Parkettecluster ·Active-edged · exposed parksMimico (includes Humber Bay Shores) (17)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

Jean Augustine Park

Parkette, middle of the pack overall (score 38, rank ~66th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: natural comfort.

Aerial — City of Toronto orthophoto, ~8 cm/px source · cached 5/9/2026

Jean Augustine Park scores 37.7 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. Weakest: amenity diversity (0). Border-vacuum risk is low. This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors — not a definitive judgment.

Best for:a quiet siteveryday neighbourhood use

Area · 0.15 ha

Vitality Score

38/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 56%

Data Confidence

37.7 / 100

Citywide

66th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Parkette

74th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in pocket Parkette (n=287)

Performance gap

raw − expected · context confidence high

modest overperformer

Scores are not bell-curved. Percentiles and expected scores provide context without changing the underlying model.

Explain this score

Where did the 38 come from? Each weighted contribution against a neutral 50 baseline. Green = pushed up; red = pulled down.

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What pushed this score up or down vs a neutral 50weight × score

Amenity Diversity0 · p20

-10.0

Edge Activation32 · p87

-4.5

Border Vacuum Risk12 (risk)

+3.8

Natural Comfort26 · p12

-3.6

Enclosure / Eyes on Park69 · p67

+1.9

Connectivity50 · p55

+0.0

Sum of contributions = the headline score. A negative bar means that dimension dragged the park below the city-wide neutral baseline.

Why this park works

Jean Augustine Park works because its edge activation score (32) is in the top tier and its enclosure (69) is also above-average.

What limits this park

Jean Augustine Park is held back by natural comfort (26, bottom quartile)— only 0% canopy means little summer shade.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally low natural comfort (26, bottom quartile).

Jacobs reading

Jean Augustine Park sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat — moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Performance in context

A modest overperformer for its parkette typology (+6 vs the median in pocket Parkette).

Typology classification

confidence 70%

Parkette

Classified as Parkette: small (1502 m²) with strong building frontage (3.4 per 100 m)

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

32.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 4 active uses (retail, restaurant, transit_stop) and 1 dead/hostile uses (parking_lot). Active edges keep "eyes on the park" through the day; parking lots, blank institutional walls, rail and highway frontages drain street life.

Source: OSM POIs (amenity/shop) + Toronto Building Footprints + land use

Connectivity

20% weightmeasured 85%

50.2 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 6 mapped paths/walkways and 13 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 2 street intersections within 100 m; 11 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~178 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m4

Intersections within 100 m2

Paths/walkways (50 m)6

Sidewalk segments (50 m)13

Transit stops (400 m)11

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter2.25

Park perimeter178 m

Source: Toronto Centreline V2 + Pedestrian Network + OSM transit stops

Amenity Diversity

20% weightinferred 30%

0.0 / 100

No amenities recorded — score is 0 until inventory is loaded.

Source: Toronto Parks & Recreation Facilities + OSM amenity tags

Natural Comfort

15% weightinferred 24%

26.2 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 0.0% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~108 m. Reading: water-cooled. Source coverage: waterbodies. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage0.0%

Canopy area0.00 ha

Inside ravine system0.0%

Water surface inside park0.0%

Nearest water (if outside park)108 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon0

Tree density0.0 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)0.0

Sample points used14

Source: Toronto Treed Area + Ravine + Waterbodies + Street Tree Inventory

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

69.2 / 100

6 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (4 mid-rise, 1 low-rise, 1 tower); avg edge height 25.6 m (~9 floors); 3.4 buildings per 100 m of 178 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges lean tall but still framed; 1 tower ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 4 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m6

Buildings within 50 m6

Avg edge height25.6 m (~9 floors)

Tallest edge building42.5 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)4

Low-rise (< 3 floors)1

Towers (≥ 13 floors)1

Frontage density3.38 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge67%

Tower share of edge17%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter178 m

Source: Toronto 3D Massing (building footprints + heights)

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%

12.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: parking_lot. Jacobs warned that highways, rail, parking lots and blank institutional edges act as "vacuums" — they suppress foot traffic and isolate the park from its neighbourhood.

Source: Toronto Street Centreline (highways) + rail layer + OSM landuse + building footprints

Equity Context

contextinferred 15%

50.0 / 100

Equity Context requires inputs not yet loaded for this park (Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles). Score is held at a neutral 50 with low confidence — read with caution.

Source: Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles

Amenities (0)

No amenities recorded for this park.

Nearby active-edge features (17)

parking lot36 m
retail — Grenadier Convenience50 m
transit stop — Marine Parade Dr at Lake Shore Blvd W76 m
restaurant — Vos Restaurante Argentino Steakhouse86 m
retail — Inspire Vision Care97 m
retail — Sash + Co103 m
retail — Platis Cleaners106 m
retail — Distinguished Gents143 m
transit stop — 2111 Lake Shore Boulevard West149 m
highway — Gardiner Expressway164 m
cafe — Pauls Coffee165 m
transit stop165 m
highway — Gardiner Expressway176 m
highway — Gardiner Expressway182 m
highway — Gardiner Expressway182 m
highway — Gardiner Expressway192 m
restaurant — Eden Trattoria199 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
66th
Edge activation
87th
Connectivity
55th
Amenity diversity
20th
Natural comfort
12th
Enclosure
67th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Most opposite parks

Furthest in metric space — useful for recognising what kind of park this isn’t.

Trca Lands ( 26)Ravine / Naturalized Park27
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park28
Toronto Islands - Muggs Island ParkRavine / Naturalized Park25
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park26
Rouge ParkWaterfront Park25

Human activity signals — not available

No activity signals have landed for this park yet. The model has scored its physical form but it can’t yet say how often it’s programmed, photographed, or walked through. See /data-ethics for what we will and will not collect.

Does this score feel accurate?

Your read of Jean Augustine Parkmatters. We’re testing whether the model lines up with how people actually use the park. Submissions are stored locally; no account needed.

Tell us how this park feels

We measure structure (canopy, edges, connectivity). You measure feeling. Both matter — and disagreement is itself useful civic data.

What would improve this park?

Generated from the weakest measured dimensions — a starting point, not a prescription.

Activate the edges: encourage cafés, retail or community uses on the streets that face the park; replace blank or parking-lot edges where possible.
Diversify what people can do in the park — playground, washroom, water, shade, performance, sport, garden — even small additions raise this score.
Increase canopy and reduce paved area. Shade and water features extend usable hours and seasons.

Data sources

City of Toronto Open Data — Parks (Green Space)
Polygon boundaries, official names, types.
Parks & Recreation Facilities
Inventory of in-park amenities (washrooms, fields, rinks…).
Toronto Pedestrian Network
Sidewalk segments around and through parks; estimated park entrances.
Toronto Centreline V2
Street segments + intersection nodes near park edges; trails and walkways.
Toronto 3D Massing
Building footprints + heights for edge-building counts, frontage density, and tower-in-the-park risk.
Toronto Treed Area
Tree canopy share inside park polygons via stratified-grid sampling.
Toronto Waterbodies & Rivers
Water surface inside parks + nearest-water distance for cooling.
Ravine & Natural Feature Protection
Ravine overlap as a cooling / natural-comfort signal.
Toronto Street Tree Inventory
Tree count + density inside park polygons.
Neighbourhood Profiles
(Pending) Equity context proxy.
OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)
Cafés, restaurants, retail, transit stops, parking, highways, rail.