List of tallest buildings in Canada

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Tallest buildings in Canada

As of January 2026, Canada has 157 completed or under-construction buildings that stand at least 150 meters tall. The Greater Toronto Area has the most tall buildings, with 84 in Toronto itself and 3 in Mississauga, and six of Canada’s ten tallest buildings located in Toronto. The Metro Vancouver area has 24 tall buildings (Burnaby 13, Vancouver 8, Surrey 1, Coquitlam 1, New Westminster 1). Calgary has 19; Montreal has 11; Edmonton has 2 (including the tallest building outside the Toronto area); and Niagara Falls has 1.

Note: Towers like the CN Tower are not counted here, because this list focuses on buildings.

How the list is organized
- Buildings are ranked by height to the architectural top, as defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
- A building must have an official height of more than 150 meters to be included.
- This article covers only tall buildings, not towers or masts.

Skyline rules and restrictions
- Ottawa once restricted building height to protect the Peace Tower; the rule changed in the late 1970s to prevent new buildings from overwhelming the skyline.
- Montreal limits heights to 200 meters and also considers the elevation of Mount Royal.
- Vancouver uses view corridors to keep heights below certain limits in much of downtown.
- Edmonton used an elevation restriction (about 150 meters above downtown) due to the nearby downtown airport, but that restriction ended in 2013.
- Calgary has a rule to prevent shadows on the Bow River during certain times of the day on the equinox.

Other lists
- This article does not cover demolished or destroyed tall buildings; there is a separate list for structures that once stood tall.
- There are also broader lists that show Canadian cities with tall buildings over various height thresholds and other factors.