Neighbourhood · #084
Little Portugal
2,132 street trees · 0.31 km² · pop. 15,485
What the numbers say
Little Portugal is above-average for tree density (29th of 158), with 2,132 city-owned street trees across 0.31 km² — 6,866 per km².
Tree canopy covers 13.8% of the neighbourhood (139th 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 15th-hottest in the city.
Across 155 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.22, 35th of 158), the most common is gleditsia triacanthos at 8.2% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 175 | 8.2% |
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 147 | 6.9% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 90 | 4.2% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 65 | 3.0% |
| Kentucky Coffeetree gymnocladus dioicus | 64 | 3.0% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 329 BROCK AVE — 143 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,132 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.