Urban Plazacluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)Yonge-Eglinton (100)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

St. Clements - Yonge Parkette

Urban Plaza, above average overall (score 39, rank ~73th percentile). Strongest: enclosure; weakest: natural comfort.

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

St. Clements - Yonge Parkette scores 39.4 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. Weakest: amenity diversity (0). Border-vacuum risk is elevated (60). This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors — not a definitive judgment.

Best for:daily passing-throughpocket meetings

Area · 0.15 ha

Vitality Score

39/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 61%

Data Confidence

39.4 / 100

Citywide

73rd

of all 3,273 parks

Among Urban Plaza

63rd

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in pocket Urban Plaza (n=337)

Performance gap

raw − expected · context confidence high

typical

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

Explain this score

Where did the 39 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 · p55

-10.0

Enclosure / Eyes on Park87 · p93

+3.7

Edge Activation37 · p90

-3.2

Border Vacuum Risk60 (risk)

-1.0

Natural Comfort44 · p46

-0.9

Connectivity54 · p63

+0.8

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

St. Clements - Yonge Parkette works because its enclosure score (87) is in the top tier and its edge activation (37) is also top decile (10 mid-rise buildings frame the edge with passive surveillance).

What limits this park

St. Clements - Yonge Parkette's edges are fronted by border-vacuum land uses (highways, rail, parking, blank institutional) — risk score 60.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high enclosure (87, top decile).

Jacobs reading

St. Clements - Yonge Parkette sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat — moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Typology classification

confidence 70%

Urban Plaza

Classified as Urban Plaza: 1459 m², paved (6% canopy), 35.8 buildings/100 m

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

37.4 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 35 active uses (retail, restaurant, transit_stop, cafe) and 6 dead/hostile uses (parking_lot, highway). 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%

54.2 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 17 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 9 street intersections within 100 m; 7 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~159 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m5

Intersections within 100 m9

Paths/walkways (50 m)0

Sidewalk segments (50 m)17

Transit stops (400 m)7

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter3.14

Park perimeter159 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% weightpartial 60%

43.9 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 6.2% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~716 m; 1 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (1.0/ha). Reading: exposed. Source coverage: treed_area, waterbodies, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage6.2%

Canopy area0.01 ha

Inside ravine system0.0%

Water surface inside park0.0%

Nearest water (if outside park)716 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon1

Tree density1.0 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)33.7

Sample points used16

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

86.7 / 100

57 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (10 mid-rise, 47 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 8.0 m (~3 floors); 35.8 buildings per 100 m of 159 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 10 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m57

Buildings within 50 m57

Avg edge height8.0 m (~3 floors)

Tallest edge building19.7 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)10

Low-rise (< 3 floors)47

Towers (≥ 13 floors)0

Frontage density35.79 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge18%

Tower share of edge0%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter159 m

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

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%

60.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: Yonge Street, Yonge Street. 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 (80)

restaurant — Sorn Thai Restaurant4 m
cafe — Himalaya Coffee House6 m
highway — Yonge Street13 m
retail — Lululemon14 m
transit stop — Sherwood Avenue22 m
retail — Touch Massage Bar28 m
retail — Blue Diamond Jewellers30 m
retail — Coco Market30 m
highway — Yonge Street30 m
restaurant — Louie’s Classico Pizza30 m
restaurant — Impact Kitchen31 m
retail — Walking On A Cloud32 m
restaurant — Melani - Modern Greek34 m
retail — The Hut - Smoothie And Juice Bar36 m
transit stop — Briar Hill Avenue43 m
retail — Kasali Hair Studio46 m
restaurant — Sushi Shop47 m
retail — Formula Fig47 m
highway — Yonge Street50 m
retail51 m
retail — Little Party Shoppe52 m
retail — Pure + Simple53 m
retail — Money Mart53 m
retail — The Clinica55 m
retail — Mon Luxe Nails & Beauty Bar59 m
retail — Becker's61 m
retail — Pinto Cash For Gold And Jewellery Buyers61 m
parking lot62 m
restaurant — The Bagel House67 m
retail — Rebe77e71 m
retail — Open Court77 m
retail77 m
retail — Needle & Thread80 m
retail — Keewatin Fine Orthopaedic Footwear82 m
parking lot83 m
retail — Castlefield Hair Studio83 m
highway — Yonge Street87 m
retail — Pet Valu87 m
restaurant — Ariete e Toro88 m
retail — Sandpipers97 m
retail98 m
retail — Ollie Quinn102 m
retail — Bananas102 m
parking lot105 m
parking lot106 m
parking lot106 m
restaurant — Sushi Gen Japanese Restaurant107 m
retail — Clinique De Mode+109 m
retail — Robbie Brown115 m
retail — Carload on Yonge116 m
retail — Cookery118 m
retail — The Wallpapery119 m
retail — BC Hair Salon119 m
retail — Crystal Kiss119 m
retail — Body Love Ink120 m
retail — Suetables122 m
restaurant — Mehfill Indian Cuisine122 m
retail — The Cupcake Shoppe123 m
retail — L'Occitane127 m
restaurant — The Right Wing Sports Pub130 m
retail — The Hunny Pot Cannabis Co.132 m
retail — Gina’s Home Linen136 m
retail — Circle Shoes139 m
parking lot139 m
cafe — de Mello Palheta141 m
retail — Dang Good Donuts143 m
retail — Erbil Barber Shop145 m
cafe — Nutbar148 m
retail — Vape Studio148 m
retail — Jerome’s Menswear151 m
transit stop — Yonge St at Castlefield Ave151 m
retail — Blacktoe Running Inc.152 m
retail — I'm A Flower152 m
transit stop — Castlefield Avenue154 m
retail — …a kind heart155 m
retail — See & Be Seen Eyecare156 m
retail — Goa Hair Salon156 m
retail — Convenience Cards & More160 m
retail — PP Beauty & Academy161 m
cafe — La Bohème Café Patisserie162 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
73th
Edge activation
90th
Connectivity
63th
Amenity diversity
55th
Natural comfort
46th
Enclosure
93th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Bennett ParkUrban Plaza41
Brownfield SiteNeighbourhood Park47
Douglas GreenbeltWaterfront Park42
Grafton Avenue ParkUrban Plaza39
Santa Chiara ParketteUrban Plaza40

Most opposite parks

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

Toronto Islands - Muggs Island ParkRavine / Naturalized Park25
Trca Lands ( 26)Ravine / Naturalized Park27
Rouge ParkWaterfront Park25
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park28
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park21

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?

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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.
Mitigate border vacuums (highways, rail, parking) with active programming on the still-permeable edges and treat the hostile edge as a design challenge.

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.