Neighbourhood · #124
Kennedy Park
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 2,236 street trees · 0.93 km² · pop. 17,110
What the numbers say
Kennedy Park is among the least-forested in the city (147th of 158), with 2,236 city-owned street trees across 0.93 km² — 2,405 per km².
Tree canopy covers 23.1% of the neighbourhood (89th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 142 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.17, 52nd of 158), the most common is ulmus pumila at 6.2% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Siberian Elm ulmus pumila | 138 | 6.2% |
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 133 | 5.9% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 93 | 4.2% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 87 | 3.9% |
| Kentucky Coffeetree gymnocladus dioicus | 83 | 3.7% |
The biggest tree on record
A Golden Weeping Willow (salix x sepulcralis 'chrysocoma') at 36 FALMOUTH AVE — 152 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,236 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.