Neighbourhood · #013
Etobicoke West Mall
2,300 street trees · 0.45 km² · pop. 11,865
What the numbers say
Etobicoke West Mall is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (77th of 158), with 2,300 city-owned street trees across 0.45 km² — 5,081 per km².
Tree canopy covers 21.0% of the neighbourhood (98th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 145 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.98, 110th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 13.6% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 312 | 13.6% |
| Sargents Apple malus sargentii | 136 | 5.9% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 118 | 5.1% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 114 | 5.0% |
| Linden tilia | 85 | 3.7% |
The biggest tree on record
A Golden Weeping Willow (salix x sepulcralis 'chrysocoma') at 339 THE WEST MALL — 172 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,300 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.