Urban Plazacluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)Annex (95)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

Ed And Anne Mirvish Parkette

Urban Plaza, in the top tier overall (score 45, rank ~90th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: natural comfort.

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Ed And Anne Mirvish Parkette scores 45.4 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and edge activation. 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:daily passing-throughpocket meetings

Area · 0.10 ha

Vitality Score

45/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 56%

Data Confidence

45.4 / 100

Citywide

90th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Urban Plaza

84th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in pocket Urban Plaza (n=337)

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 45 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 · p48

-10.0

Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)

+5.0

Natural Comfort23 · p1

-4.1

Enclosure / Eyes on Park91 · p96

+4.1

Edge Activation55 · p97

+1.3

Connectivity46 · p46

-0.9

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

Ed And Anne Mirvish Parkette works because its edge activation score (55) is one of the city's strongest and its enclosure (91) is also top decile (its perimeter is lined with active uses).

What limits this park

Ed And Anne Mirvish Parkette is held back by natural comfort (23, bottom quartile)— only 0% canopy means little summer shade.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally low natural comfort (23, bottom quartile).

Jacobs reading

Ed And Anne Mirvish Parkette sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat — moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Tradeoffs

Strong physical conditions (score 45) but weak observed activity signals (11) — the model says this should work, but events, mentions, and counters say it isn't being used at the level the urban form would predict.

Performance in context

A modest overperformer for its urban plaza typology (+9 vs the median in pocket Urban Plaza).

Typology classification

confidence 70%

Urban Plaza

Classified as Urban Plaza: 966 m², paved (0% canopy), 42.2 buildings/100 m

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

55.4 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 15 active uses (transit_stop, retail, restaurant) and 2 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%

45.6 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 4 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 8 street intersections within 100 m; 17 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~138 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m3

Intersections within 100 m8

Paths/walkways (50 m)0

Sidewalk segments (50 m)4

Transit stops (400 m)17

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter2.18

Park perimeter138 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%

22.5 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 0.0% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~1339 m. Reading: exposed. 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)1,339 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon0

Tree density0.0 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)0.0

Sample points used15

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

90.6 / 100

58 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (19 mid-rise, 39 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 8.7 m (~3 floors); 42.2 buildings per 100 m of 138 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges are low-rise (mostly 2–3 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 19 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m58

Buildings within 50 m58

Avg edge height8.7 m (~3 floors)

Tallest edge building18.3 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)19

Low-rise (< 3 floors)39

Towers (≥ 13 floors)0

Frontage density42.17 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge33%

Tower share of edge0%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter138 m

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

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%

0.0 risk

Park edges face the city — no significant border vacuum detected.

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 (80)

transit stop — Bathurst Station6 m
transit stop15 m
restaurant — PreGame25 m
restaurant — Smart & Morris Jamaican Takeout27 m
retail — Lloyd's Barber Shop28 m
retail — World Wide Cosmetic Centre33 m
transit stop — Bathurst Station37 m
retail — Simcoe40 m
retail41 m
transit stop — Bathurst Street45 m
retail — Spanish Book Store53 m
transit stop — Bathurst53 m
transit stop55 m
transit stop — Bathurst59 m
retail — Nella Cucina63 m
parking lot67 m
parking lot69 m
restaurant — CODA101 m
cafe — Jjin Toast104 m
restaurant — The Fry118 m
transit stop — Markham Street119 m
restaurant — The Jerk King119 m
restaurant — Pizza Pizza119 m
restaurant — Tonkatsu120 m
retail — Secrets From Your Sister122 m
transit stop123 m
retail — Dollarama123 m
retail — Price War126 m
retail129 m
highway — Bloor Street West130 m
highway — Bloor Street West131 m
retail131 m
highway — Bloor Street West132 m
retail134 m
restaurant — Pizzaville135 m
restaurant — A&W136 m
highway — Bloor Street West137 m
retail — Qi Natural138 m
retail — Canadian Centre For Language And Cultural Studies139 m
retail — Value Buds140 m
restaurant — Fancy Induced Burger144 m
parking lot144 m
retail — Vape World145 m
restaurant — Insomnia147 m
retail148 m
restaurant — Big Way Hot Pot148 m
transit stop — Barton Avenue150 m
retail — Stanley's Variety and Grocery150 m
retail — Drop the Ink151 m
parking lot152 m
retail — Midoco Art & Office Supplies153 m
retail — Village Market154 m
retail — Nadege154 m
retail — FORTE Massage Therapy155 m
restaurant — Shelby's157 m
highway — Bloor Street West157 m
parking lot157 m
restaurant — George's Deli & B.B.Q.158 m
retail158 m
restaurant — Kibo Sushi159 m
restaurant — Top Gun Burger161 m
restaurant — Paupers Pub162 m
restaurant — Aki Donburi163 m
retail — Waxbar Fuzz164 m
restaurant — Tenon Vegan Sushi167 m
retail — The Barber Shop169 m
retail — LCBO169 m
restaurant — Japan Sushi171 m
restaurant — Arisu Korean & Japanese Restaurant Bar172 m
transit stop — Barton Avenue173 m
parking lot175 m
retail — Repair and Run175 m
restaurant — Panago178 m
restaurant — Kimchi House179 m
retail — Alternative Arts182 m
retail — Mr. Mart183 m
retail — Aroma Waxing Clinic183 m
retail — Pelo Salon184 m
retail — XBow Barbers Lounge185 m
retail — Barber Shisha186 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
90th
Edge activation
97th
Connectivity
46th
Amenity diversity
48th
Natural comfort
1th
Enclosure
96th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

MACKENZIE HOUSE - Building GroundsUrban Plaza41
Hto Park WestUrban Plaza49
Dane ParketteUrban Plaza42
QUEEN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GROUNDS - Building GroundsUrban Plaza44
Glen Davis RavineRavine / Naturalized Park42

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 ParkWaterfront Park25
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park26

Human activity signals

Programming, social attention, temporal rhythm, and nearby pedestrian / cycling flow. An experimental aggregate layer that complements the spatial scores — partial coverage, partial confidence.

confidence 35%

Overall activity

11/ 100

10.9 / 100

Programming / events

0unknown

Social attention

8unknown

Temporal rhythm

13unknown

Pedestrian / cycling flow

29real

Cultural significance

15unknown

Activity reading: pedestrian intensity 23.7/100; cycling/trail 39.4/100. The strongest signal is observed pedestrian/cycling activity. Source coverage: counters.

Does this score feel accurate?

Your read of Ed And Anne Mirvish Parkettematters. 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.

Add or open more entrances and improve sidewalk continuity around the park. More permeability means more spontaneous use.
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.