Neighbourhood · #134
Highland Creek
3,784 street trees · 1.37 km² · pop. 12,625
What the numbers say
Highland Creek is among the least-forested in the city (139th of 158), with 3,784 city-owned street trees across 1.37 km² — 2,753 per km².
Tree canopy covers 29.5% of the neighbourhood (61st of 158) — up 7.1 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 147 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.01, 103rd of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 8.5% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 320 | 8.5% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 284 | 7.5% |
| Honey Locust Shademaster gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'shademaster' | 190 | 5.0% |
| Norway Schwedler Maple acer platanoides 'schwedleri' | 181 | 4.8% |
| Honey Locust Skyline gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'skyline' | 155 | 4.1% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 136 EUCLID AVE SCARBOROUGH — 200 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,784 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.