Neighbourhood · #097
Yonge-St.Clair
2,295 street trees · 0.30 km² · pop. 12,905
What the numbers say
Yonge-St.Clair is one of the most tree-dense neighbourhoods in Toronto — 14th of 158, with 2,295 city-owned street trees across 0.30 km² — 7,713 per km².
Tree canopy covers 32.8% of the neighbourhood (45th of 158) — essentially unchanged since 2008. (This includes all trees — street, park, and private — from the 2018 land-cover raster.)
Across 155 distinct species (Shannon diversity 4.15, 64th of 158), the most common is acer platanoides at 9.5% of the trees.
Most common species here
| Species | Trees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple acer platanoides | 218 | 9.5% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 128 | 5.6% |
| Silver Maple acer saccharinum | 124 | 5.4% |
| Littleleaf Linden tilia cordata | 106 | 4.6% |
| Pear Chanticleer pyrus calleryana 'chanticleer' | 81 | 3.5% |
The biggest tree on record
A Red Oak (quercus rubra) at 28 LAWTON BLVD — 156 cm DBH, the largest of the 2,295 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.