Ravine / Naturalized Parkcluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)Mount Dennis (115)confidence moderate

Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park

Ravine / Naturalized Park, middle of the pack overall (score 37, rank ~61th percentile). Strongest: connectivity; weakest: edge activation.

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

Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park scores 37.1 / 100. Strongest dimensions: natural comfort and connectivity. Weakest: edge activation (0). Border-vacuum risk is elevated (100). This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.

Best forescape into natureshaded summer use

Area · 28.38 ha

What's here

Facilities

BenchesCommunity centre

Vitality Score

37/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 72%

Data Confidence

37.1 / 100

Citywide

61st

of all 3,788 parks

Among Ravine / Naturalized Park

64th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in very large Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine (n=36)

Performance gap

-1

raw − expected · context confidence high

typical

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

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Street context. Park polygon highlighted on the citywide map.

Explain this score

Where did the 37 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

Edge Activation0 · p18

-12.5

Amenity Diversity21 · p68

-5.8

Border Vacuum Risk100 (risk)

-5.0

Connectivity73 · p95

+4.7

Natural Comfort79 · p92

+4.3

Enclosure / Eyes on Park64 · p56

+1.4

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

Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park works because its connectivity score (73) is one of the city's strongest and its natural comfort (79) is also top decile (55 transit stops sit within a 400 m walk; 23 intersections fall within 100 m of the edge).

What limits this park

Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park is held back by edge activation (0, bottom quartile): the surrounding streets carry too few active uses to spill into the park; border-vacuum risk is also elevated (100).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high connectivity (73, top decile).

Jacobs reading

Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat: moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Tradeoffs

The park is enclosed by buildings (64) but the surrounding streets are quiet (edge activation 0): frame without animation.
High connectivity coexists with high border-vacuum risk (100): much of that connectivity is to highways, rail, or parking lots, not to neighbourhoods.

Typology classification

confidence 75%

Ravine / Naturalized Parkalso reads as Waterfront Park

Classified as Ravine / Naturalized Park: 97% ravine overlap, 48% canopy. Secondary read: Waterfront Park (nearest waterbody within ~0 m).

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 21 active uses (transit_stop, community, retail) and 24 dead/hostile uses (highway, 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%

73.4 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 22 mapped paths/walkways and 92 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 23 street intersections within 100 m; 55 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 17 estimated access points across ~7,294 m of perimeter. low edge density, significant superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m24

Intersections within 100 m23

Paths/walkways (50 m)22

Sidewalk segments (50 m)92

Transit stops (400 m)55

Estimated entrances17

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.33

Park perimeter7,294 m

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

Amenity Diversity

20% weightmeasured 75%

21.0 / 100

2 distinct amenity types in the park (bench, community_centre). Diversity, not raw count, drives the score so a park with many distinct activity types can outrank a larger park that repeats the same use.

Source: Toronto Parks & Recreation Facilities + OSM amenity tags

Natural Comfort

15% weightmeasured 75%

78.9 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 48.4% estimated tree canopy; 97.1% inside the ravine system; 2.9% water surface; 95 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (3.4/ha). Reading: ravine-cooled. Source coverage: treed_area, ravine, waterbodies, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage48.4%

Canopy area13.74 ha

Inside ravine system97.1%

Water surface inside park2.9%

Nearest water (if outside park)0 m (inside)

Estimated green97.1%

City-mapped trees inside polygon95

Tree density3.4 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)65.5

Sample points used314

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

63.6 / 100

163 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (31 mid-rise, 119 low-rise, 13 tower); avg edge height 11.5 m (~4 floors); 2.2 buildings per 100 m of 7,294 m perimeter (moderate frontage density); edges are at a Jacobs-scale walkable mid-rise (3 to 7 floors); 13 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 31 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m163

Buildings within 50 m163

Avg edge height11.5 m (~4 floors)

