| Name | Height | Leaf | Fruit | Region |
| Sugar Maple Acer saccharum |
80′ – 90′, can be 130′ | usually 5-lobed, wide notches, rounded at bottom, very colourful in autumn, 3″ – 5″ | winged with plump seed, 1.25″ | Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian |
| Black Maple Acer nigrum |
50′ | 3-5 shallow lobes, wide shallow notches, 3″ – 5″ across | winged with plump seed, 1.25″ | Deciduous, St. Lawrence River Valley in Ontario |
| Bigleaf Maple Acer macrophyllum |
50′ – 70′, can be 100′ | largest undivided leaf of Canadian trees, deeply 5-lobed, 6″ – 12″ | winged, 1.25′ – 2.5″ | Coast |
| Silver Maple Acer saccharinum |
80′ – 90′, can be 125′ | 5 lobes with deep notches, 3″ – 5″ | winged with thick seed, 1.25″ – 2.25″ | Deciduous, southwestern Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian |
| Red Maple Acer rubrum |
can be 90′, usually smaller | 3-5 lobes, sharp teeth, brilliant scarlet in autumn, 3″ – 5″ across | winged with swollen seed, .75″ | Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian |
| Mountain Maple Acer spicatum |
can be 25′, usually a shrub | 3-5 lobes, wide notches, single-toothed, 2.75″ – 3.5″ across | brilliant red, turning to yellow or brown, winged, .75″ | Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian, southern Boreal eastward from Saskatchewan |
| Striped Maple Acer pensylvanicum |
can be 40′, may be shrub | 3 lobes, lobes triangular, 4″ – 7″ across | winged, 1″ | Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian |
| Douglas Maple Acer glabrum |
can be 35′, usually tall shrub | 3 lobes plus 2 indistinct lobes, dull red in autumn, 3″ – 4″long and wide | winged, seed portion wrinkled, 1″ | central and southern British Columbia |
| Vine Maple Acer circinatum |
can be 30′, usually coarse shrub | almost circular, 7-9 radiating lobes, lobes narrowly triangular, V-shaped notches, 2.5″ – 4.5″ | red, winged, seed portion swollen, 1″ – 1.5″ | Coast |
| Manitoba Maple Acer negunda |
40′ – 50′, can be 70′ | 3-7 leaflets, shallowly lobed, 6″ – 15″ | winged, seed portion elongated, 1.5″ | southern Ontario to Saskatchewan |
