Neighbourhood · #113
Weston
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 3,366 street trees · 0.65 km² · pop. 18,675
What the numbers say
Weston is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (72nd of 158), with 3,366 city-owned street trees across 0.65 km² — 5,176 per km².
Tree canopy covers 24.5% of the neighbourhood (82nd of 158) — up 1.4 points since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 164 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.11, 72nd of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 13.7% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 461 | 13.7% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 219 | 6.5% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 142 | 4.2% |
| Colorado Blue Spruce picea pungens | 125 | 3.7% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 123 | 3.7% |
The biggest tree on record
A Silver Maple (acer saccharinum) at 154 CHURCH ST YORK — 178 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,366 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.