Neighbourhood · #008
Humber Heights-Westmount
Emerging Neighbourhood 3,810 street trees · 0.71 km² · pop. 10,005
What the numbers say
Humber Heights-Westmount is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (65th of 158), with 3,810 city-owned street trees across 0.71 km² — 5,367 per km².
Tree canopy covers 37.7% of the neighbourhood (26th of 158) — down 1.2 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 26th-coolest in the city.
Across 171 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.21, 40th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 14.1% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 537 | 14.1% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 181 | 4.8% |
| White Spruce picea glauca | 126 | 3.3% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 122 | 3.2% |
| Linden tilia | 99 | 2.6% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 52 LEGGETT AVE — 200 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,810 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.