Neighbourhood · #154
Oakdale-Beverley Heights
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 5,426 street trees · 1.70 km² · pop. 21,420
What the numbers say
Oakdale-Beverley Heights is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (129th of 158), with 5,426 city-owned street trees across 1.70 km² — 3,199 per km².
Tree canopy covers 17.3% of the neighbourhood (120th of 158) — up 1.7 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 175 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.19, 44th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 8.2% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 446 | 8.2% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 274 | 5.0% |
| Kentucky Coffeetree gymnocladus dioicus | 256 | 4.7% |
| Honey Locust Skyline gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'skyline' | 225 | 4.1% |
| Ginkgo ginkgo biloba | 171 | 3.2% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 28 BUXTON RD — 160 cm DBH, the largest of the 5,426 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.