Neighbourhood · #090
Junction Area
3,560 street trees · 0.67 km² · pop. 14,010
What the numbers say
Junction Area is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (67th of 158), with 3,560 city-owned street trees across 0.67 km² — 5,317 per km².
Tree canopy covers 15.8% of the neighbourhood (129th 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 23rd-hottest in the city.
Across 155 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.12, 68th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 9.3% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 331 | 9.3% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 250 | 7.0% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 164 | 4.6% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 159 | 4.5% |
| Manitoba Maple acer negundo | 123 | 3.5% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 227 MARIA ST — 156 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,560 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.