Neighbourhood · #126
Dorset Park
Emerging Neighbourhood 3,473 street trees · 1.56 km² · pop. 24,305
What the numbers say
Dorset Park is among the least-forested in the city (152nd of 158), with 3,473 city-owned street trees across 1.56 km² — 2,227 per km².
Tree canopy covers 11.2% of the neighbourhood (146th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 21st-hottest in the city.
Across 145 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.05, 94th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 7.1% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 246 | 7.1% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 175 | 5.0% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 166 | 4.8% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 162 | 4.7% |
| Honey Locust Skyline gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'skyline' | 150 | 4.3% |
The biggest tree on record
A Golden Weeping Willow (salix x sepulcralis 'chrysocoma') at 55 SHROPSHIRE DR — 144 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,473 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.