Neighbourhood · #040
St.Andrew-Windfields
11,717 street trees · 1.89 km² · pop. 16,960
What the numbers say
St.Andrew-Windfields is above-average for tree density (41st of 158), with 11,717 city-owned street trees across 1.89 km² — 6,208 per km².
Tree canopy covers 36.4% of the neighbourhood (31st of 158) — up 2.1 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 189 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.03, 99th of 158), the most common is picea pungens at 10.3% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 1,212 | 10.3% |
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 1,136 | 9.7% |
| Austrian Pine pinus nigra | 780 | 6.7% |
| White Birch betula papyrifera | 530 | 4.5% |
| Norway Schwedler Maple acer platanoides 'schwedleri' | 524 | 4.5% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 19 DON RIDGE DR — 200 cm DBH, the largest of the 11,717 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.