Neighbourhood · #001
West Humber-Clairville
17,357 street trees · 7.59 km² · pop. 33,300
What the numbers say
West Humber-Clairville is among the least-forested in the city (150th of 158), with 17,357 city-owned street trees across 7.59 km² — 2,288 per km².
Tree canopy covers 8.8% of the neighbourhood (153rd of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.) Heat-risk proxy ranks it 18th-hottest in the city.
Across 196 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.99, 108th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 10.9% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 1,898 | 10.9% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 1,262 | 7.3% |
| Kentucky Coffeetree gymnocladus dioicus | 1,255 | 7.2% |
| Honey Locust Skyline gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'skyline' | 970 | 5.6% |
| Ginkgo ginkgo biloba | 734 | 4.2% |
The biggest tree on record
A Black Willow (salix nigra) at 47 TURNVALE RD — 160 cm DBH, the largest of the 17,357 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.