Urban Plazacluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)Mount Dennis (115)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

City Wide Open Space

Urban Plaza, above average overall (score 41, rank ~80th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: natural comfort.

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

City Wide Open Space scores 41.2 / 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 · 0.07 ha

Vitality Score

41/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 56%

Data Confidence

41.2 / 100

Citywide

80th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Urban Plaza

71st

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 41 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 · p18

-10.0

Natural Comfort25 · p8

-3.7

Border Vacuum Risk18 (risk)

+3.2

Enclosure / Eyes on Park73 · p73

+2.3

Connectivity45 · p44

-1.1

Edge Activation52 · p96

+0.5

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

City Wide Open Space works because its edge activation score (52) is one of the city's strongest and its enclosure (73) is also above-average (its perimeter is lined with active uses).

What limits this park

City Wide Open Space is held back by natural comfort (25, bottom quartile)— only 0% canopy means little summer shade.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high edge activation (52, top decile).

Jacobs reading

City Wide Open Space 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: 664 m², paved (0% canopy), 60.6 buildings/100 m

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

52.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 9 active uses (restaurant, retail, transit_stop) and 1 dead/hostile uses (rail). 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%

44.6 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 3 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 5 street intersections within 100 m; 61 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~104 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m3

Intersections within 100 m5

Paths/walkways (50 m)0

Sidewalk segments (50 m)3

Transit stops (400 m)61

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter2.89

Park perimeter104 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%

25.3 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 0.0% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~405 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)405 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%

72.9 / 100

63 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (1 mid-rise, 62 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 5.4 m (~2 floors); 60.6 buildings per 100 m of 104 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges are barely there or single-storey; no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 1 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m63

Buildings within 50 m63

Avg edge height5.4 m (~2 floors)

Tallest edge building9.7 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)1

Low-rise (< 3 floors)62

Towers (≥ 13 floors)0

Frontage density60.64 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge2%

Tower share of edge0%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter104 m

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

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%

18.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: MacTier Subdivision. 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 (57)

rail — MacTier Subdivision46 m
transit stop — Mount Dennis56 m
transit stop — Mount Dennis57 m
transit stop — Mount Dennis61 m
transit stop — Mount Dennis63 m
retail — Tech Solutions84 m
restaurant — The Sandwich Shoppe84 m
retail — World Variety88 m
restaurant — The Nutmeg Spot93 m
restaurant — Huatai Restaurant97 m
transit stop — York Avenue103 m
restaurant — The Irish Rose Pub106 m
rail — MacTier Subdivision110 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West114 m
transit stop — York Avenue115 m
rail — Weston Subdivision116 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West117 m
rail — Weston Subdivision119 m
transit stop120 m
transit stop — Mount Dennis Station Secondary Entrance122 m
retail — Alpha Motor Group123 m
rail — Weston Subdivision126 m
parking lot128 m
rail — Weston Subdivision129 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West135 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton135 m
transit stop — Dennis Avenue136 m
transit stop — Mount Dennis138 m
retail — Caplan's138 m
retail — Destiny Salon141 m
retail — Destiny’s Hair Salon141 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton144 m
retail — Emilio's Barber Shop144 m
transit stop146 m
retail — Tommy's Dry Cleaners148 m
transit stop — Mount Dennis149 m
parking lot149 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton151 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton152 m
restaurant — Dragon House Chinese Food154 m
retail — Bluekat Travels158 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West160 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton162 m
transit stop — Keelesdale Road at Eglinton Avenue West162 m
transit stop — Dennis Avenue165 m
rail — Weston Subdivision167 m
rail — Weston Subdivision168 m
rail — Weston Subdivision169 m
retail — Ontario Auto Collection170 m
rail — Weston Subdivision170 m
parking lot170 m
transit stop — Keelesdale Road at Eglinton Avenue West187 m
transit stop188 m
parking lot190 m
retail — Autofix191 m
parking lot192 m
transit stop193 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
80th
Edge activation
96th
Connectivity
44th
Amenity diversity
18th
Natural comfort
8th
Enclosure
73th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Leavenworth ParketteUrban Plaza43
City Wide Open SpaceCivic Square39
Sultan Pool Dr WalkwayParkette43
Cloud GardensCivic Square45
Scarborough Hydro Green SpaceNeighbourhood Park40

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 — 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 City Wide Open Spacematters. 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.