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Ravine / Naturalized Parkcluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)The Beaches (63)confidence moderate

Glen Stewart Park

Ravine / Naturalized Park, in the top tier overall (score 48, rank ~91th percentile). Strongest: connectivity; weakest: amenity diversity.

Glen Stewart Park scores 48.1 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. Weakest: amenity diversity (11.9). Border-vacuum risk is low. This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.

Best forescape into nature

Area · 1.39 ha

What's here

Facilities
Benches
Vitality Score
48/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 68%

Data Confidence
48.1 / 100
Citywide
91st
of all 3,788 parks
Among Ravine / Naturalized Park
94th
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
36
median in medium Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine (n=235)
Performance gap
+12
raw − expected · context confidence high
modest overperformer

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 48 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 Diversity12 · p63
-7.6
Edge Activation25 · p84
-6.3
Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)
+5.0
Connectivity69 · p91
+3.8
Enclosure / Eyes on Park70 · p71
+2.0
Natural Comfort58 · p75
+1.2

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

Glen Stewart Park works because its connectivity score (69) is in the top tier and its edge activation (25) is also top quartile (18 transit stops sit within a 400 m walk; 20 intersections fall within 100 m of the edge).

What limits this park

Glen Stewart 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 connectivity (69, top decile).

Jacobs reading

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

Performance in context

  • A modest overperformer for its ravine / naturalized park typology (+12 vs the median in medium Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine).

Typology classification

confidence 75%
Ravine / Naturalized Parkalso reads as Neighbourhood Park

Classified as Ravine / Naturalized Park: 88% ravine overlap, 0% canopy. Secondary read: Neighbourhood Park (1.4 ha, framed by 5 mid-rise vs 0 towers).

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
25.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 2 active uses (transit_stop) and 0 dead/hostile uses (none). 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%
69.0 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 5 mapped paths/walkways and 31 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 20 street intersections within 100 m; 18 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 1 estimated access points across ~786 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy, no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m15
Intersections within 100 m20
Paths/walkways (50 m)5
Sidewalk segments (50 m)31
Transit stops (400 m)18
Estimated entrances1
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter1.91
Park perimeter786 m

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

Amenity Diversity

20% weightmeasured 75%
11.9 / 100

1 distinct amenity types in the park (bench). 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% weightpartial 45%
57.9 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: ~7.5% effective canopy (0.0% from contiguous tree polygons + scattered tree density); 88.2% inside the ravine system; nearest waterbody ~134 m; 15 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (10.8/ha). Reading: ravine-cooled. Source coverage: ravine, waterbodies, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage0.0%
Canopy area0.00 ha
Inside ravine system88.2%
Water surface inside park0.0%
Nearest water (if outside park)134 m
Estimated green100.0%
City-mapped trees inside polygon15
Tree density10.8 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)52.3
Sample points used102

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%
70.1 / 100

156 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (5 mid-rise, 151 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 6.0 m (~2 floors); 19.8 buildings per 100 m of 786 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 5 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m156
Buildings within 50 m156
Avg edge height6.0 m (~2 floors)
Tallest edge building11.2 m
Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)5
Low-rise (< 3 floors)151
Towers (≥ 13 floors)0
Frontage density19.84 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge3%
Tower share of edge0%
Blank-edge share (proxy)0%
Park perimeter786 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 (1 types · 13 records)

  • bench

Nearby active-edge features (13)

  • transit stop: Southwood Drive75 m
  • transit stop: Williamson Road93 m
  • transit stop: Glen Ames123 m
  • transit stop: Williamson Road138 m
  • transit stop: Glen Ames139 m
  • parking lot156 m
  • parking lot161 m
  • parking lot: Queen/Hammersmith174 m
  • restaurant: Swiss Chalet Express187 m
  • retail: Hallmark192 m
  • retail: The Source193 m
  • retail: 4Cats Arts Studio194 m
  • retail: Mastermind Toys200 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosureGlen Stewart 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
    91th
  • Edge activation
    84th
  • Connectivity
    91th
  • Amenity diversity
    63th
  • Natural comfort
    75th
  • Enclosure
    71th

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 Glen Stewart 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.
  • 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: 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.