Neighbourhood · #046
Pleasant View
4,926 street trees · 0.77 km² · pop. 15,220
What the numbers say
Pleasant View is above-average for tree density (35th of 158), with 4,926 city-owned street trees across 0.77 km² — 6,431 per km².
Tree canopy covers 20.3% of the neighbourhood (104th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 150 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.93, 122nd of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 14.4% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 707 | 14.4% |
| Littleleaf Greenspire Linden tilia cordata 'greenspire' | 269 | 5.5% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 250 | 5.1% |
| Sargents Apple malus sargentii | 197 | 4.0% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 188 | 3.8% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 49 SEPIA DR — 110 cm DBH, the largest of the 4,926 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.