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Urban PlazaType:Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Park (enclosure-leaning)Bay-Cloverhill

Clover Hill Park

Urban Plaza, one of the city's strongest overall (score 57, rank ~98th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: natural comfort.

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Clover Hill Park scores 57.3 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and edge activation. Weakest: amenity diversity (27.3). Border-vacuum risk is low. This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.

Best fordaily passing-throughpocket meetings

Area · 0.28 ha

What's here

Facilities
Drinking waterPicnic areaPublic art

Getting around

Paths

91 m of mapped path. Too little surface tagging to say how much is paved.

Too little path mapped to check for steps.

Seating

No seating mapped in OpenStreetMap.

Arrival

Nearest parking 9 m away. None of the 14 nearby lots records whether it has accessible spaces.

Path, seating and parking data comes from OpenStreetMap and reflects what volunteers have mapped, not a survey. Absence here means nobody has recorded it. This section does not assess wheelchair access: the relevant OpenStreetMap tag is present on well under 1% of Toronto paths.

Vitality Score
57/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 63%

Data Confidence
57.3 / 100

Data confidence: moderate

Citywide
98th
of all 3,752 parks
Among Urban Plaza
96th
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
42
median in small Urban Plaza (n=107)
Performance gap
+16
raw − expected · context confidence high
strong overperformer

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

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Explain this score

Where did the 57 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 Diversity27 · p77
-4.5
Border Vacuum Risk12 (risk)
+3.8
Edge Activation64 · p99
+3.5
Enclosure / Eyes on Park76 · p78
+2.6
Connectivity60 · p76
+1.9
Natural Comfort50 · p55
+0.0

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

Clover Hill Park works because its edge activation score (64) is one of the city's strongest and its enclosure (76) is also top quartile (its perimeter is lined with active uses).

What limits this park

Clover Hill Park doesn't have a clear weakness. Every measured dimension is at or above the middle of the pack.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high edge activation (64, top decile).

Jacobs reading

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

Performance in context

  • This park is a strong overperformer for its cohort: raw 57 versus an expected 42 for similar parks (small Urban Plaza) (gap +16).

Typology classification

confidence 70%
Urban Plaza

Classified as Urban Plaza: 2816 m², paved (0% canopy), 25.1 buildings/100 m

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
64.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 24 active uses (restaurant, retail, transit_stop, cafe) and 2 dead/hostile uses (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%
59.7 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 17 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 8 street intersections within 100 m; 40 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~279 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy, no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m6
Intersections within 100 m8
Paths/walkways (50 m)0
Sidewalk segments (50 m)17
Transit stops (400 m)40
Estimated entrances0
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter2.15
Park perimeter279 m

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

Amenity Diversity

20% weightmeasured 75%
27.3 / 100

3 distinct amenity types in the park (art, drinking_water, picnic). 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% weightinferred 15%
50.0 / 100

Natural Comfort requires inputs not yet loaded for this park (Treed Area / Ravine / Waterbodies / Street Trees). Score is held at a neutral 50 with low confidence. Read with caution.

Canopy coverage0.0%
Canopy area0.00 ha
Inside ravine system0.0%
Water surface inside park0.0%
Nearest water (if outside park)1,500 m
Estimated green100.0%
City-mapped trees inside polygon0
Tree density0.0 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)0.0
Sample points used18

Source: Treed Area / Ravine / Waterbodies / Street Trees

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%
75.5 / 100

70 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (33 mid-rise, 16 low-rise, 21 tower); avg edge height 35.2 m (~12 floors); 25.1 buildings per 100 m of 279 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges lean tall but still framed; 21 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 33 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m70
Buildings within 50 m70
Avg edge height35.2 m (~12 floors)
Tallest edge building180.2 m
Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)33
Low-rise (< 3 floors)16
Towers (≥ 13 floors)21
Frontage density25.08 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge47%
Tower share of edge30%
Blank-edge share (proxy)0%
Park perimeter279 m

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

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%
12.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: 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 (3 types · 3 records)

