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Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...
is the fifth-largest city in
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, Canada. In Hamilton, there are 21 buildings that stand taller than 75 metres (230 ft). The tallest building in the city is the 43-
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,
Landmark Place Landmark Place is the tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at the corner of Main Street East and Catharine Street South in the Corktown neighbourhood. This 43-storey building (130 metres/427 feet) was completed in 1974, and w ...
. The second-tallest building in the city is 20 George St, standing at tall with 32 storeys. The third-tallest building in the city is 100 King Street West, standing at tall with 25 storeys. , the city contains 21 skyscrapers over and 122 high-rise buildings that exceed in height.


Tallest buildings

This list ranks buildings in Hamilton that stand at least 75 m (246 ft) tall, based on
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height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.


Other notable buildings and structures


Hamilton City Hall

Hamilton City Hall Hamilton City Hall is the chief administration (government), administrative building for the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. Located in the downtown core, it is an 8-storey building (34.0 m) at the corner of Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario) ...
is an 8-storey,
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government building located in downtown
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...
. In 2005, Hamilton City Council designated the building as a heritage structure. Among the listed heritage elements on the exterior are the Italian glass tile mosaics.


Royal Connaught Hotel

The
Royal Connaught Hotel The Royal Connaught Hotel is a 13-storey building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. It was built by Harry Frost of Buffalo, New York in 1914, who also started up and owned the Frost Fence Company in Hamilton. It is located at the corner of King Str ...
is a historic 13-storey building located in downtown
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...
. The hotel served as the Governors meeting hall of the
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, the site of female athlete accommodations for the
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, and a wide variety of hotels. From 2014 to 2018, it was converted to a condominium.


CHCH Television Tower

CHCH Television Tower The CHCH Television Tower is a 357.5 metre 1,173 feet-high guyed TV mast located at 481 First Road West in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. The tower houses the primary transmitter for the independent television station CHCH-DT as well as t ...
is a guyed TV mast in Hamilton, which is the primary transmitter for television station
CHCH-TV CHCH-DT (channel 11) is an independent television station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Channel Zero, the station maintains studios on Innovation Drive in the west end of Hamilton; prior to 2021, it was located near the corner of Jack ...
. When it was built in 1960, the CHCH Television Tower became the tallest structure in Canada. Only two structures built since then are taller within Canada: the
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in
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and the
Inco Superstack The Inco Superstack in Sudbury, Ontario, with a height of , is the tallest chimney in Canada and the Western hemisphere, and the second tallest freestanding chimney in the world after the GRES-2 Power Station in Kazakhstan. It is also the sec ...
in Sudbury,
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. The CHCH tower ranks eighth in height among the tallest structures in the British-based Commonwealth.


Current developments


See also

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List of tallest buildings in Canada This is a list of the tallest buildings in Canada. As of December 2017 there are a total of 133 completed and under construction buildings in Canada with an official height of or more. Greater Toronto has 86 (Toronto 83 (including the eight ta ...
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List of tallest buildings in Ontario This list of tallest buildings in Ontario ranks skyscrapers and high rise buildings in the province of Ontario by height. Buildings in nine cities are included in this list; Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Markham, Mississauga, Niagara Falls, Ottaw ...
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List of tallest buildings in Toronto Many of the tallest buildings in Toronto are also the tallest in all of Canada. The tallest structure in Toronto is the CN Tower, which rises . The CN Tower was the tallest free-standing structure on land from 1975 until 2007. However, it is no ...
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List of tallest buildings in Mississauga This list of tallest buildings in Mississauga refers to the tallest buildings in the City of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Gre ...
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List of tallest buildings in Niagara Falls, Ontario Niagara Falls, Ontario is the principal tourist city in the Niagara Region of Ontario. In Niagara Falls, there are 5 buildings that stand taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 58-storey, Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2, Most o ...
* List of tallest buildings in the Waterloo Regional Municipality * List of tallest buildings in London, Ontario *
Canadian architecture The architecture of Canada is, with the exception of that of Canadian First Nations, closely linked to the techniques and styles developed in Canada, Europe and the United States. However, design has long needed to be adapted to Canada's climate ...
* Chateau Royale (Hamilton, Ontario)


References


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Tallest buildings in Hamilton