City Of Toronto

Parks and Recreation, Forestry Planting Candidate Sites

Organization
City Of Toronto

Author
Patricia Morphet

ESRI Software
ArcGIS 9.0

Data Sources
Cadastral Fabric built and maintained by the City of Toronto, Technical Services, Survey and Mapping Services; ownership data extract from MPAC - Toronto Assessment Database (TADS), elevation data extract from ESM (Enterprise Stereoscopic Model)

Description
This map was created for Urban Forestry within the City of Toronto's Parks, Forestry and Recreation division, to help in the preliminary identification of potential tree planting sites.  The criteria for candidate area were: sites must be public open space that excludes hydro corridors and rail lines, sites should be at least 500 m2 and at least 10m wide, sites should be along major transportation corridors, parks, and ravines, and have a slope less than 25%.  Forestry staff were able to use the map as a tool in site selection and to define areas where further investigation was required.

Acknowledgements
Kevin Tierney, OLS, OLIP; Upkar Matharu, P.Eng.; Alain Kunz and the City of Toronto Urban Forestry