List of tallest buildings in Edmonton

Edmonton skyline as of September 2019

Downtown Edmonton looking towards Ice District

This is a list of the tallest buildings in Edmonton, the capital city of the province of Alberta in Canada.

Edmonton has twenty-four buildings taller than 100 metres (330 ft). 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.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4]

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 (17 of the top 20, as of 2019). 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 780,000 square feet (72,000 m²) of office space under construction and vacancy rates still falling.^[5]

As of November 2021 many construction projects are delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

Currently, Edmonton has 280 completed high-rise buildings, with 13 more under construction and another 41 approved for construction or proposed.^[7][8]

Tallest buildings

This list ranks buildings in Edmonton that stand at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall, based on CTBUH height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank	Building	Image	Height	Floors	Completed	Coordinates
1	Stantec Tower		250.9 m (823 ft)	66	2019	53°32′42″N 113°29′46″W
2	JW Marriott Edmonton[9][2]		192.15 m (630.4 ft)	56[2]	2018	53°32′44.7″N 113°29′45.9″W
3	Epcor Tower[10][11]		149.4 m (490 ft)	28	2011	53°32′50.9″N 113°29′34.4″W
4	Manulife Place		146.4 m (480 ft)	36	1983	53°32′33.6″N 113°29′39.8″W
5	Encore Tower		137.7 m (452 ft)	43	2019	53°32′34″N 113°29′53″W
6	TELUS House Edmonton		134.4 m (441 ft)	33	1971	53°32′24.3″N 113°29′29.1″W
7	Bell Tower		129.9 m (426 ft)	31	1982	53°32′41.9″N 113°29′39.5″W
8	Edmonton Tower		129.84 m (426.0 ft)[12]	29[12][13]	2016[12]	53°32′44.5″N 113°29′40.7″W
9	Commerce Place		124.97 m (410.0 ft)[14]	30	1990	53°32′31.1″N 113°29′42.4″W
10	Edmonton House		121.1 m (397 ft)	45	1971	53°32′18.4″N 113°29′42.2″W
11	The Pearl		121 m (397 ft)	36	2014	53°32′26.3″N 113°31′43.2″W
12	Canadian Western Bank Place		120.6 m (396 ft)	30	1980	53°32′26.1″N 113°29′52.8″W
13	MNP Tower		117.6 m (386 ft)	27	1978	53°32′42.6″N 113°29′34.5″W
14	TD Tower		116.7 m (383 ft)	27	1976	53°32′36.6″N 113°29′34.9″W
15	Rice Howard 1		113.2 m (371 ft)	28	1982	53°32′29.7″N 113°29′33.4″W
16	Icon II		112.3 m (368 ft)	35	2010	53°32′29.7″N 113°29′33.4″W
17	CN Tower		110.9 m (364 ft)	26	1966	53°32′49.0″N 113°29′29.0″W
18	Enbridge Centre[15]		110.6 m (363 ft)	25	2016	53°32′32.7″N 113°29′34.9″W
19	Ultima		107.9 m (354 ft)[16]	32[16][17]	2016[16]	53°32′38.4″N 113°29′52.3″W
19	CNIB Tower		107.9 m (354 ft)[18]	32	2021	53°32′29″N 113°31′45″W
21	Sun Life Place		107.7 m (353 ft)	25	1978	53°32′31.9″N 113°29′16.5″W
22	Fox Two		107.3 m (352 ft)[19]	33[19]	2017[19][20]	53°32′35.9″N 113°29′59.1″W
23	Hendrix		103.6 m (340 ft)	29	2016	53°32′6.8″N 113°30′41.9″W
24	Oxford Tower		102.9 m (338 ft)	23	1974	53°32′38.7″N 113°29′33.1″W

Projects

Current tower projects over 100 m

Name	Height	Floors	Tentative completion	Status	Coordinates
Alldritt Tower[21]	280.0 m (919 ft)[21]/ 286 m (938 ft)[22]	80[21]	—	Approved[23]	53°32′34″N 113°28′59″W
The Clancey	103 m (338 ft)	28	—	Approved[24]
Falcon Tower 1[25]	140.0 m (459.3 ft)	30	—	Approved[26]	53°32′19″N 113°30′5″W
Falcon Tower 2[25]	146.0 m (479.0 ft)	30	—	Under Construction[27]	53°32′19″N 113°30′5″W
Massey Harris Ferguson Tower 1	140.0 m (459.3 ft)	45	—	Approved[28]	53°32′42″N 113°30′12″W
Massey Harris Ferguson Tower 2	135.0 m (442.9 ft)	42	—	Approved[28]	53°32′44″N 113°30′12″W
Massey Harris Ferguson Tower 3	150.0 m (492.1 ft)	48	—	Approved[28]	53°32′45″N 113°30′12″W
The Parks tower 2	147.0 m (482.3 ft)	45	—	Approved[29]
The Parks tower 1	118.0 m (387.1 ft)	35	2024	Under Construction[30]
The Shift Tower 1[31]	113.08 m (371.0 ft)	38	—	Proposed
The Shift Tower 2[32]	106.68 m (350.0 ft)	35	—	Proposed
9955 Jasper	184 m (604 ft)	58	—	Approved[33]

Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building height (other than statements of "will be over 100 m" or "will be over 25 floors") 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

Name	Years as tallest	Height m (ft)	Floors	Image	Coordinates
Tegler Building[34][35]	1911–1913	24 m (79 ft)	8		53°32′34.4″N 113°29′35.9″W
Alberta Legislature Building	1913–1965	57 m (187 ft)	5		53°32′1.3″N 113°30′23.8″W
Garneau Towers	1965–1966	58.42 m (191.7 ft)	20		53°31′17.3″N 113°31′6.5″W
CN Tower	1966–1971	110.92 m (363.9 ft)	26		53°32′49.0″N 113°29′29.0″W
TELUS House (originally AGT Tower)	1971–1983	134.4 m (441 ft)	33		53°32′24.3″N 113°29′29.1″W
Manulife Place	1983–2011	146.36 m (480.2 ft)	36		53°32′33.6″N 113°29′39.8″W
Epcor Tower	2011–2017	149.35 m (490.0 ft)	28		53°32′50.9″N 113°29′34.4″W
JW Marriott Edmonton	2017–2018	192.15 m (630.4 ft)	56		53°32′44.7″N 113°29′45.9″W
Stantec Tower	2018–present	250.9 m (823 ft)	66		53°32′42″N 113°29′46″W

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Canada
• List of tallest buildings in Alberta
• List of tallest buildings in Calgary
• Heritage buildings in Edmonton

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External links

• Edmonton High-Rise Buildings - Emporis^[usurped]