Neighbourhood · #080
Palmerston-Little Italy
3,487 street trees · 0.37 km² · pop. 13,120
What the numbers say
Palmerston-Little Italy is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 2nd of 158, with 3,487 city-owned street trees across 0.37 km² — 9,505 per km².
Tree canopy covers 22.5% of the neighbourhood (91st of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 163 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.22, 36th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 9.1% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 316 | 9.1% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 181 | 5.2% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 160 | 4.6% |
| White Cedar thuja occidentalis | 152 | 4.4% |
| Ginkgo ginkgo biloba | 99 | 2.8% |
The biggest tree on record
A Norway Maple (acer platanoides) at 63 DELAWARE AVE — 140 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,487 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.