List of tallest buildings in Edmonton
| Skyline of Edmonton | |
|---|---|
Edmonton's skyline, viewed from Blatchford in 2021 | |
| Tallest building | Stantec Tower (2019) |
| Tallest building height | 248.9 m (816 ft) |
| First 150 m+ building | JW Marriott Edmonton (2018) |
| Number of tall buildings (2026) | |
| Taller than 100 m (328 ft) | 25 |
| Taller than 150 m (492 ft) | 2 |
| Taller than 200 m (656 ft) | 1 |
Edmonton is the capital and second largest city of the Canadian province of Alberta. With a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan area population of 1,418,118 as of 2021, it is the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. As the northernmost city in North America with a population of over one million, Edmonton has the northernmost skyscapers and high-rises taller than 100 metres (328 feet), 150 m (492 ft) and 200 m (656 ft) on the continent. As of 2025, Edmonton has 25 buildings taller than 100 m (330 ft), two of which reach a height of 150 m (492 ft). The tallest building in Edmonton is the 249 m (816 ft) Stantec Tower, the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto.
Edmonton's first true skyscraper, and the tallest building in Western Canada for five years, was the CN Tower, built in 1966. A building boom did not really begin until the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979, which prompted construction of many office towers. High-rise construction was virtually non-existent between the mid-1980s and the early 2000s due to low oil prices, upon which Edmonton's economy is largely dependent on. The rapid oil price increases of 2003-2008 had created a new boom in Alberta and prompted new construction again. By the late 2000s, the city was experiencing a building boom, with 780,000 square feet (72,000 m2) of office space under construction in 2008 and vacancy rates then falling. Due to the time lag between the beginning of the boom and when buildings are completed, the next wave of new high-rise buildings really began construction in 2006 or 2007 and many were not completed until after the 2008 financial crisis had caused a drop in oil prices.
Until late 2013, the presence of aircraft taking off and landing at Edmonton City Centre Airport restricted any building from reaching an elevation higher than 815.34 metres (2,675.0 ft) above mean sea level, about 150 metres (490 ft) above downtown. The removal of this limit allowed for the construction of the city's current tallest and second tallest building in 2019: Stantec Tower, completed at 248.9 m (816 ft) tall and JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences, which was built to a height of 191 m (627 ft). It held the title of the tallest building in Edmonton for less than a year before it was overtaken by Stantec Tower.
Most of Edmonton's tallest buildings are located in or near Downtown Edmonton, forming a continuous core of high-rises that extends east along Jasper Avenue towards Boyle Street, and westwards towards Wîhkwêntôwin (formerly Oliver). The skyline is separated from the North Saskatchewan River to the south by Victoria Park and the riverfront neighbourhood of Rossdale. Additionally, several residential high-rises form a line of tall buildings on the northern edge of Strathcona, bordering the River Valley Walterdale area. There are also a few high-rises near the University of Alberta, in the neighbourhood of Garneau.