Neighbourhood · #058
Old East York
2,198 street trees · 0.61 km² · pop. 9,160
What the numbers say
Old East York is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (117th of 158), with 2,198 city-owned street trees across 0.61 km² — 3,629 per km².
Tree canopy covers 32.8% of the neighbourhood (46th of 158) — up 15.0 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 149 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.23, 31st of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 10.4% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 229 | 10.4% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 80 | 3.6% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 79 | 3.6% |
| Serviceberry amelanchier canadensis | 77 | 3.5% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 68 | 3.1% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 10 FOUR OAKS GT — 139 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,198 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.