Neighbourhood · #028
Rustic
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 2,580 street trees · 0.53 km² · pop. 9,390
What the numbers say
Rustic is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (83rd of 158), with 2,580 city-owned street trees across 0.53 km² — 4,846 per km².
Tree canopy covers 18.5% of the neighbourhood (115th 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 4.26, 22nd of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 8.1% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 208 | 8.1% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 171 | 6.6% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 104 | 4.0% |
| Norway Crimson King Maple acer platanoides 'crimson king' | 79 | 3.1% |
| White Birch betula papyrifera | 68 | 2.6% |
The biggest tree on record
A Willow (salix) at 49 RUSTIC RD — 150 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,580 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.