List of tallest buildings in Calgary

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Calgary skyline seen from north

Calgary skyline seen from south

Bankers Hall East is currently Western Canada's third tallest building. Bankers Hall West is the second tallest in Western Canada.

Petro Canada West Tower is the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto.

This is a list of the 10 tallest skyscrapers in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

[edit] Buildings

Buildings completed as of October, 2006

Rank	Building	Address	Height	Floors	Completed	Image
1	Petro-Canada Centre - West	150 6th Avenue SW	215 m	53	1984
2	Bankers Hall - West	888 3rd Street SW	197 m	52	2000
3	Bankers Hall - East	855 2nd Street SW	197 m	52	1989
4	Canterra Tower	400 3rd Avenue SW	177 m	45	1988
5	TransCanada Tower	450 1st Street SW	177 m	38	2001
6	First Canadian Centre	350 7th Avenue SW	167 m	41	1982
7	Western Canadian Place - North	707 8th Avenue SW	164 m	41	1983
8	TD Canada Trust Tower	421 7th Avenue SW	162 m	40	1991
9	Scotia Centre, Calgary	700 2nd Street SW	155 m	41	1976
10	Nexen Building, Calgary	801 7th Avenue SW	152 m	37	1982

[edit] Towers

Observation/Communication towers completed as of October, 2006

Rank	Building	Address	Height	Completed	Image
1	CICT TV 1*	Old Banff Coach Road SW	250 m	1954
2	CICT TV 2*	Old Banff Coach Road SW	250 m	1954
3	Calgary Tower	101 9th Avenue SW	191 m	1968

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

[edit] Historic towers

Notable historical towers

Building	Address	Height	Floors	Completed	Notes	Image
Ski Jump (Canada Olympic Park)	88 Canada Olympic Park Road SW	90 m (90 meters is the distance a ski jumper travels from the terminus, not the height of the structure)	n/a	1987	The taller of three ski jump towers built for the 1988 Winter Olympics
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	n/a	15	1914	Calgary's tallest building 1914-1958

[edit] Projects

[edit] Other buildings

Sunlife Plaza

TELUS building

Gulf Canada Square

One Palliser Square

[edit] See also

• List of attractions and landmarks in Calgary
• List of buildings, masts, towers
• List of tallest buildings in Canada (Edmonton, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
• List of tallest buildings in the world (buildings and structures, structures, by country, by type of use)

[edit] External link

• Calgary High-Rise Buildings