List of tallest buildings in Alberta

This is a list of the tallest buildings in Alberta that ranks skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in the province of Alberta, Canada, by height. Buildings in two cities are included in this list; Calgary and Edmonton, each having buildings taller than 100 m (330 ft). The tallest building outside of Calgary and Edmonton is the 54.1 m (177 ft) tall T. Russell Haig Tower located in Lethbridge.^[1] The tallest building in the province is the 66-storey, 250.8 m (823 ft) tall, Stantec Tower located in Edmonton.

Alberta's history of skyscrapers began with the Grain Exchange Building (1910) in Calgary, and the Tegler Building (1911) in Edmonton.

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 815.34 metres (2,675.0 ft) above mean sea level, about 150 metres (490 ft) above downtown.^[2][3]

Tallest Buildings

This list ranks buildings in Alberta that stand at least 100 metres (330 ft) tall, based on CTBUH height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Freestanding observation and/or telecommunication towers, while not habitable buildings, are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked. One such tower is the Calgary Tower.

Rank	Building	Image	Location	Height	Floors	Year	Notes	Ref
1	Stantec Tower		Edmonton	250.9 m (823.2 ft)	66	2019	Tallest building in Western Canada.	[4]
2	Brookfield Place East	Brookfield Place East	Calgary	247 m (810 ft)	56	2017	Tallest office building in Western Canada.	[5]
3	The Bow	The Bow	Calgary	237.5 m (779 ft)	58	2012		[6]
4	Telus Sky	Telus Sky	Calgary	222.3 m (729 ft)	59	2019	Topped-out.	[7]
5	Suncor Energy Centre - West	Suncor Energy Centre	Calgary	215.2 m (706 ft)	53	1984		[8]
6	Eighth Avenue Place I	Eighth Avenue Place	Calgary	212 m (697 ft)	51	2011
N/A	CICT-DT TV Tower 1		Calgary	204.2 m (670 ft)	-	1954	Tallest structure in Alberta from 1954 to 1984.	[9]
7	Bankers Hall - West	Bankers Hall - West	Calgary	197 m (646 ft)	52	2000		[10][11]
8	Bankers Hall - East	Bankers Hall - East	Calgary	197 m (646 ft)	52	1989		[12][11]
9	JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences		Edmonton	192.15 m (630.4 ft)	56[13]	2018		[14][13]
N/A	Calgary Tower	Tower from below	Calgary	191 m (627 ft)	-	1968	Tallest freestanding structure in Alberta from 1968 to 1984.
10	Centennial Place - East	Centennial Place	Calgary	182 m (597 ft)	41	2010
11	Eighth Avenue Place II		Calgary	177 m (581 ft)	41	2014
11	Canterra Tower	Canterra Tower	Calgary	177 m (581 ft)	45	1988		[15][16]
12	TransCanada Tower	TransCanada Tower	Calgary	177 m (581 ft)	38	2001
14	Jamieson Place	Jamieson Place	Calgary	172 m (564 ft)	38	2009
15	First Canadian Centre	First Canadian Centre	Calgary	167 m (548 ft)	41	1982
16	Western Canadian Place - North	Western Canadian Place North	Calgary	164 m (538 ft)	41	1983
17	TD Canada Trust Tower	TD Canada Trust Tower	Calgary	162 m (531 ft)	40	1991
18	City Centre I		Calgary	162 m (531 ft)	37	2016
19	Stephen Avenue Place	Scotia Centre	Calgary	155 m (509 ft)	41	1976
20	801 Seventh Building	801 7th Avenue Building	Calgary	153 m (502 ft)	37	1982
21	Epcor Tower		Edmonton	149.4 m (490 ft)	28	2011		[17][18]
22	The Guardian North		Calgary	147 m (482 ft)	44	2016
23	The Guardian South		Calgary	147 m (482 ft)	44	2016
24	Manulife Place		Edmonton	146.4 m (480 ft)	36	1983
25	Bow Valley Square 2	Bow Valley Square	Calgary	143 m (469 ft)	39	1975
26	Dome Tower	Dome Tower	Calgary	141 m (463 ft)	35	1977
27	Fifth and Fifth Building		Calgary	140 m (460 ft)	34	1980
28	Shell Centre	Shell Centre	Calgary	140 m (460 ft)	33	1977
29	Encore Tower		Edmonton	138 m (453 ft)	43	2019	Tallest residential building in Alberta.	[19]
30	Home Oil Tower	Home Oil Tower	Calgary	137 m (449 ft)	34	1977
31	TELUS House Edmonton		Edmonton	134.4 m (441 ft)	33	1971	Tallest office building in Edmonton.
32	Bow Valley Square 4	Bow Valley Square	Calgary	134 m (440 ft)	37	1981
33	Fifth Avenue Place East	Fifth Avenue Place East	Calgary	133 m (436 ft)	35	1981
34	Fifth Avenue Place West	Fifth Avenue Place West	Calgary	133 m (436 ft)	35	1981
35	Suncor Energy Centre - East	Petro-Canada Centre	Calgary	130 m (430 ft)	33	1984		[20]
36	Bell Tower		Edmonton	129.9 m (426 ft)	31	1982
37	Edmonton Tower		Edmonton	129.84 m (426.0 ft)	29	2016		[21][22]
38	Calgary Courts Centre	Calgary Courts Centre	Calgary	129 m (423 ft)	26	2007
39	Western Canadian Place - South	Western Canadian Place South	Calgary	128 m (420 ft)	32	1983		[23]
40	Arriva 34	Arriva Tower	Calgary	128 m (420 ft)	34	2007	Second tallest residential building in Alberta. Tallest residential building in Calgary.
41	Altius Centre	Altius Centre	Calgary	126 m (413 ft)	32	1973
42	EnCana Place	EnCana Place	Calgary	125 m (410 ft)	31	1982
43	Vogue		Calgary	125 m (410 ft)	36	2017
44	Commerce Place		Edmonton	124.97 m (410.0 ft)	30	1990		[24]
45	Stock Exchange Tower	Stock Exchange Tower	Calgary	124 m (407 ft)	31	1979
46	Hewlett Packard Tower	Hewlett Packard Tower	Calgary	124 m (407 ft)	33	1975
47	707 Fifth	707 Fifth Avenue	Calgary	124 m (407 ft)	27	2017
48	Five West East Tower	Five West East Tower	Calgary	123 m (404 ft)	28	2008
49	Edmonton House		Edmonton	121.1 m (397 ft)	45	1971
50	The Pearl		Edmonton	121 m (397 ft)	36	2014
51	Canadian Western Bank Place		Edmonton	120.6 m (396 ft)	30	1980
52	MNP Tower		Edmonton	117.6 m (386 ft)	27	1978
53	TD Tower		Edmonton	116.7 m (383 ft)	27	1976
54	Rice Howard 1		Edmonton	113.2 m (371 ft)	28	1982
55	Icon II		Edmonton	112.3 m (368 ft)	35	2010
56	CN Tower		Edmonton	110.9 m (364 ft)	26	1966	First building in Alberta to exceed a height of 100m.
57	Enbridge Centre		Edmonton	110.6 m (363 ft)	25	2016		[25]
58	Ultima		Edmonton	107.9 m (354 ft)	32	2016		[26][27]
59	Sun Life Place		Edmonton	107.7 m (353 ft)	25	1978
60	Fox Two		Edmonton	107.3 m (352 ft)	33	2017		[28][29]
61	Hendrix		Edmonton	103.6 m (340 ft)	29	2016
62	Oxford Tower		Edmonton	102.9 m (338 ft)	23	1974

