Neighbourhood · #103
Lawrence Park South
6,320 street trees · 0.83 km² · pop. 14,960
What the numbers say
Lawrence Park South is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 15th of 158, with 6,320 city-owned street trees across 0.83 km² — 7,610 per km².
Tree canopy covers 44.1% of the neighbourhood (9th of 158) — up 7.5 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 15th-coolest in the city.
Across 190 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.15, 61st of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 12.1% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 766 | 12.1% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 288 | 4.6% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 267 | 4.2% |
| Freeman Autumn Blaze Maple acer x freemanii (a. rubrum x saccharinum) 'autumn blaze' | 242 | 3.8% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 237 | 3.8% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 1 WANLESS CRES — 166 cm DBH, the largest of the 6,320 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.