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Eglinton Park

Neighbourhood Park, above average overall (score 44, rank ~83th percentile). Strongest: amenity diversity; weakest: edge activation.

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

Eglinton Park scores 43.5 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. 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 fordaily urban lifefamilies

Area · 9.17 ha

What's here

Recreation
PlaygroundSports fieldTennisBasketballOff-leash dog areaPoolIce rinkGarden
Facilities
WashroomDrinking waterPicnic areaBenchesCommunity centre
Vitality Score
44/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 72%

Data Confidence
43.5 / 100
Citywide
83rd
of all 3,788 parks
Among Neighbourhood Park
71st
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
39
median in large Neighbourhood Park (n=71)
Performance gap
+4
raw − expected · context confidence high
typical

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

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Street context. Park polygon highlighted on the citywide map.

Boundary: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Explain this score

Where did the 44 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 · p35
-12.5
Connectivity81 · p99
+6.3
Border Vacuum Risk100 (risk)
-5.0
Enclosure / Eyes on Park83 · p88
+3.3
Amenity Diversity64 · p100
+2.8
Natural Comfort41 · p38
-1.4

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

Eglinton Park works because its amenity diversity score (64) is one of the city's strongest and its connectivity (81) is also top decile (13 distinct amenity types support different kinds of use).

What limits this park

Eglinton Park's edges are fronted by border-vacuum land uses (highways, rail, parking, blank institutional), risk score 100.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high amenity diversity (64, top decile).

Jacobs reading

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

Tradeoffs

  • Connectivity (81) significantly outpaces natural comfort (41): well placed in the city but offers little shade or ecological respite.
  • The park is enclosed by buildings (83) but the surrounding streets are quiet (edge activation 0): frame without animation.
  • High connectivity coexists with high border-vacuum risk (100): much of that connectivity is to highways, rail, or parking lots, not to neighbourhoods.

Typology classification

confidence 70%
Neighbourhood Park

Classified as Neighbourhood Park: 9.2 ha, framed by 48 mid-rise vs 0 towers

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 25 active uses (restaurant, retail, transit_stop, cafe) and 16 dead/hostile uses (highway, parking_lot, 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%
81.3 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 35 mapped paths/walkways and 74 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 23 street intersections within 100 m; 29 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 11 estimated access points across ~1,303 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy, no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m14
Intersections within 100 m23
Paths/walkways (50 m)35
Sidewalk segments (50 m)74
Transit stops (400 m)29
Estimated entrances11
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter1.07
Park perimeter1,303 m

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

Amenity Diversity

20% weightmeasured 75%
63.8 / 100

13 distinct amenity types in the park (community_centre, dog_area, picnic, playground, sports_field, tennis, …). 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%
41.0 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 5.7% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~1435 m; 42 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (4.6/ha). Reading: exposed. Source coverage: treed_area, waterbodies, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage5.7%
Canopy area0.52 ha
Inside ravine system0.0%
Water surface inside park0.0%
Nearest water (if outside park)1,435 m
Estimated green100.0%
City-mapped trees inside polygon42
Tree density4.6 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)31.6
Sample points used263

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%
82.9 / 100

286 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (48 mid-rise, 238 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 7.7 m (~3 floors); 22.0 buildings per 100 m of 1,303 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges are low-rise (mostly 2 to 3 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 48 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m286
Buildings within 50 m286
Avg edge height7.7 m (~3 floors)
Tallest edge building38.3 m
Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)48
Low-rise (< 3 floors)238
Towers (≥ 13 floors)0
Frontage density21.95 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge17%
Tower share of edge0%
Blank-edge share (proxy)0%
Park perimeter1,303 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, North Toronto Memorial Arena parking, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, parking_lot, parking_lot, parking_lot, parking_lot, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Line 5 Eglinton, Line 5 Eglinton. 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 (13 types · 33 records)

  • community centre
  • dog area
  • picnic
  • playground
  • sports field
  • tennis
  • washroom
  • basketball
  • bench
  • drinking water
  • garden
  • ice rink
  • pool

Nearby active-edge features (72)

  • parking lot: North Toronto Memorial Arena parking0 m
  • transit stop: Oriole Parkway1 m
  • restaurant: Boom Breakfast & Co3 m
  • transit stop: Eglinton Ave West at Lascelles Blvd3 m
  • rail: Line 5 Eglinton3 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West13 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West13 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West14 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West15 m
  • parking lot15 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West16 m
  • retail: Hair by Flora17 m
  • retail: Jyotika’s Salon & Spa21 m
  • transit stop: Oriole Parkway East Side25 m
  • retail: Ultimate Fades28 m
  • retail: Senior Discovery Tours28 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West30 m
  • rail: Line 5 Eglinton31 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West32 m
  • transit stop: Eglinton Ave West at Lascelles Blvd East Side33 m
  • retail: Morley Bedford Funeral Home34 m
  • retail: InternetKitchenStore.com37 m
  • parking lot39 m
  • parking lot42 m
  • retail: Deluxe Cleaners45 m
  • restaurant: Pizza Hut48 m
  • parking lot49 m
  • retail: Sleep Country59 m
  • restaurant: The Burger Shack60 m
  • transit stop: Oriole Pkwy at Eglinton Ave West South Side70 m
  • restaurant: Ghost Kitchens70 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West70 m
  • retail: RC Paradise71 m
  • retail: Market Convenience81 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West81 m
  • retail: Edith Cleaners81 m
  • retail: The Blowology Method83 m
  • restaurant: Kushi Sake Bar86 m
  • cafe: Café Dinah E.88 m
  • retail91 m
  • retail: Deserres99 m
  • transit stop103 m
  • rail: Line 5 Eglinton104 m
  • parking lot110 m
  • retail112 m
  • restaurant: Blondies Pizza113 m
  • cafe: Crosstown Coffee Bar117 m
  • retail120 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West122 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West125 m
  • retail: Glass Dreams126 m
  • restaurant: The Queen's Legs132 m
  • restaurant: Thairoomgrand138 m
  • retail: Joy Nails & Spa144 m
  • restaurant: A&W150 m
  • retail: Dogstar Boutique & Spa150 m
  • parking lot155 m
  • retail157 m
  • parking lot158 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West166 m
  • transit stop: Avenue Road East Side166 m
  • parking lot168 m
  • restaurant: Slice Chill180 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West181 m
  • retail: BabyUni Kid’s Boutique182 m
  • parking lot186 m
  • parking lot187 m
  • parking lot188 m
  • transit stop: 1107 Avenue Rd - Marshall McLuhan Secondary School188 m
  • highway: Eglinton Avenue West190 m
  • transit stop: Eglinton Ave West at Henning Ave191 m
  • retail: Toronto Coin Shop196 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosureEglinton 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
    83th
  • Edge activation
    35th
  • Connectivity
    99th
  • Amenity diversity
    100th
  • Natural comfort
    38th
  • Enclosure
    88th

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 Eglinton 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.

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.

  • Activate the edges: encourage cafés, retail or community uses on the streets that face the park; replace blank or parking-lot edges where possible.
  • Increase canopy and reduce paved area. Shade and water features extend usable hours and seasons.
  • 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

real Toronto data
  • City of Toronto Open Data: Parks (Green Space)
    Polygon boundaries, official names, types. 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.