Neighbourhood · #047
Don Valley Village
6,718 street trees · 1.09 km² · pop. 26,775
What the numbers say
Don Valley Village is above-average for tree density (42nd of 158), with 6,718 city-owned street trees across 1.09 km² — 6,189 per km².
Tree canopy covers 26.0% of the neighbourhood (73rd of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 156 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.89, 126th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 10.7% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 717 | 10.7% |
| Norway Schwedler Maple acer platanoides 'schwedleri' | 512 | 7.6% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 480 | 7.1% |
| Sargents Apple malus sargentii | 351 | 5.2% |
| Littleleaf Greenspire Linden tilia cordata 'greenspire' | 250 | 3.7% |
The biggest tree on record
A Japanese Lilac (syringa reticulata) at 10 SANDBOURNE CRES — 158 cm DBH, the largest of the 6,718 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.