Canada: 10 tallest skyscrapers under construction

North America’s skyline has been a century-long conversation between engineering ambition, economic cycles, and evolving urban lifestyles.

Early 20th-century office towers clustered around downtown rail hubs, then post-war suburbanisation slowed vertical growth outside a few cores.

The 1990s ushered in a fresh wave — iconic brand towers and revitalised downtowns — followed by a 2010s boom driven less by corporate headquarters and more by mixed-use and residential high-rises.

Two forces shape today’s surge: (1) the preference for amenity-rich, transit-oriented living near jobs and universities; and (2) construction technologies (high-strength concrete, tuned mass damping, sophisticated façades) that make very tall, very slender towers viable on compact urban sites.

Canada exemplifies this shift.

While Calgary and Vancouver made bold statements in the 2000s, Toronto has emerged as the continent’s most prolific high-rise laboratory outside New York, churning out dozens of 150 m+ towers and several “supertalls” (300 m+).

Toronto’s pipeline is overwhelmingly residential or mixed-use, reflecting immigration-fuelled population growth, land scarcity along rapid-transit corridors, and planning that concentrates density downtown and at key nodes.

Mississauga — once a car-centric suburb — now fields skyline-defining projects around Square One, showing how Greater Toronto’s growth pattern is maturing into multiple high-density centres.

Out west, Metro Vancouver’s height is tempered by view-corridor rules, but Burnaby’s Metrotown is pushing provincial records with the Sky Park grand tower.

Montreal caps heights at 200 metres to preserve views of Mount Royal, yet still adds significant density with 150–200-metre residential towers.

Here’s an up-to-date snapshot of Canada’s tallest buildings currently under construction, ranked by height.

What distinguishes Canada’s current cycle is the mix: signature architect-led designs (e.g., Gehry’s Forma), transit adjacency, and podiums that stitch towers into street life with retail, offices, schools, and public space.

As interest rates, construction costs, and policy evolve, completion dates may slide, but the trajectory is clear: Canadian cities are building up, not out, reshaping skylines—and daily life—one slender tower at a time.

Here's the list of completed skyscrapers in Canada.