Neighbourhood · #020
Alderwood
5,976 street trees · 1.26 km² · pop. 12,595
What the numbers say
Alderwood is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (84th of 158), with 5,976 city-owned street trees across 1.26 km² — 4,755 per km².
Tree canopy covers 21.2% of the neighbourhood (96th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 184 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.17, 55th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 15.8% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 945 | 15.8% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 213 | 3.6% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 175 | 2.9% |
| Hedge Maple acer campestre | 168 | 2.8% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 155 | 2.6% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 240 HALLMARK AVE — 200 cm DBH, the largest of the 5,976 street trees here. · Street View
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Tree counts and species from the City of Toronto Street Tree dataset (city-owned trees in the road allowance only — not parks or private property). Canopy % and heat proxy derive from the 2018 land-cover raster. Population is from the 2021 census, joined by the 158-neighbourhood model.