Calgary skyline at night (Quintin Soloviev)

At a municipal population of as of April 1, 2018, and a metropolitan population of as of July 1, 2016,

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

is both the largest city and largest metropolitan area in the

Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

. Standing at 56 stories, , the tallest building in the city is Brookfield Place. The second-tallest building in the city is The Bow, standing at 58-

storey A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are ''storeys'' (UK) and ''stories'' (US). T ...

s, . The third-tallest building in the city is the 60-storey,

Telus Sky Telus Sky, (also stylized as TELUS Sky) is a 59- storey, mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At completion in 2019, the structure building became the third-tallest building in Calgary behind Brookfield Place East an ...

, which surpassed the

Suncor Energy Centre The Suncor Energy Centre, formerly the Petro-Canada Centre, is a project composed of two granite and reflective glass-clad office towers of 32 floors and 52 floors, situated in the office core of downtown Calgary, Alberta. The Council on Tall B ...

upon its completion in 2020. The Calgary Tower is included in this list for comparison purposes; however, it is not ranked since it is not considered a habitable building. Calgary's history of towers began with the Grain Exchange Building (1910), the

Fairmont Palliser Hotel The Fairmont Palliser, formerly known as the Palliser Hotel, is a hotel of the Canada-based Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. The historic hotel (1914) is located in downtown Calgary, Alberta at 133 9th Avenue SW adjacent to the Calgary Tower ...

(1914), and the

Elveden Centre Elveden Centre is a three-tower office building located at 717 7th Avenue Southwest in Calgary, Alberta. Designed by Alberta architectural firm Rule Wynn and Rule and built in three phases between 1959 and 1964, it is one of Calgary's best examples ...

. 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 First Canadian Centre is an office tower in Calgary, Alberta. Located at 350 7 Avenue SW in the city's downtown core, it stands at or 41 storeys tall. The skyscraper has a floor area of and was built in the international and late modernist ar ...

and the

Canterra Tower Devon Tower (formerly known as Canterra Tower) is a skyscraper in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located at 400 3rd Avenue SW, it stands at or 45 storeys tall. The building was completed in 1988 and was designed by WZMH Architects in the Postmodern ...

office towers. A ten-year lull in building construction came after the expansion, though Calgary experienced a larger second building expansion beginning in the late 90s and continuing into the present. Currently, the city has height restrictions that prevent any building from casting a shadow over the

Bow River The Bow River is a river in Alberta, Canada. It begins within the Canadian Rocky Mountains and winds through the Alberta foothills onto the prairies, where it meets the Oldman River, the two then forming the South Saskatchewan River. These w ...

and the city hall, however, winter months are excluded from this limit. There is no other imposed limits elsewhere in the city, which could allow for some extremely tall buildings. The Bow Tower was originally proposed to be at least 1,000 feet tall but reduced to comply with these rules. Calgary hosts 373 buildings over complete and under construction, 82 of which are or more and are all in the downtown area. This is the second highest concentration of skyscrapers in Canada, behind

Downtown Toronto Downtown Toronto is the main central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, bounded by Bloor Street to the northeast and Dupont Stre ...

. , there are 10 skyscrapers over under construction, along with another 34 skyscrapers over approved and proposed, with a further 56 high-rises over under construction, approved for construction, and proposed for construction in the City of Calgary. After this skyscraper boom, Calgary's skyline will have dramatically changed, having added at least the second tallest and fourth tallest buildings in Western Canada between 2016 and 2018, Brookfield Place East and Telus Sky respectively.

Buildings

Brookfield Place Calgary nearing completion, Feb 2017

This list ranks buildings in Calgary that stand at least 400 feet (122 meters) tall, based on

CTBUH The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States ...

height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. 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 The Calgary Tower is a free standing observation tower in the downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty Company Limited and Husky Oil as part of an u ...

Towers

''(*) Although Calgary's two largest structures are actually

CFCN-TV CFCN-DT (channel 4) is a television station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside cable-exclusive CTV 2 Alberta (based in Edmonton with sister station CFR ...

'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

Projects

The following is a list of buildings that are under construction, approved, or proposed in Calgary that are planned to rise at least .

Under construction

Approved

Proposed/on-hold

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Calgary. Although it is not a building, the Calgary Tower was the city's tallest free standing structure from 1968 until 1983 when it was surpassed by the Suncor Energy Centre's West tower.

Other buildings

File:Sunlife plaza2-calgary.jpg, Sunlife Plaza File:Telus building-Calgary.JPG,

Telus Telus Communications Inc. (TCI) is the wholly owned principal subsidiary of Telus Corporation, a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voi ...

building File:CPR building.jpg, Gulf Canada Square File:One Palliser Square 1.jpg, One Palliser Square File:Calgary city hall1.jpg,

Calgary Municipal Building The Calgary Municipal Building, often referred to as ''New City Hall'' is the seat of local government for the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The building has been the centre for civic administration for the City of Calgary since it opened in 1 ...

File:Burns Building 2.jpg,

Burns Building The Burns Building is a historic six-story building located in downtown Calgary, Alberta. It sits at 237-8th Ave. S.E. on the end of Stephen Avenue overlooking Olympic Plaza and City Hall. History The building was commissioned by meat baron Pat B ...

References

{{Calgary

Buildings, Tallest Tallest buildings in Calgary