Neighbourhood · #146
Malvern East
Emerging Neighbourhood 5,059 street trees · 1.26 km² · pop. 26,095
What the numbers say
Malvern East is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (106th of 158), with 5,059 city-owned street trees across 1.26 km² — 4,011 per km².
Tree canopy covers 20.7% of the neighbourhood (101st of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 143 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.85, 132nd of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 13.0% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 659 | 13.0% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 360 | 7.1% |
| Honey Locust Shademaster gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'shademaster' | 279 | 5.5% |
| Honey Locust Skyline gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'skyline' | 254 | 5.0% |
| Hackberry celtis occidentalis | 220 | 4.3% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 31 BLACKWATER CRES — 130 cm DBH, the largest of the 5,059 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.