Neighbourhood · #094
Wychwood
3,467 street trees · 0.43 km² · pop. 12,800
What the numbers say
Wychwood is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 9th of 158, with 3,467 city-owned street trees across 0.43 km² — 8,067 per km².
Tree canopy covers 26.6% of the neighbourhood (71st of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 175 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.21, 39th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 11.4% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 395 | 11.4% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 136 | 3.9% |
| Red Oak quercus rubra | 128 | 3.7% |
| Japanese Lilac syringa reticulata | 106 | 3.1% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 105 | 3.0% |
The biggest tree on record
A Tree Of Heaven (allianthus altissima) at 66 GEARY AVE — 198 cm DBH, the largest of the 3,467 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.