Neighbourhood · #086
Roncesvalles
3,233 street trees · 0.38 km² · pop. 14,610
What the numbers say
Roncesvalles is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 8th of 158, with 3,233 city-owned street trees across 0.38 km² — 8,428 per km².
Tree canopy covers 24.9% of the neighbourhood (79th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 172 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.34, 5th of 158), the most common is gleditsia triacanthos at 6.8% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 220 | 6.8% |
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 173 | 5.4% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 138 | 4.3% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 119 | 3.7% |
| Serviceberry amelanchier canadensis | 89 | 2.8% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 143 MACDONELL AVE — 195 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,233 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.