Neighbourhood · #160
Mimico-Queensway
6,455 street trees · 1.39 km² · pop. 17,045
What the numbers say
Mimico-Queensway is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (88th of 158), with 6,455 city-owned street trees across 1.39 km² — 4,649 per km².
Tree canopy covers 15.2% of the neighbourhood (131st of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 200 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.37, 1st of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 5.6% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 363 | 5.6% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 322 | 5.0% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 285 | 4.4% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 243 | 3.8% |
| Sargents Apple malus sargentii | 226 | 3.5% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 30 LAKE CRES — 180 cm DBH, the largest of the 6,455 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.