Neighbourhood · #006
Kingsview Village-The Westway
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 4,700 street trees · 1.28 km² · pop. 22,005
What the numbers say
Kingsview Village-The Westway is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (115th of 158), with 4,700 city-owned street trees across 1.28 km² — 3,673 per km².
Tree canopy covers 25.9% of the neighbourhood (74th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 168 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.01, 104th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 17.7% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 833 | 17.7% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 217 | 4.6% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 182 | 3.9% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 161 | 3.4% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 150 | 3.2% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 1 SUN ROW DR — 160 cm DBH, the largest of the 4,700 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.