Canada is home to over 180 skyscrapers, defined as buildings taller than 150 metres (492 ft), the second most of any country in North America after the United States. Toronto is the city with the most skyscrapers in Canada by a wide margin, having 108 completed skyscrapers as of 2026, over half of all skycrapers in the country. It has five times as many skyscrapers as the city with the second most, Calgary. Two more cities, Montreal and Burnaby, have over 10 skyscrapers. As of 2026, there are 12 cities in Canada with at least one skyscraper taller than 150 m (492 ft), and 30 cities with at least one building exceeding 100 m (328 ft) in height.
In the first half of the 20th century, Toronto and Montreal led the country in tall buildings, each having two high-rises taller than 100 m (328 ft) by 1950. These were Toronto's Commerce Court North and Fairmont Royal York Hotel, and Montreal's Sun Life Building and Tour de la Banque Royale. Following a period of negligible high-rise development from the 1930s to the 1950s, skyscraper construction returned in Canada. In the early 1960s, several notable skyscrapers were completed in Montreal, such as CIBC Tower, Place Ville Marie, and Tour de la Bourse, each of which became the tallest building in Canada. In the 1970s, Toronto surpassed Montreal as Canada's main economic centre; by 1980, Toronto had overtaken Montreal in the number of skyscrapers. Calgary's skyline grew considerably in the 1970s and 1980s as the city grew into a major hub for the energy industry.
In the 21st century, the growth of high-rise residential condominiums have transformed the skylines of many Canadian cities. The quantity of skyscrapers in Toronto surged nearly tenfold in the first quarter of the century, from 11 skyscrapers in 2000 to 108 by 2025. The city currently has the third most skyscrapers in North America, and the second most buildings taller than 100 m, after New York City. Tall buildings have also sprouted throughout the city's metropolitan area, particularly in Mississauga and Vaughan.
The number of high-rises has also swelled in Greater Vancouver, which had 31 buildings taller than 100 m (328 ft) in 2000 and 175 by 2025. During this time, the amount of such buildings doubled in Vancouver itself, while many residential towers were constructed in the Metro Vancouver cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, and Surrey. Due to height restrictions in Vancouver to preserve views of the surrounding mountains, Burnaby has eclipsed Vancouver in the number of skyscrapers reaching over 150 metres. Greater Vancouver is the metropolitan area with the second most skyscrapers in Canada.
Cities with the most skyscrapers The ranking of the cities with the most skyscrapers depends on the height used to define a skyscraper. Some cities may have more skyscrapers than another city under the definition of 100 m (328 ft), but less when under the definition of 150 m (492 ft). The table below ranks Canadian cities by the number of buildings taller than 100 m (328 ft) as of 2026 by default, but it can be adjusted to be sorted by the number of buildings taller than 150 m (492 ft) or 200 m (656 ft). Numbers without an accompanying citation are directly supported by information in the linked article.
RankCityProvinceImageNumber of buildings≥100 m (328 ft)≥150 m (492 ft)≥200 m (656 ft)1Toronto405111322Calgary832053Montreal731864Vancouver72715Burnaby571716Mississauga45617Edmonton25218Surrey23109Vaughan198010Coquitlam144011New Westminster71012Markham60013Ottawa60014Winnipeg60015Niagara Falls51016London50017Hamilton40018Kelowna40019Halifax30020Quebec City30021Brampton20022Gatineau20023Kitchener20024Barrie10025Burlington10026Delta10027Langley10028North Vancouver10029Westmount10030Windsor100Total87919346
Metropolitan areas with the most skyscrapers City boundaries may exclude buildings in the same metropolitan area from being included in its list of skyscrapers. This table ranks census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in Canada by the amount of 100 m (328 ft) buildings.The final column shows the number of such buildings in a metropolitan area for every million inhabitants. Only Toronto and Vancouver have multiple cities in their metropolitan area with at least one skyscraper taller than 150 m (492 ft). RankCensus metropolitan areaProvinceImageCity TotalPopulation (2021)100 m buildings per million1TorontoToronto (405)Mississauga (45)Vaughan (19)Markham (6)Brampton (2)4776,202,22576.92VancouverVancouver (72)Burnaby (57)Surrey (23)Coquitlam (14)New Westminster (7)Delta (1)Langley (1)North Vancouver (1)1762,642,825 66.63CalgaryCalgary (83)831,481,80656.04MontrealMontreal (73)Westmount (1)744,291,73217.25EdmontonEdmonton (25)251,418,11817.66Ottawa–GatineauOttawa (6)Gatineau (2)81,488,3075.47WinnipegWinnipeg (6)6834,6787.28HamiltonHamilton (4)Burlington (1)5785,1846.49LondonLondon (5)5543,5519.210St. Catharines–NiagaraNiagara Falls (5)5433,60411.511KelownaKelowna (4)4222,16218.012HalifaxHalifax (3)3465,7036.413Quebec CityQuebec City (3)3839,3113.614Kitchener–Cambridge–WaterlooKitchener (2)2575,8473.515BarrieBarrie (1)1212,8564.716WindsorWindsor (1)1422,6302.4
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See also
List of cities with the most skyscrapers List of cities in Australia with the most skyscrapers List of cities in the United States with the most skyscrapers List of cities in Germany with the most skyscrapers List of tallest buildings in Canada
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