List of tallest buildings in Canada
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Canada. As of January 2026, there are a total of 157 completed and under construction buildings in Canada with an official height of or more. Greater Toronto has 87, Metro Vancouver has 24, Calgary has 19, Montreal has 11, Edmonton has 2, and Niagara Falls has 1.
Five of Canada's ten largest cities enforce height restriction laws. In Ottawa, skyscrapers could not be built above the height of the Peace Tower until the late 1970s, when the restriction was changed so that no building could overwhelm the skyline. In Montreal, skyscrapers cannot be built above 200m of height nor the elevation of Mount Royal. The City of Vancouver has enacted "view corridors" which limit the height of buildings in most areas of downtown. The City of Edmonton had an elevation restriction, approximately above downtown, due to the proximity of the city centre airport, until it closed in November 2013. Buildings in Calgary must not cast shadows on the Bow River between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM on the equinox, to maintain sunlit summer hours.
This list does not include towers, including the CN Tower in Toronto, as they are not technically considered to be buildings.
Tallest buildings in Canada
Buildings are ranked according to their height to architectural top, as provided by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Click a column header to sort the table in a different way. All sources are up to date as of April 2013. To qualify for this table, a building must be quoted by a reliable source as having an official height of more than 150 metres.Under construction
| Rank | Building | City | Height | Estimated completion date |
| 1 | Sky Tower at Pinnacle One Yonge | Toronto | 2026 | |
| 2 | One Bloor West | Toronto | 2028 | |
| 3 | Concord Sky | Toronto | 300 m | 2026 |
| 4 | Forma East Tower | Toronto | 267 m | 2028 |
| 5 | Ex4 | Mississauga | 2027 | |
| 6 | Sky Park | Burnaby | 2026 | |
| 7= | The Pemberton | Toronto | 2027 | |
| 7= | M4 | Mississauga | 2027 | |
| 8 | Le 900 St-Jacques | Montreal | 2026 | |
| 9 | The United BLDG | Toronto | 2026 | |
| 10 | VuPoint Tower 1 | Pickering | 2027 | |
| 11 | 3600 Hurontario Street | Mississauga | 2030 | |
| 12 | Oro at Edge Towers | Mississauga | 2027 | |
| 13 | 4800 Yonge | Toronto | 2027 | |
| 14 | Central Tower | Burnaby | 2026 | |
| 15 | Burke Condominiums | Toronto | 2026 | |
| 16 | VuPoint Power 2 | Pickering | 2027 | |
| 17 | 400 King West | Toronto | 2026 | |
| 18 | Alias | Toronto | 2026 | |
| 19 | One Delisle | Toronto | 2026 | |
| 20 | Pine & Glen T1 | Coquitlam | 2026 | |
| 21 | Burquitlam Park 1 | Coquitlam | 2026 | |
| 22 | The Charles at Church | Toronto | 2026 | |
| 23 | VuPoint Tower 3 | Pickering | 2027 | |
| 24 | UBCO Downtown | Kelowna | 2027 |
Tallest demolished buildings in Canada
This table lists buildings in Canada that were demolished or destroyed and at one time stood at least in height.| Rank | Name | Image | City | Height m | Floors | Completed in | Demolished in | Notes | |
| 1 | Empire Landmark Hotel | Vancouver | 42 | 1973 | 2018-2019 | This building was the tallest free standing hotel in the city. This building was often referred to by its original name, the Sheraton Landmark. The hotel and its restaurant closed on September 30, 2017 and the building was demolished, floor by floor between March 2018 and May 2019. | |||
| 2 | Old Toronto Star Building | Toronto | 22 | 1929 | 1972 | This building was one of the tallest buildings in Toronto upon completion in 1929. Demolished to make way for First Canadian Place. | |||
| 3 | Owasina Hall | Calgary | 22 | 1972 | 2016 | The high-rise student residential building had been sitting vacant since 2006. Demolished to make way for a new building complex at SAIT. | |||
| 4 | Hotel Vancouver (1916) | Vancouver | 15 | 1916 | 1949 | This building was one of the tallest buildings in Vancouver upon completion in 1916. | |||
| 5 | Laurentian Hotel | Montreal | 20 | 1948 | 1978 | ||||
| 6 | Inn on the Park | Toronto | 23 | 1971 | 2014-2016 | The hotel ceased operating in 2005 and the original hotel, restaurants and convention centre were demolished in 2006, the day before the Toronto city council was to have debated declaring it a heritage site. Demolition of the remaining tower began in 2014 and was completed in 2016. | |||
| 7 | Architects' Building | Montreal | 20 | 1931 | 1968 |
Timeline of the tallest buildings in Canada
In the 20th century, only three cities have been the site of each sequential tallest building in Canada - Montreal, Toronto, and Quebec City.| Years | Building | City | Height | Floors | Image |
| 1975–present | First Canadian Place | Toronto | 72 | ||
| 1972–1975 | Commerce Court West | Toronto | 57 | ||
| 1967–1972 | Toronto-Dominion Centre | Toronto | 56 | ||
| 1964–1967 | Tour de la Bourse | Montreal | 47 | ||
| Place Ville-Marie | Montreal | 44 | |||
| 1962 | Tour CIBC | Montreal | 45 | ||
| 1931–1962 | Commerce Court North | Toronto | 34 | ||
| 1929–1931 | Fairmont Royal York Hotel | Toronto | 28 | ||
| 1928–1929 | Tour de la Banque Royale | Montreal | 22 | ||
| 1899–1928 | Toronto City Hall | Toronto | 7 | ||
| 1874–1899 | St James Cathedral (Spire Completion) | Toronto | NA | ||
| 1829–1874 | Notre Dame Basilica | Montreal | 7 | ||
| 1743–1829 | Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec | Quebec City | NA |
Tallest building by city
This list ranks Canadian cities with buildings that stand at least 50 m tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.Number of tall buildings by city
This list includes cities with at least one completed high rise building over 100 metres high.| City | 100m+ | 150m+ | 200m+ | 250m+ | 300m+ |
| Toronto | 316 | 81 | 28 | 6 | 0 |
| Calgary | 80 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vancouver | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Montreal | 58 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Burnaby | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississauga | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edmonton | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vaughan | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surrey | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coquitlam | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ottawa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winnipeg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Halifax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| London | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelowna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |