page_title: List of tallest buildings in Montreal
section_title: Timeline of tallest buildings
hierarchical_section_title: List of tallest buildings in Montreal / Timeline of tallest buildings
context_page_description: This is a list of the tallest buildings in Montreal that ranks skyscrapers in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by height. There are currently 42 buildings and structures in Montreal greater than 100 m. The tallest building in the city is the 51-storey, 205-metre-tall, 1000 de La Gauchetière
  Municipal regulations forbid any building from exceeding the height of Mount Royal, or 233 m above mean sea level. Above-ground height is further limited in most areas and a minority of the downtown land plots are allowed to contain buildings exceeding 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. To build higher than 1000 de La Gauchetière while respecting this limit would be to build on the lowest part of downtown; the maximum height there would be approximately 210 metres.
  The history of skyscrapers in Montreal began with the completion of the eight-storey-tall New York Life Insurance Building in 1888. Most high-rise construction in Montreal occurred in two periods: the late 1920s to the early 1930s and then from the early 1960s to the early 1990s.
context_section_description: This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Montreal.
caption: 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.
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