The CN Tower is an iconic landmark located in the heart of Toronto, Canada. Standing at a whopping 553.3 meters (1,815 feet) tall, it is the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere and the third tallest in
The CN Tower is a 553.3-metre-high (1,815.3 ft) communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands. Its name "CN" refers to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets prior to the company's privatization in 1995, it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for the government's real estate portfolio.