Neighbourhood · #135
Morningside
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 3,752 street trees · 1.50 km² · pop. 17,660
What the numbers say
Morningside is among the least-forested in the city (145th of 158), with 3,752 city-owned street trees across 1.50 km² — 2,503 per km².
Tree canopy covers 43.4% of the neighbourhood (11th of 158) — down 1.7 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 9th-coolest in the city.
Across 142 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.98, 112th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 13.1% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 493 | 13.1% |
| Honey Locust Shademaster gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'shademaster' | 196 | 5.2% |
| Norway Schwedler Maple acer platanoides 'schwedleri' | 174 | 4.6% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 156 | 4.2% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 148 | 3.9% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 14 MADRAS CRES — 137 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,752 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.