Neighbourhood · #056
Leaside-Bennington
5,497 street trees · 1.23 km² · pop. 16,535
What the numbers say
Leaside-Bennington is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (97th of 158), with 5,497 city-owned street trees across 1.23 km² — 4,469 per km².
Tree canopy covers 43.2% of the neighbourhood (13th of 158) — up 11.6 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 13th-coolest in the city.
Across 178 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.85, 135th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 23.6% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 1,299 | 23.6% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 242 | 4.4% |
| Freeman Autumn Blaze Maple acer x freemanii (a. rubrum x saccharinum) 'autumn blaze' | 230 | 4.2% |
| Red Maple acer rubrum | 159 | 2.9% |
| Tulip Tree liriodendron tulipifera | 134 | 2.4% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Maple (acer rubrum) at 31 NESBITT DR — 150 cm DBH, the largest of the 5,497 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.