Neighbourhood · #112
Beechborough-Greenbrook
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 2,102 street trees · 0.47 km² · pop. 6,260
What the numbers say
Beechborough-Greenbrook is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (93rd of 158), with 2,102 city-owned street trees across 0.47 km² — 4,508 per km².
Tree canopy covers 21.1% of the neighbourhood (97th of 158) — up 5.1 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 136 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.08, 84th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 9.8% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 206 | 9.8% |
| Siberian Elm ulmus pumila | 146 | 6.9% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 102 | 4.9% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 81 | 3.9% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 81 | 3.9% |
The biggest tree on record
A Golden Weeping Willow (salix x sepulcralis 'chrysocoma') at 69 GREENBROOK DR — 120 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,102 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.