This is a list of the tallest buildings in Canada. As of December 2017 there are a total of 133 completed and under construction buildings in Canada with an official height of or more. Greater Toronto has 86, Calgary has 19, Metro Vancouver has 14, 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 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. This list does not include towers, including the CN Tower in Toronto, as they are not technically considered to be a building.
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.
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.
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
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.
This list ranks Canadian cities with buildings that stand at least 60 m tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.
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.
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
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.
This list ranks Canadian cities with buildings that stand at least 60 m tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.
