Neighbourhood · #068
North Riverdale
2,407 street trees · 0.46 km² · pop. 11,290
What the numbers say
North Riverdale is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (70th of 158), with 2,407 city-owned street trees across 0.46 km² — 5,239 per km².
Tree canopy covers 33.1% of the neighbourhood (43rd of 158) — up 1.8 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 152 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.07, 87th of 158), the most common is acer saccharinum at 12.2% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 294 | 12.2% |
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 242 | 10.1% |
| Linden tilia | 82 | 3.4% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 78 | 3.2% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 78 | 3.2% |
The biggest tree on record
A Black Willow (salix nigra) at 725 LOGAN AVE — 161 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,407 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.