Neighbourhood · #157
Bendale South
2,354 street trees · 0.66 km² · pop. 10,725
What the numbers say
Bendale South is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (120th of 158), with 2,354 city-owned street trees across 0.66 km² — 3,560 per km².
Tree canopy covers 27.7% of the neighbourhood (68th of 158) — down 6.0 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 142 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.07, 88th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 9.1% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 214 | 9.1% |
| Norway Schwedler Maple acer platanoides 'schwedleri' | 139 | 5.9% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 114 | 4.8% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 110 | 4.7% |
| Honey Locust Skyline gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'skyline' | 82 | 3.5% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 17 CAMAREL CRES — 131 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,354 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.