise. At 53 m , the thirteen-storey, Second Empire style building was the tallest commercial building in the British Empire upon its...

 
Vancouver 14
1905-1910 Trader's Bank Building
Trader's Bank Building (Toronto)
Trader's Bank Building is one of the early skyscrapers in Toronto.Designed by Carrère and Hastings and begun in 1905 at 67 Yonge Street, standing at 15 storeys above Yonge and Colborne Streets, it was the tallest building in Toronto and the entire British Commonwealth until the CPR Building was...

 
Toronto 15

Tallest building by city

* Denotes project still under construction.
** Denotes city with skyscraper height restrictions in effect.
City Building Height Floors | Image
Toronto First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place is a skyscraper in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and is the location of the Toronto headquarters of the Bank of Montreal. At , it is Canada's tallest skyscraper and the 15th tallest building in North America...

 
978 ft (298.1 m) (355 m with antenna) 72
Calgary The Bow
The Bow (skyscraper)
The Bow is a 158,000-square-metre office building currently under construction for the headquarters of EnCana Corporation. It will also be occupied by Cenovus, which was spun off of Encana in late 2009. The skyscraper is being built in downtown Calgary, Alberta...

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774 ft (235.9 m) 58
Montreal ** 1250 René-Lévesque
1250 René-Lévesque
1250 Boulevard René-Lévesque, also known as La Tour IBM-Marathon, is a , 47-story skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for IBM Canada and Marathon Realty, hence the former name "IBM-Marathon." It is now named for its address at 1250 René...

 
743 ft (226.5 m) 47
Vancouver ** Living Shangri-La  659 ft (200.9 m) 62
Mississauga Absolute World South
Absolute World
Absolute World is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario in suburban Toronto. The project is being built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group...

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585 ft (178.3 m) 56
Niagara Falls Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2
Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2
The Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2 is a skyscraper-style hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It was originally slated to rise 58 floors with suits and rise a height of . However the building was subsequently reduced to 53 floors and the new height has never been publicly released...

 
581 ft (177.1 m) 58
Edmonton ** Manulife Place
Manulife Place
Manulife Place is a highrise office building and shopping centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was completed in 1983 to the design by Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie Architects. It is located at the corner of 102 Avenue and 101 Street....

 
479 ft (146 m) 36
Quebec City Édifice Marie-Guyart
Edifice Marie-Guyart
Edifice Marie-Guyart is a 132 meter office building in Quebec City. Completed in 1972, it stands at 31 floors and has an observation deck on the top floor...

 
433 ft (132 m) 31
Winnipeg Canwest Place  420 ft (128 m) 33
Hamilton Landmark Place
Landmark Place
Landmark Place is the tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at the corner of Main Street East and Catharine Street South in the Corktown/Stinson neighbourhood. This 43-storey building was completed in 1974, and was originally known as the Century 21 building. It was built by Al...

 
417 ft (127.1 m) 44
Gatineau ** Terrasses de la Chaudière
Terrasses de la Chaudière
Terrasses de la Chaudière is a complex of government office buildings in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The complex was built in 1978 as part of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's initiative to see more federal workers based in the Quebec side of the Ottawa River. It was built by developer Robert Campeau...

 
406 ft (123.7 m) 30
London One London Place
One London Place
One London Place is an office tower in London, Ontario, Canada at 255 Queens Ave. Construction on the tower was finished in 1992. It is 113.4 m tall, and is the tallest building in the city and one of the tallest buildings in southwestern Ontario...

 
372 ft (113.4 m) 24
Ottawa ** Place de Ville
Place de Ville
Place de Ville is a complex of office towers in downtown Ottawa. It currently consists of four buildings, Place de Ville A, B, and C, and the 'Podium' building, two large hotels, and the city's largest underground parking garage. The buildings are linked by an underground shopping complex...

 
367 ft (111.9 m) 29
Halifax Fenwick Tower  322 ft (98.1 m) 33
Regina Delta Regina Hotel 276 ft (84.1 m) 25
Saskatoon La Renaissance Apartments
La Renaissance Apartments
La Renaissance Apartments is an apartment building located at 424 Spadina Crescent East in the Central Business District of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building was completed in 1983 and at 24 stories is the tallest building in the city and contains 96 condominiums...

 
260 ft (79.2 m) 24

Tallest Buildings by Province

Province City Building Type of Use Height Floors | Image
Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 
Toronto First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place
First Canadian Place is a skyscraper in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and is the location of the Toronto headquarters of the Bank of Montreal. At , it is Canada's tallest skyscraper and the 15th tallest building in North America...

Office 978 ft (298.1 m) (355 m with antenna) 72
Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 
Calgary The Bow
The Bow (skyscraper)
The Bow is a 158,000-square-metre office building currently under construction for the headquarters of EnCana Corporation. It will also be occupied by Cenovus, which was spun off of Encana in late 2009. The skyscraper is being built in downtown Calgary, Alberta...

 
Office 774 ft (235.9 m) 58
Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 
Montreal 1250 René-Lévesque
1250 René-Lévesque
1250 Boulevard René-Lévesque, also known as La Tour IBM-Marathon, is a , 47-story skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for IBM Canada and Marathon Realty, hence the former name "IBM-Marathon." It is now named for its address at 1250 René...

 
Office 743 ft (226.5 m) 47
British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 
Vancouver Living Shangri-La  Mixed-used 659 ft (200.9 m) 62
Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 
Winnipeg Canwest Place  Office 420 ft (128 m) 33
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 
Halifax Fenwick Tower  Residential 322 ft (98.1 m) 33
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 
Regina Delta Regina Hotel
Delta Regina Hotel
Delta Regina Hotel is a hotel building located at 1919 Saskatchewan Drive in the Central Business District of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hotel contains 255 rooms and and was completed in 1988; at 25 stories it is the tallest building in the city. The hotel is part of the Delta Hotels...

 
Hotel 276 ft (84.1 m) 25
New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 
Moncton Assumption Place
Assumption Place
Assumption Place is an office building in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick in the city of Moncton. Its the headquarters of Assumption Life. It is tied for the title of tallest office building in New Brunswick with the Brunswick Square in Saint John, New Brunswick. The building has the most...

 
Office 265 ft (80.8 m) 20
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

 
St. John's Confederation Building
Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador)
The Confederation Building is located on Confederation Hill overlooking the Newfoundland & Labrador's capital city St. John's, and serves as the home of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The brick and concrete clad building has 11 storeys and is 64 metres tall, it was...

 
Government 212 ft (64.6 m) 11
Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

 
Yellowknife Centre Square  Mixed-use 198 ft (60.4 m) 18
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

 
Charlottetown Holman Grand Hotel Hotel (approx.) 125 ft (38.1 m) 10
Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

 
Iqaluit Tukturjuk Tower Residential (approx.) 75 ft (22.9 m) 8
Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

 
Whitehorse Yukon Legislative Building
Yukon Legislative Building
The Yukon Legislative Building is home to the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Located in Whitehorse, Yukon, the building is a three-storey white steel-clad structure....

 
Government (approx.) 38 ft (11.6 m) 3

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