Timeline of tallest buildings

This is a list of buildings that in the past held the title of tallest building in Alberta.

Name	Image	Location	Years as tallest	Height m / ft	Floors	Ref
Tegler Building		Edmonton	1911–1913	24 m (79 ft)	8	[30][31]
Alberta Legislature Building		Edmonton	1913–1914	57 m (187 ft)	5
Fairmont Palliser Hotel	Fairmont Palliser Hotel	Calgary	1914–1960	60.05 m (197.0 ft)	12
Elveden House	Elveden House	Calgary	1960–1966	79.9 m (262 ft)	20
CN Tower		Edmonton	1966–1971	110.92 m (363.9 ft)	26
TELUS House (originally AGT Tower)		Edmonton	1971–1974	134.4 m (441 ft)	33
Bow Valley Square 2	Bow Valley Square	Calgary	1974–1976	143 m (469 ft)	39
Scotia Centre	Scotia Centre	Calgary	1976–1982	155.1 m (509 ft)	41
First Canadian Centre	First Canadian Centre	Calgary	1982–1984	167 m (548 ft)	41
Suncor Energy Centre - West	Suncor Energy Centre	Calgary	1984–2011	214.9 m (705 ft)	53
The Bow	The Bow	Calgary	2011–2017	235.9 m (774 ft)	58
Brookfield Place East	Brookfield Place East	Calgary	2017–2018	246.9 m (810 ft)	56
Stantec Tower		Edmonton	2018–present	250.9 m (823 ft)	66

See also

• Architecture of Canada
• List of tallest buildings in Calgary
• List of tallest buildings in Edmonton
• List of tallest buildings in Canada

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