Calgary Skyline: Labelled Views & Heights

The skyline from Calgary’s lookouts

Rendered from the City’s 3D data at each lookout, with the tallest visible office towers named.

Calgary skyline from McHugh Bluff, Crescent Heights, looking south over the Bow River, with 14 office towers labelled, modelled from City of Calgary LiDAR — **From McHugh Bluff, Crescent Heights**, looking south over the Bow River. Labelled: Brookfield Place, The Bow, Suncor Energy Centre, Canterra Tower, TC Energy Tower, Centennial Place, Western Canadian Place, Stephen Avenue Place, 215 2 St SW, Hewlett Packard Tower, Sun Life Plaza, 140 4 Ave SW, 316 5 Ave SW, 411 1 St SE. A derived massing model from City of Calgary LiDAR roof outlines, not a photograph.

Calgary skyline from McHugh Bluff, Crescent Heights, at dusk, looking south over the Bow River, with 14 office towers labelled, modelled from City of Calgary LiDAR — **From McHugh Bluff, Crescent Heights, at dusk**, looking south over the Bow River. Labelled: Brookfield Place, The Bow, Suncor Energy Centre, Canterra Tower, TC Energy Tower, Centennial Place, Western Canadian Place, Stephen Avenue Place, 215 2 St SW, Hewlett Packard Tower, Sun Life Plaza, 140 4 Ave SW, 316 5 Ave SW, 411 1 St SE. A derived massing model from City of Calgary LiDAR roof outlines, not a photograph.

Calgary skyline from Tom Campbell’s Hill, looking west along the Bow River, with 13 office towers labelled, modelled from City of Calgary LiDAR — **From Tom Campbell’s Hill**, looking west along the Bow River; the eye is raised 45 m because the model’s ground does not include the hill. Labelled: Brookfield Place, The Bow, Telus Sky, 364 9 Ave SW, TC Energy Tower, Jamieson Place, 215 2 St SW, 150 9 Ave SW, Arriva Tower, Sun Life Plaza, 411 1 St SE, 440 2 Ave SW, 1100 1 St SE. A derived massing model from City of Calgary LiDAR roof outlines, not a photograph.

Calgary skyline from Scotsman’s Hill, Ramsay, looking northwest over the Stampede grounds, with 9 office towers labelled, modelled from City of Calgary LiDAR — **From Scotsman’s Hill, Ramsay**, looking northwest over the Stampede grounds; the eye is raised 32 m to see over the nearest buildings. Labelled: Brookfield Place, The Bow, Telus Sky, Suncor Energy Centre, Bow Valley Square, Arriva Tower, 411 1 St SE, 520 5 Ave SW, 1100 1 St SE. A derived massing model from City of Calgary LiDAR roof outlines, not a photograph.

Downtown core by longitude

Horizontal position and width follow the real footprints; darker structures sit further south.

Beyond the core, west to east

Office structures of 20 m or more outside the downtown box, arranged in longitude order. Widths are indicative; heights are to scale.

The 50 tallest office roofs in Calgary

Main structure per site; secondary structures on the same parcel are listed on each profile.

