Neighbourhood · #144
Morningside Heights
7,526 street trees · 7.57 km² · pop. 24,940
What the numbers say
Morningside Heights is among the least-forested in the city (157th of 158), with 7,526 city-owned street trees across 7.57 km² — 994 per km².
Tree canopy covers 34.0% of the neighbourhood (39th of 158) — up 3.2 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 7th-coolest in the city.
Across 137 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.85, 133rd of 158), the most common is gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'shademaster' at 9.0% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Honey Locust Shademaster gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'shademaster' | 681 | 9.0% |
| Hackberry celtis occidentalis | 447 | 5.9% |
| Freeman Armstrong Maple acer x freemanii (a. rubrum x saccharinum) 'armstrong' | 433 | 5.8% |
| Littleleaf Glenleven Linden tilia cordata 'glenleven' | 403 | 5.4% |
| Freeman Autumn Blaze Maple acer x freemanii (a. rubrum x saccharinum) 'autumn blaze' | 373 | 5.0% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 8136 FINCH AVE E — 157 cm DBH, the largest of the 7,526 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.