This is the level at which research suggests an urban forest begins to substantially reduce temperatures – a natural air-conditioning system in an era of climate heating. Its goal is to reach a canopy cover of 40 per cent by 2050. Toronto has made some of the best progress to grow its urban forest. Urban tree canopies are beginning to be seen as valuable infrastructure rather than as simply decorative, a pleasant respite from concrete and pavement. But in recent years, cities have begun to understand, and invest in, the importance of urban forestry beyond the boundaries of parks themselves. That makes parks like Mount Royal in Montreal and Stanley Park in Vancouver a critical part of Canadian urban life. Today, the picture of Canada is inverted: More than four out of five people live in cities, and parks are the closest thing to a forest that most of them will see on a regular basis.
At the start of the Second World War, close to half the population still lived in rural areas.īut this changed rapidly thereafter. Forests, most of all.Īt Confederation, 154 years ago, this was true for most people. There is a vestigial image of Canada – a raw and vast land of forests, lakes and mountains.
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