Neighbourhood · #039
Bedford Park-Nortown
10,322 street trees · 1.41 km² · pop. 22,145
What the numbers say
Bedford Park-Nortown is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 20th of 158, with 10,322 city-owned street trees across 1.41 km² — 7,310 per km².
Tree canopy covers 33.6% of the neighbourhood (41st of 158) — down 1.5 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 207 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.23, 30th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 7.6% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 785 | 7.6% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 682 | 6.6% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 455 | 4.4% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 424 | 4.1% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 413 | 4.0% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 191 YONGE BLVD — 191 cm DBH, the largest of the 10,322 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.