Neighbourhood · #096
Casa Loma
4,478 street trees · 0.49 km² · pop. 11,350
What the numbers say
Casa Loma is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 3rd of 158, with 4,478 city-owned street trees across 0.49 km² — 9,101 per km².
Tree canopy covers 41.9% of the neighbourhood (14th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 178 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.24, 29th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 11.6% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 518 | 11.6% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 231 | 5.2% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 187 | 4.2% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 163 | 3.6% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 152 | 3.4% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 5 AUSTIN TER — 175 cm DBH, the largest of the 4,478 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.