Neighbourhood · #015
Kingsway South
5,901 street trees · 0.67 km² · pop. 8,855
What the numbers say
Kingsway South is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 5th of 158, with 5,901 city-owned street trees across 0.67 km² — 8,827 per km².
Tree canopy covers 46.9% of the neighbourhood (5th 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 8th-coolest in the city.
Across 189 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.16, 59th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 9.8% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 578 | 9.8% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 428 | 7.3% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 425 | 7.2% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 356 | 6.0% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 146 | 2.5% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 25 VARLEY LANE — 175 cm DBH, the largest of the 5,901 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.