Waterfront Parkcluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (large-scale)Beechborough-Greenbrook (112)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

North Keelesdale Park

Waterfront Park, below average overall (score 29, rank ~25th percentile). Strongest: amenity diversity; weakest: enclosure.

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

North Keelesdale Park scores 28.9 / 100. Strongest dimensions: connectivity and natural comfort. 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 for:waterfront recreationlong walks

Area · 7.66 ha

Vitality Score

29/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 72%

Data Confidence

28.9 / 100

Citywide

25th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Waterfront Park

38th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in large Waterfront Park waterfront (n=65)

Performance gap

-8

raw − expected · context confidence high

modest underperformer

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

Explain this score

Where did the 29 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 · p47

-12.5

Amenity Diversity21 · p90

-5.8

Border Vacuum Risk100 (risk)

-5.0

Connectivity61 · p76

+2.2

Enclosure / Eyes on Park43 · p10

-0.7

Natural Comfort54 · p67

+0.6

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

North Keelesdale Park works because its amenity diversity score (21) is in the top tier and its connectivity (61) is also top quartile.

What limits this park

North Keelesdale Park is held back by enclosure (43, bottom quartile); border-vacuum risk is also elevated (100).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high amenity diversity (21, top decile).

Jacobs reading

North Keelesdale Park is currently underperforming on both axes — neither integrated into the city nor offering deep natural respite. A candidate for design intervention.

Tradeoffs

High connectivity coexists with high border-vacuum risk (100) — much of that connectivity is to highways, rail, or parking lots, not to neighbourhoods.

Performance in context

Reads as a modest underperformer relative to comparable parks (gap -8; cohort: large Waterfront Park waterfront).

Typology classification

confidence 85%

Waterfront Parkalso reads as Ravine / Naturalized Park

Classified as Waterfront Park: 9% water surface inside park. Secondary read: Ravine / Naturalized Park (100% ravine overlap, 2% canopy).

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 3 active uses (transit_stop) and 36 dead/hostile uses (highway, rail, 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%

61.0 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 26 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 9 street intersections within 100 m; 46 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~1,782 m of perimeter. moderate edge density — small superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m9

Intersections within 100 m9

Paths/walkways (50 m)0

Sidewalk segments (50 m)26

Transit stops (400 m)46

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.51

Park perimeter1,782 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 (sports_field, washroom). 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%

54.2 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: ~7.9% effective canopy (1.9% from contiguous tree polygons + scattered tree density); 100.0% inside the ravine system; 9.3% water surface; 86 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (11.2/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 coverage1.9%

Canopy area0.14 ha

Inside ravine system100.0%

Water surface inside park9.3%

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

Estimated green90.7%

City-mapped trees inside polygon86

Tree density11.2 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)33.7

Sample points used108

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

43.4 / 100

21 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (5 mid-rise, 16 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 6.9 m (~2 floors); 1.2 buildings per 100 m of 1,782 m perimeter — thin frontage — significant blank-edge share; edges are low-rise (mostly 2–3 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 5 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m21

Buildings within 50 m21

Avg edge height6.9 m (~2 floors)

Tallest edge building12.2 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)5

Low-rise (< 3 floors)16

Towers (≥ 13 floors)0

Frontage density1.18 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge24%

Tower share of edge0%

Blank-edge share (proxy)61%

Park perimeter1,782 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, Black Creek Drive, Line 5 Eglinton, Eglinton Avenue West, Black Creek Drive, Line 5 Eglinton, Line 5 Eglinton, Line 5 Eglinton, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, parking_lot, Black Creek Drive, Black Creek Drive, Black Creek Drive, Black Creek Drive, Black Creek Drive, Black Creek Drive. 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 (2 types · 2 records)

sports field
washroom

Nearby active-edge features (79)

highway — Black Creek Drive16 m
highway — Black Creek Drive18 m
highway — Black Creek Drive20 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton21 m
highway — Black Creek Drive25 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton26 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West30 m
highway — Black Creek Drive30 m
highway — Black Creek Drive30 m
highway — Black Creek Drive32 m
highway — Black Creek Drive32 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West33 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton33 m
parking lot36 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West36 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton37 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West38 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West38 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West38 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West43 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West43 m
transit stop — Eglinton Avenue at Black Creek Drive48 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West49 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West57 m
transit stop — Eglinton Avenue West57 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West69 m
parking lot69 m
highway — Black Creek Drive72 m
highway — Black Creek Drive77 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West80 m
highway — Black Creek Drive80 m
parking lot80 m
parking lot81 m
parking lot88 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton92 m
transit stop — Trethewey Dr at Paulson Rd92 m
highway — Black Creek Drive93 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West95 m
parking lot96 m
parking lot100 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West108 m
transit stop — Eglinton Avenue at Black Creek Drive110 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton112 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton114 m
parking lot114 m
parking lot116 m
transit stop — Todd Baylis Boulevard119 m
transit stop — Paulson Road128 m
highway — Black Creek Drive133 m
parking lot140 m
parking lot143 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West148 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West154 m
parking lot158 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton162 m
parking lot164 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West165 m
parking lot165 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton165 m
parking lot167 m
parking lot168 m
transit stop — Eglinton Avenue West at Municipal Drive169 m
parking lot170 m
parking lot174 m
rail175 m
parking lot176 m
transit stop — Trethewey Drive179 m
rail179 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton181 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton182 m
transit stop — Keelesdale Road at Eglinton Avenue West186 m
parking lot189 m
transit stop — Eglinton Avenue West at Municipal Drive193 m
rail194 m
parking lot195 m
rail198 m
transit stop — Todd Baylis Boulevard199 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West199 m
rail200 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
25th
Edge activation
47th
Connectivity
76th
Amenity diversity
90th
Natural comfort
67th
Enclosure
10th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Wilket Creek ParkWaterfront Park31
Bayview Arena ParkOther35
Caledonia ParkNeighbourhood Park33
Bluffer'S ParkRavine / Naturalized Park31
Linkwood Lane ParkCorridor / Linear Park38

Most opposite parks

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

ALEX WILSON COMMUNITY GARDEN - Open Green SpaceUrban Plaza59
Market Lane ParkUrban Plaza63
Bernard Avenue Road AllowanceUrban Plaza54
Joseph Burr Tyrrell ParkUrban Plaza50
Leslie Grove ParkParkette68

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 North Keelesdale 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.
Encourage mid-rise, windowed frontages around the park so residents have direct sightlines onto it.
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.