This list of tallest buildings in Hamilton ranks buildings in the city by height.

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ...

is the fifth-largest city in

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

, Canada. In Hamilton, there are 21 buildings that stand taller than 75 metres (230 ft). The tallest building in the city is the 43-

storey A storey (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth 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 wor ...

Landmark Place Landmark Place is the tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at the corner of Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario), Main Street East and Catharine Street (Hamilton, Ontario), Catharine Street South in the Corktown neighbourhood. This ...

, which was built in 1974. 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 high-rises over and 122 buildings that exceed in height. Since the early 2020s, Hamilton has seen an influx of residential high-rises, similar to other cities in southern Ontario such as Kitchener or

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

Tallest buildings

This list ranks buildings in Hamilton that stand at least 75 m (246 ft) tall, based on

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

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 administrative building for the city of Hamilton. Located in the downtown core, it is an 8-storey building (34.0 m) at the corner of Main Street West and Bay Street South, across the street from the FirstOntar ...

is an 8-storey, International-style government building located in downtown

. 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 12-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 ...

is a historic 13-storey building located in downtown

. The hotel served as the Governors meeting hall of the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

, the site of female athlete accommodations for the

1930 British Empire Games The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, and was held in Hamilton, Ontario, from 16 to 23 August 1930. The event was organized by '' Hamilton Spectator'' sportswriter Bobby Robinso ...

, 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 was a 357.5 metre 1,173 feet-high guyed TV mast located at 481 First Road West in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. The tower housed the primary transmitter for the independent television station CHCH-DT as well as tha ...

is a guyed TV

mast Mast, MAST or MASt may refer to: Engineering * Mast (sailing), a vertical spar on a sailing ship * Flagmast, a pole for flying a flag * Guyed mast, a structure supported by guy-wires * Mooring mast, a structure for docking an airship * Radio mas ...

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 (company), Channel Zero, the station maintains studios on Innovation Drive in the west end of Hamilton; prior to 2021, it was located ...

. 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

CN Tower The CN Tower () is a communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands. Its name "CN" referred to Canadian National, the railway co ...

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

and the

Inco Superstack The Inco Superstack in Sudbury, Ontario, with a height of , is the tallest chimney in Canada and in the Western Hemisphere and the second-tallest freestanding chimney in the world, after the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station, in Kazakhstan. It ...

Sudbury Sudbury may refer to: Places Australia * Sudbury Reef, Queensland Canada * Greater Sudbury, Ontario ** Sudbury (federal electoral district) ** Sudbury (provincial electoral district) ** Sudbury Airport ** Sudbury Basin, a meteorite impact cra ...

. The CHCH tower ranks eighth in height among the tallest structures in the British-based Commonwealth.

Tallest under construction and proposed

Under construction Approved and Proposed

References

External links

Hamilton diagramsSkyscraperpage HamiltonCHCH Television Tower diagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Tallest Buildings in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses ...

Tallest buildings in Hamilton