Neighbourhood · #122
Birchcliffe-Cliffside
6,657 street trees · 1.56 km² · pop. 22,700
What the numbers say
Birchcliffe-Cliffside is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (103rd of 158), with 6,657 city-owned street trees across 1.56 km² — 4,271 per km².
Tree canopy covers 35.7% of the neighbourhood (34th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 188 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.29, 15th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 9.4% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 626 | 9.4% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 367 | 5.5% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 256 | 3.8% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 208 | 3.1% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 199 | 3.0% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 22 AVALON BLVD — 190 cm DBH, the largest of the 6,657 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.