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Civic Squarecluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (ravine-leaning)Mimico (includes Humber Bay Shores) (17)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

Christ Church St.James Memorial Garden And Cemetery

Civic Square, above average overall (score 40, rank ~75th percentile). Strongest: enclosure; weakest: edge activation.

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

Christ Church St.James Memorial Garden And Cemetery scores 40 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and natural comfort. 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:public eventsdowntown gathering

Area · 0.43 ha

Vitality Score
40/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 63%

Data Confidence
40.0 / 100
Citywide
75th
of all 3,273 parks
Among Civic Square
51st
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
42
median in small Civic Square (n=23)
Performance gap
-2
raw − expected · context confidence medium
typical

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

Explain this score

Where did the 40 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 · p20
-12.5
Amenity Diversity0 · p30
-10.0
Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)
+5.0
Enclosure / Eyes on Park81 · p85
+3.1
Connectivity62 · p77
+2.3
Natural Comfort64 · p79
+2.1

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

Christ Church St.James Memorial Garden And Cemetery works because its enclosure score (81) is above average and its natural comfort (64) is also top quartile (4 mid-rise buildings frame the edge with passive surveillance).

What limits this park

Christ Church St.James Memorial Garden And Cemetery is held back by edge activation (0, bottom quartile)— the surrounding streets carry too few active uses to spill into the park.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high enclosure (81, top quartile).

Jacobs reading

Christ Church St.James Memorial Garden And Cemetery 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 (81) but the surrounding streets are quiet (edge activation 0) — frame without animation.

Performance in context

  • Citywide rank is high (75th) but typology rank is more modest (51st) — the strength likely comes from the dataset average pulling lower than this typology’s baseline.

Typology classification

confidence 90%
Civic Square

Classified as Civic Square: name flags as civic square + 21 buildings frame the edge

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 14 active uses (transit_stop, retail, restaurant) and 14 dead/hostile uses (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%
61.6 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 12 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 10 street intersections within 100 m; 17 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 2 estimated access points across ~287 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m3
Intersections within 100 m10
Paths/walkways (50 m)0
Sidewalk segments (50 m)12
Transit stops (400 m)17
Estimated entrances2
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter1.05
Park perimeter287 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% weightmeasured 75%
64.3 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 28.1% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~977 m. Reading: partially shaded. Source coverage: treed_area, waterbodies. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage28.1%
Canopy area0.12 ha
Inside ravine system0.0%
Water surface inside park0.0%
Nearest water (if outside park)977 m
Estimated green100.0%
City-mapped trees inside polygon0
Tree density0.0 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)85.7
Sample points used32

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%
80.6 / 100

21 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (4 mid-rise, 15 low-rise, 2 tower); avg edge height 12.6 m (~4 floors); 7.3 buildings per 100 m of 287 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges are at a Jacobs-scale walkable mid-rise (3–7 floors); 2 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 4 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m21
Buildings within 50 m21
Avg edge height12.6 m (~4 floors)
Tallest edge building81.2 m
Mid-rise (3–7 floors)4
Low-rise (< 3 floors)15
Towers (≥ 13 floors)2
Frontage density7.33 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge19%
Tower share of edge10%
Blank-edge share (proxy)0%
Park perimeter287 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 (62)

  • transit stop — Newcastle Street19 m
  • transit stop — Newcastle Street46 m
  • transit stop — Royal York Ave at Newcastle St51 m
  • transit stop — Newcastle Street53 m
  • transit stop62 m
  • parking lot62 m
  • parking lot69 m
  • transit stop — Mimico73 m
  • restaurant — Poseidon Plates74 m
  • retail75 m
  • restaurant — Royal Mimico Pub & Grill81 m
  • transit stop — Mimico82 m
  • retail — PetLuv Grooming85 m
  • parking lot85 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision86 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision87 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision89 m
  • retail — Fresh Suds Laundromat89 m
  • parking lot89 m
  • rail91 m
  • retail — Mike's Auto91 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision91 m
  • parking lot92 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision95 m
  • parking lot96 m
  • retail — Otis European Style Barber Shop96 m
  • parking lot96 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision100 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision105 m
  • parking lot109 m
  • parking lot110 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision114 m
  • retail — Dominelli Services119 m
  • rail119 m
  • parking lot120 m
  • retail — The Blue Goose Tavern121 m
  • rail — Metrolinx Oakville Subdivision122 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision132 m
  • retail — Tina's Department Store132 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision135 m
  • rail137 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision139 m
  • retail — Tina's Variety Shop140 m
  • rail143 m
  • rail147 m
  • rail — Oakville Subdivision147 m
  • retail — Dairy Corner Milk Store148 m
  • parking lot149 m
  • restaurant — Frecles Fox Restaurant157 m
  • retail — Shop 'N Go157 m
  • parking lot162 m
  • rail166 m
  • parking lot167 m
  • parking lot169 m
  • transit stop — Simpson Avenue174 m
  • retail — Water for You181 m
  • retail — Sanremo Bakery Cafe183 m
  • transit stop — Mimico186 m
  • transit stop — Mimico189 m
  • rail194 m
  • retail — R&P Royal Gas & Convenience194 m
  • transit stop — Cavell Avenue195 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosureChrist Church St.James Memorial Garden And Cemetery

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

  • Overall vitality
    75th
  • Edge activation
    20th
  • Connectivity
    77th
  • Amenity diversity
    30th
  • Natural comfort
    79th
  • Enclosure
    85th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Most opposite parks

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

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 Christ Church St.James Memorial Garden And Cemeterymatters. 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.

Rate this park on as many dimensions as you have an opinion about. 1 = not at all · 5 = strongly. Skip the ones you don't feel sure about. Aggregated only — no comments stored at the row level.

feels socially active
feels comfortable
feels safe
feels connected
feels welcoming
feels ecological / natural
feels good for lingering
feels family-friendly
feels culturally important

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.

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.