List of tallest buildings in Calgary

Map of downtown Calgary showing the locations of the city's ten tallest buildings.

Calgary Skyline

Suncor Energy Centre

Winter sunset

Skyline around the Saddledome

Calgary is the largest city in Alberta, Canada. In Calgary, there are 55 buildings that stand taller than 100 metres (328 ft). The tallest building in the city is the new Bow tower standing at 58 stories. It is the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto. The second-tallest building in the city is the 53-storey, 215 m (705 ft) Suncor Energy Centre. The third-tallest building in the city is Eighth Avenue Place I, standing at 212.3 m (697 ft) tall with 49 storeys.

Calgary's history of towers began with the Grain Exchange Building (1910), the Fairmont Palliser Hotel (1914), and the Elveden Centre. Building construction remained slow in the city until the early 1970s. From 1970 to 1990, Calgary witnessed a major expansion of skyscraper and high-rise construction. Many of the city's office towers were completed during this period, such as the First Canadian Centre and the Canterra Tower office towers. A ten-year lull in building construction came after the expansion, though Calgary experienced a larger second building expansion beginning in in the late 90s and continuing into the present.

The tallest development that is under construction in Calgary is The Bow. At 236 m (774 ft) and 58 stories, the building is expected to become the tallest in the city and all of Western Canada. As of February 2011, there are 15 skyscrapers over 100 m (328 ft) and 48 high-rises over 35 m (115 ft) under construction, approved for construction, and proposed for construction in the City of Calgary.

As of 2011, Calgary had 301 completed high-rise buildings, with 8 more under construction, another 13 approved for construction and 37 more high rises proposed. After this skyscraper boom, Calgary's skyline will have dramatically changed.

Buildings

Buildings completed as of May, 2011

Rank	Building	Address	Height	Floors	Completed	Image
1	The Bow	6th Avenue S between Centre Street and 1st Street E	236 m (774 ft)	58	2011
2	Suncor Energy Centre - West	150 6 Avenue SW	215 m (705 ft)	53	1984
3	Eighth Avenue Place I	513 8 Avenue SW	211 m (691 ft)	48	2011
4	Bankers Hall - West	888 3 Street SW	197 m (646 ft)	52	2000
5	Bankers Hall - East	855 2 Street SW	197 m (646 ft)	52	1989
6	Centennial Place I	555 - 2nd Avenue SW	182 m (597 ft)	41	2010
7	Canterra Tower	400 3 Avenue SW	177 m (581 ft)	45	1988
8	TransCanada Tower	450 1 Street SW	177 m (581 ft)	38	2001
9	Jamieson Place	308 4 Avenue SW	172 m (564 ft)	38	2009
10	First Canadian Centre	350 7 Avenue SW	167 m (548 ft)	41	1982
11	Western Canadian Place - North	707 8 Avenue SW	164 m (538 ft)	41	1983
12	TD Canada Trust Tower	421 7 Avenue SW	162 m (531 ft)	40	1991
13	Scotia Centre	700 2 Street SW	155 m (509 ft)	41	1976
14	Nexen Building	801 7 Avenue SW	153 m (502 ft)	37	1982
15	Bow Valley Square 2	205 5 Avenue SW	143 m (469 ft)	39	1975
16	Dome Tower	333 7 Avenue SW	141 m (463 ft)	30	1977
17	Fifth and Fifth Building	505 5 Avenue SW	140 m (460 ft)	34	1980
18	Shell Centre	4 Avenue SW	140 m (460 ft)	33	1977
19	715 - 5th Avenue SW	5 Avenue SW	138 m (453 ft)	32	1974
20	Home Oil Tower	324 8 Avenue SW	137 m (449 ft)	29	1977
21	Bow Valley Square 4	205 5 Avenue SW	134 m (440 ft)	37	1981
22	Fifth Avenue Place East	425 1 Street SW	133 m (436 ft)	35	1981
23	Fifth Avenue Place West	237 4 Avenue SW	133 m (436 ft)	35	1981
24	Suncor Energy Centre - East	111 5 Avenue SW	130 m (430 ft)	33	1984
25	Calgary Courts Centre	601 5th Street SW	129.8 m (426 ft)	26	2007

Downtown Calgary in 2010, with The Bow building under construction at left.

Towers

Observation/Communication towers completed as of October, 2006

Rank	Building	Address	Height	Completed	Image
1	CFCN TV 1*	Old Banff Coach Road SW	250 m (820 ft)	1954
2	CFCN TV 2*	Old Banff Coach Road SW	250 m (820 ft)	1954
3	Calgary Tower	101 9th Avenue SW	191 m (627 ft)	1968

(*) Although Calgary's two largest structures are actually CFCN-TV's twin communication towers, they are not self-supporting and are assisted by cables (guyed). This is not unlike most stand-alone communications antennae.

Historic towers

Calgary during the 1960s

Notable historical towers

Building	Address	Height	Floors	Completed	Notes	Image
Ski Jump (Canada Olympic Park)	88 Canada Olympic Park Road SW	90 m	n/a	1987	The taller of three ski jump towers built for the 1988 Winter Olympics; 90 meters is the distance a ski jumper travels from the terminus, not the height of the structure
Elveden House (part of Elveden Centre)	727 7th Avenue SW	80 m	20	1960	Calgary's first skyscraper
Fairmont Palliser Hotel	133 9th Avenue SW	60 m	12	1914	Calgary's tallest building 1914-1958
Grain Exchange Building	815 1st Street SW		6	1910	First building in Calgary with an elevator

See also: List of old Canadian buildings

Projects

Current tower projects over 120 m

Building	Height	Floors	Use	Status
Herald Square	223 m (731 ft)	50	Office	Proposal
Alberta Boots Site II	210 m (688 ft)	63	Mixed Use	Proposal
Lacaille on 4th	183 m (600 ft)	50	Mixed Use	Proposal
Eighth Avenue Place II	166 m (545 ft)	40	Office	Approved
Arriva 42	163 m (535 ft)	44	Residential	On-Hold
Arriva III	163 m (535 ft)	44	Residential	Approved
Exchange IV	152 m (499 ft)	45	Mixed Use	Proposal
Astoria on 10th	130 m (427 ft)	~35	Mixed Use	Construction Stopped
Hotel Arts Tower	??? m/ft	40	Mixed	Proposal
Alberta Boots Site I	122 m (400 ft)	35	Mixed Use	Proposal

Calgary

Calgary skyline seen from north.  Calgary skyline at dawn.  Calgary skyline seen from south-east.  Bankers Hall East and West are the tallest twin buildings in Canada.  Suncor Energy Centre West Tower.

Other buildings

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  Sunlife Plaza

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  Telus building

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  Gulf Canada Square

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  One Palliser Square

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  Calgary Municipal building

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  Burns Building

See also

• List of attractions and landmarks in Calgary
• List of tallest buildings in Canada
• Canadian Centre for Architecture
• Society of Architectural Historians
• Canadian architecture