Neighbourhood · #168

Downtown Yonge East

1,283 street trees · 0.21 km² · pop. 17,700

Street trees

1,283

150th of 158

Trees per km²

6,185

43rd of 158

Canopy coverage

9.5%

150th of 158

Species variety

3.04

157th of 158

Annual canopy value

$25,958/yr

What the numbers say

Downtown Yonge East is above-average for tree density (43rd of 158), with 1,283 city-owned street trees across 0.21 km² — 6,185 per km².

Tree canopy covers 9.5% of the neighbourhood (150th 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 5th-hottest in the city.

Across 90 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.04, 157th of 158), the most common is gleditsia triacanthos at 31.5% of the trees. Monoculture watch

Most common species here

Species	Trees	Share
Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos	404	31.5%
Elm ulmus	136	10.6%
Norway Maple acer platanoides	74	5.8%
Red Oak quercus rubra	60	4.7%
Linden tilia	58	4.5%

The biggest tree on record

A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 38 MCGILL ST — 100 cm DBH, the largest of the 1,283 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.