Canada Square

{{Short description|Square at Canary Wharf, London, England}} {{About|the square in London|the office towers in Toronto|Canada Square (Toronto)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox street | name = Canada Square | former_names = | namesake = Canada | image = Canary wharf from the Plateau.jpg | image_size = 240 | caption = View of the square in 2013 | postal_code = {{postcode|E|14}} | location = Canary Wharf, London, England | maint = Canary Wharf Group | map_type = United Kingdom London Tower Hamlets | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|51.504936|N|0.019423|W|display=inline,title}} | designer = | completion_date = | north = | south = | west = | east = | website = }}

thumb|150px|Canada Square looking eastwards

'''Canada Square''' is a square at Canary Wharf in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, located in London. 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 in the London Borough of Southwark.

The complex is named for Canada by Olympia and York, the original developers of the site owned by the 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 ==

{| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan=2 | Ranking by height || rowspan=2 | Image || rowspan=2 | Name || colspan=2 | Height || rowspan=2 | Floors || rowspan=2 | Completion date || rowspan=2 | Notes |- ! Metres || Feet |- | 1 || 70px || 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.<ref name=whoshere>{{cite web|url=http://www.canarywharf.com/mainFrm1.asp?strSelectedSubmenu=WhosHere&strSelectedArea=Estate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010419143401/http://www.canarywharf.com/mainFrm1.asp?strSelectedArea=Estate%26strSelectedSubmenu=WhosHere|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2001|title=Who's Here|accessdate=13 November 2010|publisher=Canary Wharf Group plc}}</ref> |- | 2= || 70px || 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/contact-us|title=Contact us|accessdate=13 November 2010|publisher=HSBC Holdings plc}}</ref> |- | 2= || 70px || 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.propertyweek.com/transport-for-london-picks-citi-for-crossrail/3115151.article|title=£16bn cross-London project to take four floors in Canary Wharf tower|accessdate=13 November 2010|publisher=Property Week|date=6 June 2008}}</ref> Other tenants include 3i Infotech, Lehman Brothers (in Administration), Crossrail, Instinet, Munich Re, MWB Group, SunGard and Wells Fargo.<ref name=whoshere/> |- | 3 || 70px || 33 Canada Square || 105 || 344 || 18 || 1999 || 33 Canada Square and 25 Canada Square together form a single complex, see above for details. |- | 4 || 70px || 5 Canada Square || 88 || 288 || 16 || 2003 || Occupied by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.<ref name=whoshere/> |- |5 |93x93px |15 Canada Square |69 |227 |15 |2010 |Office building owned by Kingboard Investors and leased by KPMG.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Isobel |title=KPMG sells 15 Canada Square to HK's Kingboard for €454m |url=https://realassets.ipe.com/propertyeu/kpmg-sells-15-canada-square-to-hks-kingboard-for-454m/10103382.article |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=Real Assets |language=en}}</ref> |}

==See also== * Trafalgar Square * Canary Wharf

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040812010317/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=110714 Canada Square]}} * [http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/tube-canary-wharf.php Canary Wharf]

Category:Canary Wharf buildings Category:Squares in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Category:Streets in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Category:Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets