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Canada Square
Canary wharf from the Plateau.jpg
View of the square in 2013
Namesake Canada
Maintained by Canary Wharf Group
Location Canary Wharf, London, England
Postal code E14
Canada Square Canary Wharf Eastwards
Canada Square looking eastwards

Canada Square is a square at Canary Wharf, on the Isle of Dogs in London's Docklands. It is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of Central London along the River Thames. Canada Square is surrounded by three of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom, including One Canada Square, which was the tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1990 until late 2010, when it was surpassed by The Shard.

The complex is named for Canada by Olympia and York, the original developers of the site owned by the Paul Reichmann family of Toronto.

The complex and the square is served by Canary Wharf Underground station on the Jubilee line and Canary Wharf DLR station on the Docklands Light Railway.

Buildings over 60 metres

Ranking by height Image Name Height Floors Completion date Notes
Metres Feet
1 Londres 097..jpg One Canada Square 235 771 50 1991 The 15th-tallest building in Europe and currently the second tallest completed building in the United Kingdom, the tallest being The Shard. Designed by Cesar Pelli, it was the tallest building in Europe upon completion in 1991. Multi-tenanted; occupiers include Currencies Direct, The Bank of New York Mellon, the CFA Institute, Clearstream, EEX (European Energy Exchange), Euler Hermes, the International Sugar Organization, Mahindra Satyam, MetLife, Moody's Analytics and Trinity Mirror.
2= HSBC Building London.jpg 8 Canada Square 200 655 42 2002 The joint 26th-tallest building in Europe and fifth-tallest completed building in the United Kingdom. Occupied by HSBC as its world headquarters.
2= Citigroup EMEA Centre.jpg 25 Canada Square 200 655 42 2001 The joint 26th-tallest building in Europe and fifth-tallest completed building in the United Kingdom. 25 Canada Square and 33 Canada Square together form a single complex known as the Citigroup Centre. Primarily occupied by Citigroup as its EMEA headquarters. Other tenants include 3i Infotech, Lehman Brothers (in Administration), Crossrail, Instinet, Munich Re, MWB Group, SunGard and Wells Fargo.
3 33 Canada Square.jpg 33 Canada Square 105 344 18 1999 33 Canada Square and 25 Canada Square together form a single complex, see above for details.
4 Exterior of 5 Canada Square.jpg 5 Canada Square 88 288 16 2003 Occupied by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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