Tallest edge building68.5 m

Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)31

Low-rise (< 3 floors)119

Towers (≥ 13 floors)13

Frontage density2.23 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge19%

Tower share of edge8%

Blank-edge share (proxy)26%

Park perimeter7,294 m

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

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%

100.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, parking_lot, parking_lot, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, parking_lot. Jacobs warned that highways, rail, parking lots and blank institutional edges act as "vacuums" that 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 (2 types · 2 records)

bench
community centre

Nearby active-edge features (80)

transit stop: Chapman Road0 m
community: Bush Teching Gathering Space0 m
transit stop: Saxony Crescent0 m
parking lot0 m
transit stop: Richview Road2 m
transit stop: La Rose Avenue4 m
transit stop: Scarlett Road8 m
transit stop: Eglinton Avenue West at Walkway to Emmett Avenue12 m
transit stop: Emmett Avenue at Eglinton Avenue West15 m
transit stop: 120 Emmett Ave at Roadway to West Park Healthcare Centre16 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West18 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West18 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West18 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West18 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West20 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West24 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West25 m
parking lot25 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West26 m
transit stop: Richview Road27 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West28 m
transit stop: La Rose Avenue29 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West31 m
transit stop: Chapman Road31 m
transit stop: Emmett Avenue32 m
transit stop: Eglinton Avenue West32 m
transit stop: Emmett Avenue32 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West33 m
parking lot36 m
transit stop: Saxony Crescent38 m
transit stop: Scarlett Road55 m
parking lot: Visitor Free Parking58 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West60 m
transit stop: Eglinton Avenue West67 m
parking lot74 m
parking lot74 m
transit stop: 82 Buttonwood Ave - West Park Long Term Care80 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West83 m
parking lot86 m
parking lot86 m
parking lot87 m
retail: Pick Deli87 m
parking lot92 m
retail: Deep Blue Connections94 m
parking lot94 m
transit stop: La Rose Avenue at Scarlett Road101 m
transit stop103 m
restaurant: Aleeza's Pizza105 m
retail: Turbo Binz106 m
parking lot108 m
retail: Sado's Beauty Salon109 m
restaurant: Amaana Cafe109 m
retail: Oromo Super Store109 m
retail: Simah Store Decore Inc.110 m
retail: Blessing Hairport114 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West115 m
parking lot115 m
parking lot117 m
transit stop118 m
parking lot120 m
parking lot123 m
retail: MBK Auto Service125 m
retail: EZ Laundromat125 m
retail: Queen Nail & Spa125 m
retail: Jam's Grocery Variety125 m
restaurant: Mainsha Restaurant125 m
retail: Canna West125 m
parking lot127 m
restaurant: East Africa & Continental Cuisine128 m
retail: Anab Jafar Fashion128 m
retail: Muse Optical129 m
restaurant: Wiff Restaurant129 m
retail: Global Groceries Canada129 m
retail: Karama Baby129 m
retail: King Clearance Centre130 m
retail: Pop's Convenience & Grocery131 m
retail: Weston Shopping Centre131 m
restaurant: Made's Kitchen132 m
transit stop: Scarlett Road132 m
retail: Aisha Boutiques133 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge activation, connectivity, amenity diversity, natural comfort, and enclosure, each 0 to 100.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
61th
Edge activation
18th
Connectivity
95th
Amenity diversity
68th
Natural comfort
92th
Enclosure
56th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Moccasin Trail ParkRavine / Naturalized Park37
Warden Woods ParkRavine / Naturalized Park35
Black Creek ParklandRavine / Naturalized Park39
Highland CreekRavine / Naturalized Park45
Hague ParkWaterfront Park42

Most opposite parks

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

Arnell PlazaCivic Square50
Marita Paine ParkOther47
Queen'S Quay Traffic IslandWaterfront Park49
ALEX WILSON COMMUNITY GARDEN - Open Green SpaceUrban Plaza59
Bernard Avenue Road AllowanceUrban Plaza57

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 Canadian Ukrainian Memorial 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.
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

real Toronto data

City of Toronto Open Data: Parks (Green Space)
Polygon boundaries, official names, types. Boundaries are reconciled against OpenStreetMap (ODbL) for new and updated parks.
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.