Neighbourhood · #066
Danforth
2,083 street trees · 0.29 km² · pop. 9,305
What the numbers say
Danforth is above-average for tree density (23rd of 158), with 2,083 city-owned street trees across 0.29 km² — 7,216 per km².
Tree canopy covers 23.7% of the neighbourhood (85th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 143 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.04, 95th of 158), the most common is acer saccharinum at 7.9% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 165 | 7.9% |
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 138 | 6.6% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 132 | 6.3% |
| Freeman Autumn Blaze Maple acer x freemanii (a. rubrum x saccharinum) 'autumn blaze' | 93 | 4.5% |
| Ginkgo ginkgo biloba | 85 | 4.1% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 209 GLEBEHOLME BLVD — 140 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,083 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.