List of tallest smokestacks in Canada

Tallest 50 smokestacks/chimneys in Canada

Rank	Name of Facility	Location	Height in feet and meters	Construction material	Type of facility	Current status	Flue diameter (m)	Year completed
1	Inco Superstack	Sudbury, Ontario	1,247 ft (380 m)	Concrete	Smelter	In use	13.7^[1]	1972
2	Flin Flon Smelter, Stack	Flin Flon, Manitoba	825 ft (251 m)	Concrete	Smelter	Not in use		1973
3	Hearn Generating Station, Stack	Toronto	705 ft (215 m)	Concrete	Power plant	Unused		1971
4	Wesleyville Generating Station, Stack	Wesleyville, Ontario	682 ft (208 m)^[2]	Concrete	Power plant	Unused		1970's
5 tie	Nanticoke Generating Station, Stack 1 (Units 1-4)	Nanticoke, Ontario	650 ft (200 m)	Concrete	Power plant	Unused	10.98^[3]	1972
5 tie	Nanticoke Generating Station, Stack 2 (Units 5-8)	Nanticoke, Ontario	650 ft (200 m)	Concrete	Power plant	Unused	10.98^[4]	1974
5 tie	Lennox Generating Station, Stack 1 (Units 1&2)	Bath, Ontario	650 ft (200 m)	Concrete	Power plant	In use	7.3^[5]	1976
5 tie	Lennox Generating Station, Stack 2 (Units 3&4)	Bath, Ontario	650 ft (200 m)	Concrete	Power plant	In use	7.3^[6]	1976
5 tie	Thunder Bay Generating Station, Stack	Thunder Bay, Ontario	650 ft (200 m)	Concrete	Power plant	In use	4.3^[7]	1984
10	Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery(formerly Copper Cliff Iron Ore Recovery Plant), Stack	Sudbury, Ontario	637 ft (194 m)^[8]	Concrete	Smelter	In use	9.1^[9]	1954^[10]
11	Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant, Sludge Incinerator Stack	Toronto	607 ft (185 m)^[11]	Concrete	Incinerator	In use		1977-79
12 tie	Coleson Cove Generating Station, FGD Stack(2 Flue)^[12]	Lorneville, New Brunswick	600 ft (183 m)^[13]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	4.87^[14]	2001
12 tie	Coleson Cove Generating Station, 1st Stack(3 Flue)^[15]	Lorneville, New Brunswick	600 ft (182.8m)^[16]	Concrete	Power plant		4.87^[17]	1977
12 tie	Syncrude Mildred Lake, Main Stack	Mildred Lake, Alberta	600 ft (182.8 m)^[18]	Concrete	Oil refinery	In use	7.9
15 tie	Lambton Generating Station, Stack 1	Corunna, Ontario	557 ft or 550 ft (169.8 m)^[19]^[20]	Concrete	Power plant	Unused^[21]	7.49	1969-70
15 tie	Lambton Generating Station, Stack 2	Corunna, Ontario	557 ft of 550 ft (169.8 m)^[22]^[23]	Concrete	Power plant	Unused	7.49	1969-70
17	Holcim (Canada) Mississauga Cement Plant (formerly St. Lawrence Cement), Stack	Mississauga, Ontario	556 ft (169 m)^[24]	Concrete	Cement plant	In use	3.96	1956
18	Belledune Generating Station, Stack 1	Belledune, New Brunswick	554 ft or 551 ft (169 m or 168 m)^[25]^[26]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	6.86	1991
19	Dalhousie Generating Station #2, FDG Stack	Dalhousie, New Brunswick	551 ft (167.64 m)^[27]	Concrete	Power plant	Demolished in 2015	6.45	1993
20 tie	Noranda Inc. Gaspe Site, Stack	Murdochville, Quebec	550 ft (167.6 m)	Concrete	Smelter	Demolished in 2003
20 tie	Lambton Generating Station, Stack 3	Corunna, Ontario	550 ft (167.6 m)^[28]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	7.11
22	Dalhousie Generating Station #1, Stack 1	Dalhousie, New Brunswick	532 ft (162 m)^[29]	Concrete	Power plant	Demolished in 2015		1980
23	Battle River Generating Station, Stack C (Unit 5)	Battle River, Alberta	528 ft (161 m)^[30]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	5.791	1981^[31]
24	Sundance Power Station, Stack 1 (Unit 1&2)	Wabamun Lake, Alberta	512 ft (156 m)^[32]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	6.401	1970-73^[33]
25 tie	Sundance Power Station, Stack 2 (Unit 3&4)	Wabamun Lake, Alberta	510 ft (155.5 m)^[34]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	7.32	1976-77^[35]
25 tie	Sundance Power Station, Stack 3 (Unit 5&6)	Wabamun Lake, Alberta	510 ft (155.5 m)^[36]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	7.315	1978-80^[37]