#	Building	Community	Roof height	Storey-equivalent	Footprint	Built
1	Brookfield Place 225 6 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	243.2 m	62	4,511 m²	2013
2	The Bow 500 Centre St SE	Downtown Commercial Core	239.8 m	61	4,537 m²	2012
3	Telus Sky 685 Centre St SW	Downtown Commercial Core	225.6 m	58	1,912 m²	2014
4	Suncor Energy Centre 117 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	217.1 m	56	8,112 m²	1981
5	364 9 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	198.9 m	51	11,362 m²	1987
6	Canterra Tower 400 3 Ave SW	Eau Claire	172.4 m	44	2,753 m²	1987
7	TC Energy Tower 120 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	170.1 m	44	3,538 m²	2001
8	Jamieson Place 308 4 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	166.3 m	43	4,260 m²	2010
9	Centennial Place 555 2 Ave SW	Eau Claire	166.1 m	43	6,914 m²	2010
10	First Canadian Centre 323R 6 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	162.6 m	42	4,255 m²	1981
11	Western Canadian Place 809 6 St SW	Downtown Commercial Core	160 m	41	5,408 m²	1981
12	Stephen Avenue Place 225 7 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	159.8 m	41	5,144 m²	1975
13	Nexen Building, Calgary 801 7 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	157.2 m	40	3,043 m²	1979
14	215 2 St SW	Eau Claire	155.6 m	40	4,466 m²	2013
15	751 3 St SW	Downtown Commercial Core	153.2 m	39	4,993 m²	1983
16	Bow Valley Square 250 6 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	147.1 m	38	10,241 m²	1972
17	Dome Tower 333 7 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	145.7 m	37	10,481 m²	1976
18	Shell Centre 400 4 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	143.4 m	37	4,257 m²	1976
19	Fifth Avenue Place 425 1 St SW	Downtown Commercial Core	133.4 m	34	4,539 m²	1980
20	605 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	127.5 m	33	3,340 m²	1978
21	240 4 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	127.4 m	33	3,611 m²	1985
22	601 5 St SW	Downtown Commercial Core	125.8 m	32	4,939 m²	2007
23	Hewlett Packard Tower 715 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	125.5 m	32	4,259 m²	1974
24	707 5 St SW	Downtown Commercial Core	125.3 m	32	3,070 m²	2015
25	500 4 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	124.9 m	32	1,655 m²	1973
26	150 9 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	124.4 m	32	2,486 m²	1979
27	Arriva Tower 300 1111 Olympic Way SE	Beltline	123.5 m	32	3,276 m²	2008
28	Sun Life Plaza 120 4 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	117.6 m	30	3,486 m²	1982
29	801 6 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	115.8 m	30	2,458 m²	1982
30	140 4 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	115.4 m	30	4,353 m²	1980
31	316 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	114.9 m	29	2,369 m²	1978
32	411 1 St SE	Downtown Commercial Core	113.8 m	29	5,084 m²	1970
33	330 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	112.7 m	29	7,341 m²	1968
34	645 7 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	109.9 m	28	1,606 m²	1988
35	530 8 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	108.7 m	28	3,411 m²	1982
36	635 8 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	104.2 m	27	1,632 m²	1981
37	600 3 Ave SW	Eau Claire	102.3 m	26	4,172 m²	2016
38	2800 817 15 Ave SW	Beltline	102 m	26	1,530 m²	2009
39	440 2 Ave SW	Eau Claire	101.9 m	26	2,755 m²	2000
40	639 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	99.8 m	26	2,098 m²	1969
41	520 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	99.6 m	26	1,265 m²	1981
42	1100 1 St SE	Beltline	98.9 m	25	5,859 m²	2009
43	207 9 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	95.1 m	24	7,417 m²	2008
44	808 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	94.5 m	24	1,667 m²	1982
45	200 1053 10 St SW	Beltline	92.7 m	24	1,698 m²	2005
46	735 8 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	91.3 m	23	1,907 m²	1981
47	Gulf Canada Square 401 9 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	91.1 m	23	15,999 m²	1978
48	518 922 5 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	90.8 m	23	1,657 m²	2006
49	222 3 Ave SW	Chinatown	89.4 m	23	4,499 m²	2007
50	736 6 Ave SW	Downtown Commercial Core	89.2 m	23	1,028 m²	1981

Public record sources: Current Year Property Assessments (Parcel), Historical Property Assessments (Parcel), Assessment Subproperty Use Codes, 3D Buildings - Citywide (LiDAR roof outlines), Land Use Districts, Transit LRT Stations, Green Line Stations, Plus 15, Historic Resource (Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources), Development Permits, Building Permits, Calgary Existing Buildings - Performance Metrics (BenchmarkYYC), Calgary Business Licenses, On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, Building Inspections Results, Residential Parking Zones, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes, Traffic Signals, Calgary Bikeways — The City of Calgary, retrieved 2026-09-24. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Building names, floor counts and architects, where shown, come from Wikidata (CC0). No brokerage, listing-data or commercial research source is used.

Boundary: Assessed values are the City’s assessment-roll figures for taxation and are not sale prices, asking rents, vacancy or availability; Alberta does not publish transaction prices. LiDAR heights are roof-surface elevations above the lowest ground point at the building perimeter and can differ from architectural heights. Storey equivalents are derived at 3.9 m per storey and are not floor counts. Distances are straight-line. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval and do not establish current use, tenancy or availability. Read the methodology.

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Questions

About the skyline and how it is measured.

Which public lookouts face the Calgary skyline?

Three are modelled here. McHugh Bluff along Crescent Road in Crescent Heights looks south across the Bow River at the core. Tom Campbell’s Hill looks west along the river from the east. Scotsman’s Hill in Ramsay looks northwest over the Stampede grounds. Each view above is rendered from the City’s 3D building data and labels only the towers visible from that point.

What is the tallest office building in Calgary?

Brookfield Place (225 6 Ave SW), with a LiDAR roof height of 243.2 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data. Wikidata records an architectural height of 247 m, which includes features above the roof surface.

How many Calgary office buildings are taller than 100 m?

39 office buildings in this record have a main roof of 100 m or more, 15 of 150 m or more, and 4 of 200 m or more, measured from City LiDAR.

Are these photographs?

No. Every view is a massing model rendered from The City of Calgary’s LiDAR roof outlines and ground elevations, with streets, rivers, parks and trees from City open data. Facades, materials and rooftop features are not modelled.

The office skyline, measured.

The skyline from Calgary’s lookouts

Downtown core by longitude

Beyond the core, west to east

The 50 tallest office roofs in Calgary

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