Strong overperformers
Data updated
Parks that beat the median score of their cohort (same typology, similar size, same ravine/waterfront status) by a meaningful margin. The point isn’t the raw score; it’s that for what this park is, the model thinks it’s doing more than expected.
Scores are not bell-curved. The gap is computed against the median of comparable parks, not against a forced normal distribution.
Top 50 by performance gap
Showing 50 of 942 parks with gap ≥ +5.
| Park | Typology | Raw | Expected | Gap | Citywide | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kew Gardens | Neighbourhood Park | 76 | 40 | +37 | 100th | large Neighbourhood Park(n=68) |
| David Crombie Park | Corridor / Linear Park | 71 | 36 | +36 | 100th | medium Corridor / Linear Park(n=70) |
| Leslie Grove Park | Parkette | 73 | 37 | +35 | 100th | small Parkette(n=222) |
| Sir Winston Churchill Park | Ravine / Naturalized Park | 71 | 37 | +34 | 100th | large Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine(n=117) |
| Shaw Park | Parkette | 70 | 37 | +33 | 100th | small Parkette(n=222) |
| Grace - College Parkette | Corridor / Linear Park | 64 | 31 | +32 | 99th | pocket Corridor / Linear Park(n=123) |
| Market Lane Park | Urban Plaza | 68 | 38 | +30 | 100th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Bellevue Square Park | Civic Square | 73 | 44 | +29 | 100th | small Civic Square(n=29) |
| Simcoe Park | Tower-Community Green Space | 62 | 33 | +29 | 99th | small Tower-Community Green Space(n=10) |
| Ivan Forrest Gardens | Ravine / Naturalized Park | 62 | 33 | +29 | 99th | small Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine(n=213) |
| Hillcrest Park | Neighbourhood Park | 69 | 40 | +29 | 100th | medium Neighbourhood Park(n=357) |
| Dufferin Grove Park | Neighbourhood Park | 68 | 40 | +28 | 100th | large Neighbourhood Park(n=68) |
| Toronto Zoo | Waterfront Park | 68 | 40 | +28 | 100th | very large Waterfront Park waterfront(n=40) |
| Trinity Bellwoods Park | Neighbourhood Park | 67 | 40 | +28 | 100th | large Neighbourhood Park(n=68) |
| Wells Hill Park | Parkette | 65 | 37 | +28 | 100th | small Parkette(n=222) |
| Riverdale Park East | Ravine / Naturalized Park | 64 | 37 | +28 | 100th | large Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine(n=117) |
| Skymark Park | Other | 57 | 30 | +27 | 98th | medium Other(n=179) |
| Regent Park | Other | 57 | 30 | +27 | 98th | medium Other(n=179) |
| Valleyfield Park | Waterfront Park | 58 | 31 | +27 | 98th | medium Waterfront Park waterfront(n=125) |
| Manor Community Green | Urban Plaza | 64 | 38 | +26 | 100th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Sonya'S Park | Urban Plaza | 64 | 38 | +26 | 100th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Matty Eckler Playground | Athletic / Recreation Park | 62 | 36 | +26 | 99th | Athletic / Recreation Park(n=134) |
| Jesse Ketchum Park | Athletic / Recreation Park | 62 | 36 | +26 | 99th | Athletic / Recreation Park(n=134) |
| Lithuania Park | Ravine / Naturalized Park | 62 | 36 | +26 | 99th | medium Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine(n=229) |
| Bessarion Parkette | Parkette | 57 | 32 | +25 | 98th | pocket Parkette(n=263) |
| Grange Park | Neighbourhood Park | 66 | 40 | +25 | 100th | medium Neighbourhood Park(n=357) |
| Diamond Jubilee Promenade | Corridor / Linear Park | 59 | 34 | +25 | 98th | small Corridor / Linear Park(n=82) |
| Vermont Square Park | Civic Square | 67 | 42 | +25 | 100th | medium Civic Square(n=21) |
| Maple Leaf Forever Park | Urban Plaza | 66 | 42 | +25 | 100th | small Urban Plaza(n=107) |
| Nordheimer Ravine | Ravine / Naturalized Park | 61 | 37 | +25 | 99th | large Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine(n=117) |
| Norman Jewison Park | Urban Plaza | 62 | 38 | +24 | 99th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Asquith Green Park | Urban Plaza | 62 | 38 | +24 | 99th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Dalrymple Park | Ravine / Naturalized Park | 61 | 36 | +24 | 99th | medium Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine(n=229) |
| James Canning Gardens | Urban Plaza | 62 | 38 | +24 | 99th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Bickford Park | Ravine / Naturalized Park | 61 | 36 | +24 | 99th | medium Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine(n=229) |
| Suydam Park | Ravine / Naturalized Park | 57 | 33 | +24 | 98th | small Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine(n=213) |
| Beaches Park | Corridor / Linear Park | 59 | 36 | +24 | 99th | large Corridor / Linear Park(n=29) |
| Terry Fox Park | Other | 51 | 27 | +24 | 94th | large Other(n=47) |
| Graham Park | Urban Plaza | 65 | 42 | +24 | 100th | small Urban Plaza(n=107) |
| Greenwood Park | Neighbourhood Park | 63 | 40 | +23 | 99th | large Neighbourhood Park(n=68) |
| Berczy Park | Civic Square | 68 | 44 | +23 | 100th | small Civic Square(n=29) |
| Toronto Music Garden | Neighbourhood Park | 64 | 40 | +23 | 99th | medium Neighbourhood Park(n=357) |
| Regent Park Boulevard Park | Corridor / Linear Park | 54 | 31 | +23 | 97th | pocket Corridor / Linear Park(n=123) |
| Malta Park | Urban Plaza | 61 | 38 | +23 | 99th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Dundas - Watkinson Parkette | Urban Plaza | 60 | 38 | +22 | 99th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Paul E. Garfinkel Park | Urban Plaza | 60 | 38 | +22 | 99th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |
| Westgrove Park | Athletic / Recreation Park | 59 | 37 | +22 | 99th | medium Athletic / Recreation Park(n=100) |
| City Wide Open Space | Corridor / Linear Park | 54 | 31 | +22 | 96th | pocket Corridor / Linear Park(n=123) |
| St. James Park | Neighbourhood Park | 62 | 40 | +22 | 99th | medium Neighbourhood Park(n=357) |
| Anniversary Park | Urban Plaza | 60 | 38 | +22 | 99th | pocket Urban Plaza(n=352) |