Neighbourhood · #027
York University Heights
Neighbourhood Improvement Area 10,103 street trees · 3.37 km² · pop. 28,255
What the numbers say
York University Heights is middle-of-the-pack for street trees (134th of 158), with 10,103 city-owned street trees across 3.37 km² — 2,998 per km².
Tree canopy covers 13.2% of the neighbourhood (141st 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 24th-hottest in the city.
Across 179 distinct species (Shannon diversity 3.98, 111th 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 | 960 | 9.5% |
| Kentucky Coffeetree gymnocladus dioicus | 793 | 7.8% |
| Honey Locust Skyline gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'skyline' | 491 | 4.9% |
| Honey Locust gleditsia triacanthos | 458 | 4.5% |
| Hackberry celtis occidentalis | 448 | 4.4% |
The biggest tree on record
A Butternut (juglans cinerea) at 271 DERRYDOWN RD — 122 cm DBH, the largest of the 10,103 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.