  • art
  • drinking water
  • picnic

Nearby active-edge features (80)

  • transit stop: St. Joseph Street1 m
  • parking lot9 m
  • transit stop: St. Joseph Street23 m
  • retail: 7-Eleven32 m
  • retail: Hair District32 m
  • cafe: Second Cup33 m
  • retail: Binns Kitchen + Bath Design35 m
  • restaurant: Firkin on Bay Street47 m
  • restaurant: Sol Pizza50 m
  • restaurant: Petit Potato51 m
  • restaurant: The Foxes Den51 m
  • retail54 m
  • restaurant: Petit Potato56 m
  • restaurant: Tokyo Sushi63 m
  • retail: Bay Street Clinic of Electrolysis And Skincare64 m
  • restaurant: Pizza Nova66 m
  • retail: Pets67 m
  • retail: Hasty Market69 m
  • restaurant: Super Chicken70 m
  • retail: Flowers on Bay74 m
  • restaurant: Holychoco Toronto80 m
  • retail: Telus83 m
  • retail: HM Dry Cleaner85 m
  • parking lot86 m
  • retail: Suzuki Shiatsu89 m
  • retail: New Wave Travel95 m
  • parking lot108 m
  • cafe: Kelly's Cafe114 m
  • parking lot116 m
  • restaurant: Rolltation118 m
  • retail: ASP Security Services122 m
  • restaurant: Subway123 m
  • restaurant: Sushi on bay124 m
  • parking lot126 m
  • parking lot129 m
  • retail: Shoe Therapy Quality Shoe Repair129 m
  • retail: Reflex Copy & Digital Printing131 m
  • cafe: Tim Hortons132 m
  • retail: Ralph’s Barber Shop137 m
  • parking lot149 m
  • restaurant: Freshii151 m
  • parking lot154 m
  • cafe: Togo cafe157 m
  • parking lot158 m
  • transit stop: Charles Street West160 m
  • restaurant: ramen RAIJIN160 m
  • restaurant: imPerfect Fresh Eats161 m
  • retail: The Cutting Room164 m
  • retail: Rapunzel Hair164 m
  • transit stop: Bay Street164 m
  • cafe: Aroma Espresso Bar165 m
  • restaurant: Ali Baba's166 m
  • retail: Robert Gage Hair Salon166 m
  • retail: Maison Akari166 m
  • retail: Coaté nails166 m
  • parking lot167 m
  • parking lot169 m
  • retail: Tailspin Dog Spa170 m
  • restaurant: Avelo170 m
  • parking lot170 m
  • cafe: City Bakery & Cafe171 m
  • retail: Bruno Malfara Hair Studio174 m
  • transit stop: Charles Street West176 m
  • parking lot177 m
  • retail: Suzanna Dry Cleaners178 m
  • transit stop: Bay Street178 m
  • cafe: Starbucks179 m
  • retail: Lu Dream Spa179 m
  • retail: The Health Shoppe180 m
  • retail: Platis Cleaners180 m
  • restaurant: Sushi Umi180 m
  • restaurant: Lao Lao Bar180 m
  • restaurant: Bar Volo181 m
  • restaurant: Sushi Club181 m
  • retail: Eleven182 m
  • retail: Suzanna‘s Clearners183 m
  • retail: Five Condominiums185 m
  • parking lot187 m
  • restaurant: Cabano's Cheeseburgers187 m
  • cafe: Nabulu Coffee188 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosureClover Hill Park
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
    98th
  • Edge activation
    99th
  • Connectivity
    76th
  • Amenity diversity
    77th
  • Natural comfort
    55th
  • Enclosure
    78th

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 Clover Hill Park matters. 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
70%

What would improve this park?

Generated from the weakest measured dimensions: a starting point, not a prescription.

  • Diversify what people can do in the park (playground, washroom, water, shade, performance, sport, garden): even small additions raise this score.

Data sources

real Toronto data
  • City of Toronto Open Data: Green Spaces
    Polygon boundaries, official names, land classes. 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.