Neighbourhood · #121
Oakridge
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 1,364 street trees · 0.49 km² · pop. 13,705
What the numbers say
Oakridge is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (137th of 158), with 1,364 city-owned street trees across 0.49 km² — 2,803 per km².
Tree canopy covers 30.9% of the neighbourhood (56th of 158) — up 9.9 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 137 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.27, 21st of 158), the most common is quercus rubra at 5.1% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 69 | 5.1% |
| Manitoba Maple acer negundo | 57 | 4.2% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 56 | 4.1% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 49 | 3.6% |
| Serviceberry amelanchier canadensis | 44 | 3.2% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 13 KENWORTHY AVE — 156 cm DBH, the largest of the 1,364 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.