Neighbourhood · #018
New Toronto
4,536 street trees · 0.88 km² · pop. 11,345
What the numbers say
New Toronto is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (75th of 158), with 4,536 city-owned street trees across 0.88 km² — 5,143 per km².
Tree canopy covers 14.8% of the neighbourhood (133rd of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 172 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.31, 7th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 6.0% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 274 | 6.0% |
| Sargents Apple malus sargentii | 247 | 5.4% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 222 | 4.9% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 206 | 4.5% |
| Ginkgo ginkgo biloba | 170 | 3.7% |
The biggest tree on record
A Golden Weeping Willow (salix x sepulcralis 'chrysocoma') at 1 TWELFTH ST — 200 cm DBH, the largest of the 4,536 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.