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Skyscrapers in Downtown Montreal at night.

This is a list of the tallest buildings in Montreal ranks skyscrapers in the Canadian city of Montreal, Quebec by height.

In order to preserve the integrity of the skyline, Montreal law forbids any building from reaching an elevation higher than that of Mount Royal, or 223 m above mean sea level. The exception to the rule is Saint Joseph's Oratory, at 128 m including the rooftop cross, it is the city's 23rd tallest building and tallest religious structure. It is the only building allowed to reach higher than Mount Royal, not counting the cross and telecommunication towers located on the mountain. (Above-ground height is further limited in most areas and very few downtown land plots are allowed to exceed 120 metres in height.) The maximum limit is currently attained by 1000 de La Gauchetière and 1250 René-Lévesque (the latter of which is shorter, but built on higher ground). The only way to reach higher than 1000 de La Gauchetière while respecting this limit would be to build on the lowest part of downtown near Tour de la Bourse; the maximum height there would be approximately 210 metres.^{[citation needed]}

The tallest residential building in Montreal is the H-shaped Port Royal at 1455 Sherbrooke Street West; it is 123 m/403 ft tall with 33 storeys, and built in 1964. A mixed-use condo/hotel development currently under construction on Sherbrooke Street West is slated to be the tallest building built in Montreal since 1992 and could well surpass the Port-Royal in height.

The skyline of Downtown Montreal as seen from Mount Royal.

[edit] Tallest buildings

This list ranks Montreal skyscrapers that stand at least 122 metres (400 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Rank	Name	Height metres (ft)	Floors	Year	Notes	Image
1	1250 René-Lévesque	230 m (755 ft)	47	1992	Originally known as the IBM-Marathon Tower, this building is the fifth tallest in Canada when its spire is taken into account. Not counting the spire, it is 199 m (653 ft) to the roof.[1][2]
2	1000 de La Gauchetière	205 m (673 ft)	51	1992	[3][4]
3	Tour de la Bourse	190 m (623 ft)	47	1964	[5][6]
4	1 Place Ville-Marie	188 m (617 ft)	47	1962	[7][8]
5	Tour CIBC	187 m (613 ft), 250 m (820 ft) (including antenna)	45	1962	[9][10]
	Tour de Montréal	175 m (574 ft)	20	1987	The Tour de Montréal is not a habitable building, but is included in this list for comparative purposes. Per a ruling by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, freestanding observation towers are not considered to be buildings, as they are not fully habitable structures. The Tour de Montréal is the tallest inclined tower in the world.[11]
6	1501 McGill College	158 m (519 ft)	36	1992	[12][13]
7	Complexe Desjardins South Tower	152 m (499 ft)	40	1976	[14][15]
8	Tour KPMG	146 m (479 ft)	34	1987	[16][17]
9	Tour Telus	140 m (459 ft)	34	1962	[18][19]
10	Place Montreal Trust	134 m (440 ft)	34	1988	[20][21]
11=	Marriott Château Champlain	133 m (436 ft)	38	1967	[22][23]
11=	500 Place D'Armes	133 m (435 ft)	32	1968	[24][25]
13	Complexe Desjardins East Tower	130 m (427 ft)	32	1976	[26][27]
14=	Tour Scotia	128 m (420 ft)	29	1990	[28][29]
14=	Tour de la Banque Nationale	128 m (420 ft)	28	1983	[30][31]
14=	Tour Bell Canada	128 m (420 ft)	28	1983	[32][33]
14=	Centre Mont-Royal	128 m (420 ft)	28	1974	[34][35]
18	Tour Terminal	125 m (410 ft)	30	1966	[36][37]
19=	Sun Life Building	122 m (400 ft)	26	1931	[38][39]
19=	Le Port Royal	122 m (400 ft)	33	1964	[40][41]

[edit] Timeline of tallest buildings

The Notre Dame Basilica was the tallest building in Montreal from its construction in 1829 to 1928.

The Royal Bank Building, the tallest building in Montreal from 1928 to 1931 and the first building to exceed the Notre-Dame Basilica in height.

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Montreal.

[edit] See also

Architecture portal

• Architecture of Montreal
• Canadian Centre for Architecture
• List of tallest buildings in Canada

[edit] References

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