List of tallest buildings in Edmonton


This is a list of the tallest buildings in Edmonton, the capital city of the province of Alberta in Canada.
Edmonton has twenty-three buildings taller than. The tallest is the Stantec Tower, the tallest Canadian building outside Toronto, which surpassed the previous record holder, JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences, on 23 May 2018. Until late 2013, the presence of aircraft taking off and landing at the Edmonton City Centre Airport restricted any building from reaching an elevation higher than above mean sea level, about above downtown.
Edmonton's first true skyscraper, and the tallest building in Western Canada for five years, was the CN Tower, built in 1966. A building boom did not really begin until the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979, which prompted construction of many of the city's current tall buildings. Highrise construction was virtually non-existent between the mid-1980s and the early 2000s due to low oil prices, upon which Edmonton's economy depends.
The rapid oil price increases of 2003-2008 had created a new boom in Alberta and prompted new construction again. Due to the time lag between the beginning of the boom and when buildings are completed, the next wave of new highrise buildings really began construction in 2006 or 2007 and many were not completed until after the 2008 financial crisis had caused a drop in oil prices. By 2008, the city was experiencing something of a building boom, with of office space under construction and vacancy rates still falling.
As of late 2019, Edmonton had 281 completed high-rise buildings, with 8 more under construction and another 40 approved for construction or proposed.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks buildings in Edmonton that stand at least 100 metres tall, based on CTBUH height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.
RankBuildingImageHeightFloorsCompletedCoordinates
1Stantec Tower662019
2JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences562018
3Epcor Tower282011
4Manulife Place361983
5Encore Tower432019
6TELUS House331971
7Bell Tower311982
8Edmonton Tower292016
9Commerce Place301990
10Edmonton House451971
11The Pearl362014
12Canadian Western Bank Place301980
13MNP Tower271978
14TD Tower271976
15Scotia Place 1281982
16Icon II352010
17CN Tower261966
18Enbridge Centre252016
19Ultima2016
20Sun Life Place251978
21Fox Two332017
22Hendrix292016
23Oxford Tower231974

Projects

NameHeightFloorsTentative completionStatusCoordinates
Alldritt Tower/
80Approved
The Clancey28Approved
CNIB TowerUnder construction
Emerald Tower452021Approved
Falcon Tower 149Approved
Falcon Tower 264Approved
Ice District Tower B472022On hold
Mackenzie Tower34Proposed
Massey Harris Ferguson Tower 145Approved
Massey Harris Ferguson Tower 242Approved
Massey Harris Ferguson Tower 348Approved
102nd Street Centre32Proposed
The Shift Tower 138Proposed
The Shift Tower 235Proposed
9955 Jasper58Approved

Table entries with dashes indicate that information regarding building height or date of completion has not yet been released. Sources disagree on the name of some buildings, which may change before officially opening. Even if not indicated, heights may be estimated, and may change during construction.

Timeline of tallest buildings