Neighbourhood · #133
Centennial Scarborough
5,175 street trees · 1.44 km² · pop. 13,380
What the numbers say
Centennial Scarborough is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (118th of 158), with 5,175 city-owned street trees across 1.44 km² — 3,605 per km².
Tree canopy covers 36.0% of the neighbourhood (33rd of 158) — up 7.1 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 25th-coolest in the city.
Across 156 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.97, 113th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 11.8% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 613 | 11.8% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 405 | 7.8% |
| Honey Locust Shademaster gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'shademaster' | 352 | 6.8% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 172 | 3.3% |
| Norway Crimson King Maple acer platanoides 'crimson king' | 162 | 3.1% |
The biggest tree on record
A Honey Locust (gleditsia triacanthos) at 11 JEAN DEMPSEY GT — 150 cm DBH, the largest of the 5,175 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.