List of tallest buildings in Vancouver

Vancouver isthe largest city in the province of British Columbia and the third largest city in Canada , with a population of over 600,000 and a further 1.7 million residents in the greater Vancouver area . Due to building regulations, there is currently only one building in the city that is over 200 meters high. In 2020 there will be around 800 buildings in Vancouver with a minimum height of over 35 meters, plus another 60 buildings that reach a height of over 100 meters.

The currently tallest building in Vancouver is the Living Shangri-La , which has 62 floors and a height of over 200 meters. The second tallest building is currently the Trump International Hotel and Tower (also: Vancouvers Turn) with 63 floors and a height of 188 meters, followed by the Harbor Center with 168 meters. The Harbor Center is not the third tallest building in the province. Third place is taken by the Solo District - Altus in Burnaby , with a height of 175 meters (without antenna) or 188 meters (with antenna). In Burnaby, Two Gilmore Place, the highest building in the province, is currently being built. This should reach a height of 215 meters.

In 2020, Vancouver had 11 buildings more than 100 meters under construction.

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Vancouver skyline; False Creek in the foreground , the North Shore Mountains in the background

The tallest buildings

This is a list of the tallest buildings in Vancouver over 100 meters (incomplete):

No.	Surname	height	Floors	Opened	Remarks
1	Living Shangri-La	201	62	2008
2	Trump International Hotel and Tower	188	63	2017
3	Harbor Center	168	28	1977	with antenna, the tallest building until 2001
4th	The Private Residences at Hotel Georgia	157	49	2012
5	Vancouver House	152	52	2019
6th	One Wall Center	150	48	2001	the tallest building by 2008
7th	Shaw Tower	149	41	2004
8th	MNP Tower	143	36	2015
9	Royal Center	141	37	1973	the tallest building until 1977
9	The Melville	141	43	2007
11	Bentall 5	140	34	2007
11	Park Place	140	35	1984
11	The Fairmont Pacific Rim	140	44	2010
14th	Granville Square	138	30th	1973
14th	Four Bentall Center	138	35	1981
16	Scotia Tower	138	34	1977
17th	Telus Garden Tower	136	46	2017
18th	Toronto Dominion Tower	127	30th	1972	the tallest building until 1973
19th	patina	126	42	2011
19th	Capitol Residences	126	42	2010
21st	West One	125	41	2002
21st	Woodward's 43	125	40	2009	alternative name: W43
21st	The Charleson	125	42	2018
24	The mark	123	41	2013
25th	Three Bentall Center	122	32	1974
25th	Peter Wall Mansion & Residences	122	43	2017
27	200 Granville Square	121	30th	1973
27	W Building	121	40	2009
27	Empire Landmark Hotel	121	42	1973	Demolished in 2019
30th	Jameson House	119	38	2011
31	The Ritz	118	37	2008
32	Cathedral Place	116	23	1991
32	3 Harbor Green	116	32	2011
34	The Pinnacle	115	34	1996
34	Marriott Pinnacle Hotel	115	36	2000
36	West Pender Place I.	112	36	2011
37	Fairmont Hotel Vancouver	111	17th	1939	the tallest building until 1972
37	Canada Place	111	23	1986
39	Landmark 33	106	35	1996
40	Two Harbor Green	105	31	2008
41	Guinness Tower	100	25th	1969

Other important buildings

Surname	height	Floors	Opened	Remarks
Marine Building	98 m	21st	1930	Tallest building in the city 1930–1939
Electra Building	89 m	24	1957	Former headquarters of BC Electric
Sun Tower	82 m	17th	1912	Tallest building in the British Empire 1912–1914 and tallest building in the city until 1930
Hotel Vancouver	77 m	15th	1916	The second Hotel Vancouver, demolished in 1949
Dominion Building	53 m	14th	1908	Tallest building in the British Empire 1908–1910

Buildings under construction (extract)

Surname	height	Floors	Planned completion
The Butterfly	178	56	2023
The stack	168	34	2022
Skyfront (or One Burrard Place )	167	54	2020

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Skyscraperspage - Vancouver Buildings under Construction, accessed May 17, 2020

[1] Skyscraperspage - Vancouver Buildings under Construction, accessed May 17, 2020