List of Calgary's 10 tallest skyscrapers

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

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.

Buildings completed as of October, 2005

Rank	Building	Address	Height	Storeys	Completed
1	Petro-Canada Centre - West	150 6th Avenue SW	215 m	53	1984
2	Bankers Hall - West, Calgary	888 3rd Street SW	197 m	52	2000
3	Bankers Hall - East, Calgary	855 2nd Street SW	197 m	52	1989
4	Canterra Tower, Calgary	400 3rd Avenue SW	177 m	45	1988
5	TransCanada Tower, Calgary	450 1st Street SW	177 m	38	2001
6	First Canadian Centre, Calgary	350 7th Avenue SW	167 m	41	1982
7	Western Canadian Place - North, Calgary	707 8th Avenue SW	164 m	41	1983
8	TD Canada Trust Tower, Calgary	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

Observation/Communication towers completed as of October, 2005

Rank	Building	Address	Height	Completed
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. This is not unlike most stand-alone communications antennae.

Notable historical buildings

Building	Address	Height	Storeys	Completion (est.)	Notes
Fairmont Palliser Hotel	133 9th Avenue SW	n/a	15	1914	Calgary's tallest building 1914-1958

Future contenders

Building	Height	Storeys
Main Tower, "EnCana New Building Project"	>215 m?	~60
Penny Lane Tower - East, Calgary	186 m	43
Arriva Towers (2), Calgary - under construction	156 m	42
Penny Lane Tower - West, Calgary	130 m	29
Calgary Courts Centre, Calgary - under construction	129 m	24

See also

• List of buildings
• List of skyscrapers
• List of Canada's 10 tallest skyscrapers
• List of Edmonton's 10 tallest skyscrapers
• List of Montreal's 10 tallest skyscrapers
• List of Ottawa-Gatineau's 10 tallest buildings
• List of Toronto's 10 tallest skyscrapers
• List of Vancouver's 10 tallest buildings

External link

• [Calgary High-Rise Buildings]

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