Neighbourhood · #052
Bayview Village
5,946 street trees · 1.33 km² · pop. 22,330
What the numbers say
Bayview Village is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (94th of 158), with 5,946 city-owned street trees across 1.33 km² — 4,483 per km².
Tree canopy covers 40.9% of the neighbourhood (16th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 23rd-coolest in the city.
Across 174 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.06, 90th of 158), the most common is picea pungens at 8.2% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 486 | 8.2% |
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 415 | 7.0% |
| Norway Schwedler Maple acer platanoides 'schwedleri' | 350 | 5.9% |
| Sargents Apple malus sargentii | 270 | 4.5% |
| White Birch betula papyrifera | 229 | 3.9% |
The biggest tree on record
A American Basswood (tilia americana) at 12 PAGE AVE NORTH YORK — 160 cm DBH, the largest of the 5,946 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.