27 tie	INCO Nickel Smelter, Stack	Sudbury, Ontario	500 ft (152.4 m)^[38]	Brick	Smelter	Dismantled in 1982^[39]	14.6 (48 feet) ^[40]	1929
27 tie	INCO Copper Smelter, Stack	Sudbury, Ontario	500 ft (152.4 m)^[41]	Concrete	Smelter	In use - Reduced to 435 ft (132.5 m)^[42]	13.4 (44 feet) ^[43]	1936^[44]
27 tie	INCO Nickel Smelter, Stack 2	Port Colborne, Ontario	500 ft (152.4 m)^[45]	Concrete	Smelter	Dismantled in 1994^[46]	5.49 (18 feet)	1937
27 tie	INCO Thompson Smelter, Stack	Thompson, Manitoba	500 ft (152 m)^[47]	Concrete	Smelter	In use	9.14^[48]	1958^[49]
27 tie	Tufts Cove Generating Station, Stack 1	Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia	500 ft (152 m)^[50]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	2.44	1965
27 tie	Tufts Cove Generating Station, Stack 2	Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia	500 ft (152 m)^[51]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	2.44	1972
27 tie	Tufts Cove Generating Station, Stack 3	Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia	500 ft (152.4 m)^[52]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	3	1976
27 tie	Lingan Generating Station, Stack 1	Lingan, Nova Scotia	500 ft (152.4 m)^[53]^[54]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	4.7	1979
27 tie	Lingan Generating Station, Stack 2	Lingan, Nova Scotia	500 ft (152.4 m)^[55]^[56]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	4.7	1979
27 tie	Trenton Generating Station, Stack 1 (Unit 6)	Trenton, Nova Scotia	500 ft (152.4 m)^[57]^[58]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	4.7	1969
37 tie	Lakeview Generating Station, Stack 1	Mississauga, Ontario	492 ft or 479 ft (150 m or 146 m)	Concrete	Power plant	Demolished in 2006		1961
37 tie	Lakeview Generating Station, Stack 2	Mississauga, Ontario	492 ft or 479 ft (150 m or 146 m)	Concrete	Power plant	Demolished in 2006		1962
37 tie	Lakeview Generating Station, Stack 3	Mississauga, Ontario	492 ft or 479 ft (150 m or 146 m)	Concrete	Power plant	Demolished in 2006		1964
37 tie	Lakeview Generating Station, Stack 4	Mississauga, Ontario	492 ft or 479 ft (150 m or 146 m)	Concrete	Power plant	Demolished in 2006		1965
41	Shand Power Station, Stack	Estevan, Saskatchewan	486 ft (148 m)^[59]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	5	1992
42	Atikokan Generating Station, Stack	Atikokan, Ontario	476 ft (145 m)	Concrete	Power plant	Undergoing refurbishment	5.5	1985
43 tie	Keephills Generating Station, Stack 2 (Unit 3)	Keephills, Alberta	455 ft (138.6 m)^[60]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	7.77
43 tie	Keephills Generating Station, Stack 1 (Unit 1&2)	Keephills, Alberta	455 ft (138.6 m)^[61]	Concrete	Power Plant	In use	5.75	1983-84^[62]
45	Genesee Generating Station, Stack 2 (Unit 3)	Genesee, Alberta	453 ft (138 m)^[63]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	5.74	2005
46 tie	Xstrata Nickel Smelter, Stack	Sudbury, Ontario	450 ft 137.2 m^[64]	Concrete	Smelter	Unused		1965
46 tie	Enwave Walton Street Steam Plant, Stack	Toronto	450 ft 137.2 m^[65]	Concrete	Steam Plant	In use	2.6	1971
46 tie	Commissioners Street Incinerator, Stack	Toronto	450 ft 137.2 m^[66]	Concrete	Incinerator	Unused
46 tie	Suncor Energy Oil Sands, FGD Stack	Fort McMurray, Alberta	450 ft 137.2 m^[67]	Concrete	Oil refinery	In use	7.01
46 tie	Battle River Generating Station, Stack B (Unit 3&4)	Battle River, Alberta	450 ft (137 m)^[68]	Concrete	Power plant	In use	6.096	1969-75^[69]

The Tracy Thermal Generating Station has four 449 ft (137 m) stacks.

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List of tallest smokestacks in Canada

Tallest 50 smokestacks/chimneys in Canada

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