Neighbourhood · #111
Rockcliffe-Smythe
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 5,141 street trees · 1.29 km² · pop. 22,235
What the numbers say
Rockcliffe-Smythe is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (107th of 158), with 5,141 city-owned street trees across 1.29 km² — 3,993 per km².
Tree canopy covers 25.8% of the neighbourhood (76th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 185 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.32, 6th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 7.9% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 408 | 7.9% |
| Siberian Elm ulmus pumila | 292 | 5.7% |
| Manitoba Maple acer negundo | 213 | 4.1% |
| Austrian Pine pinus nigra | 172 | 3.3% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 169 | 3.3% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 4 LAPP ST — 200 cm DBH, the largest of the 5,141 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.