Neighbourhood · #085
South Parkdale
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 3,378 street trees · 0.58 km² · pop. 20,495
What the numbers say
South Parkdale is above-average for tree density (56th of 158), with 3,378 city-owned street trees across 0.58 km² — 5,792 per km².
Tree canopy covers 19.4% of the neighbourhood (111th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 159 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.17, 53rd of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 8.2% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 278 | 8.2% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 211 | 6.2% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 188 | 5.6% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 154 | 4.6% |
| Linden tilia | 112 | 3.3% |
The biggest tree on record
A Willow (salix) at 1601 LAKE SHORE BLVD W — 200 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,378 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.