Neighbourhood · #019
Long Branch
4,211 street trees · 0.57 km² · pop. 11,360
What the numbers say
Long Branch is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 18th of 158, with 4,211 city-owned street trees across 0.57 km² — 7,370 per km².
Tree canopy covers 31.3% of the neighbourhood (54th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 182 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.31, 9th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 5.5% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 231 | 5.5% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 229 | 5.4% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 227 | 5.4% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 195 | 4.6% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 167 | 4.0% |
The biggest tree on record
A Willow (salix) at 2 FORTY SECOND ST — 185 cm DBH, the largest of the 4,211 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.