Neighbourhood · #123
Cliffcrest
4,328 street trees · 1.87 km² · pop. 16,130
What the numbers say
Cliffcrest is among the least-forested in the city (149th of 158), with 4,328 city-owned street trees across 1.87 km² — 2,313 per km².
Tree canopy covers 36.8% of the neighbourhood (29th of 158) — up 7.9 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 20th-coolest in the city.
Across 175 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.29, 12th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 8.9% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 385 | 8.9% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 289 | 6.7% |
| Sugar Maple acer saccharum | 172 | 4.0% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 155 | 3.6% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 148 | 3.4% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 22 PINE RIDGE DR — 184 cm DBH, the largest of the 4,328 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.