List of tallest buildings in Saint John, New Brunswick facts for kids

Skyline of Saint John from Wolastoq Park.

This article is about the tallest buildings in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Saint John is a city located on the Fundy coast of New Brunswick. It holds a special place in history as the first city in Canada to be officially incorporated. In Saint John, there are six buildings that stand taller than 50 meters (164 feet).

The tallest building in the city is the Brunswick Square tower. It has 19 floors and reaches a height of 81 meters (266 feet). This makes it tied with Assumption Place in Moncton for the title of the tallest building in New Brunswick. Brunswick Square is also the second-largest office building in all of Atlantic Canada when you look at its floor space, right after the Maritime Centre in Halifax. The second-tallest building in Saint John is Saint John City Hall, which is 55.2 meters (181 feet) tall and has 15 floors.

As of early 2017, Saint John had one skyscraper over 80 meters (262 feet) tall. It also had 12 other tall buildings, known as high-rises, that were more than 30 meters (98 feet) high.

In July 2018, Irving Oil started building its new main office in Uptown Saint John, right next to the Imperial Theatre. This building is 11 floors tall and stands 59 meters (194 feet) high. This makes it the city's second tallest building. There are also plans for a very large project called the Coast Guard Redevelopment. This project could include three towers, each planned to be 52 meters (171 feet) tall with 12 floors. If these towers are built, it would be the biggest housing construction project ever in New Brunswick.

Tallest Buildings in Saint John

View of Uptown Saint John from New Brunswick Route 1.

This list shows buildings in Saint John that are at least 30 meters (98 feet) tall. We measure their height based on standards from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). This measurement includes spires and other decorative parts at the top, but not antenna masts.

Rank	Building	Image	Height	Floors	Completed	Notes
1	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception		82.3 m (270 ft)	–	1853	A beautiful Catholic cathedral built in the Gothic style.
2	Brunswick Square		80.8 m (265 ft)	19	1976	This is the largest office building in New Brunswick by how much floor space it has (47,476.4 square meters). It's also the second largest in Atlantic Canada. It shares the title of tallest building in New Brunswick with Assumption Place in Moncton.
3	Irving Oil Home Office		56.6 m (186 ft)	11	2019	This is the main office building for Irving Oil.
4	Saint John City Hall		55.2 m (181 ft)	15	1970	An office building with 15,329 square meters of space.
5	Brunswick House		52 m (171 ft)	14	–	An office building with 9,569 square meters of space.
6	Brentwood Tower		51 m (167 ft)	15	–
7	Admiral Beatty Hotel		51 m (167 ft)	8	1925
8	Irving Building		50 m (164 ft)	14	1977
9	Saint John Hilton Hotel		43.2 m (142 ft)	12	1982	A hotel with 192 rooms for guests.
10	Harbourside Senior Citizens Housing Complex		43 m (141 ft)	12	–
11	Stephenson Tower		41 m (135 ft)	11	–
12	Harbour Building		37 m (121 ft)	10	–	An office building.

Tallest Buildings Under Construction or Proposed

Here are some building projects that are planned or might be built soon in Saint John.

Other Important Structures

The Saint John City Market building from Charlotte Street.

Saint John City Market

The Saint John City Market is the oldest farmer's market in Canada that has been open continuously. It received its official permission to operate way back in 1785. The current market building, finished in 1876, has a very special roof that looks like an upside-down ship's keel (the bottom part of a boat). This wooden roof was supposedly built by ship carpenters who didn't have jobs at the time. Also, the floor inside the market gently slopes, following the natural shape of the land. The building's style is called Second Empire.

Some of the businesses inside the market have been running for over 100 years! The market faces Kings Square and is connected to the city's indoor walking system, called the pedway.

In 1986, the market was recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada, meaning it's a very important place in Canadian history.

Courtenay Bay Generating Station

Photograph of the Courtenay Bay smokestacks.

The Courtenay Bay Generating Station was a power plant that used oil to make electricity. It is now closed down. This plant, owned by NB Power, produced 113 megawatts of electricity for New Brunswick between 1960 and 2008. In 1998, there was talk about changing the plant to use natural gas instead of oil, but this plan never happened.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Atlantic Canada
• Canadian architecture