Othercluster ·Underperforming / Leftover Spaces (waterfront-leaning)confidence low

Mildred Temple Park

Other, near the bottom of the city overall (score 23, rank ~7th percentile). Strongest: natural comfort; weakest: connectivity.

Mildred Temple Park scores 23 / 100. Strongest dimensions: natural comfort and enclosure / eyes on park. 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 forvaries (see metrics)

Area · 11.03 ha

Vitality Score

23/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 40%

Data Confidence

23.0 / 100

Citywide

7th

of all 3,788 parks

Among Other

22nd

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in large Other (n=50)

Performance gap

-5

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 23 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 · p56

-12.5

Amenity Diversity0 · p50

-10.0

Connectivity15 · p11

-7.1

Border Vacuum Risk24 (risk)

+2.6

Natural Comfort50 · p58

+0.0

Enclosure / Eyes on Park50 · p16

+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

Mildred Temple Park doesn't have a clear standout dimension. The strongest measured signal is natural comfort, and even that is below the city median.

What limits this park

Mildred Temple Park is held back by connectivity (15, bottom quartile).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally low connectivity (15, bottom quartile).

Jacobs reading

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

Tradeoffs

Natural comfort (50) significantly outpaces connectivity (15): restorative but hard to reach for daily use.

Typology classification

confidence 30%

Other

Classified as Other: does not meet any specific typology threshold (11.0 ha, 0 amenity types, frontage 0.0/100m)

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 18 active uses (retail, transit_stop, restaurant) and 12 dead/hostile uses (highway, 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% weightpartial 45%

14.7 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 0 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 0 street intersections within 100 m; 14 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~1,735 m of perimeter. low edge density, significant superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m0

Intersections within 100 m0

Paths/walkways (50 m)0

Sidewalk segments (50 m)0

Transit stops (400 m)14

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.00

Park perimeter1,735 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% 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 used222

Source: Treed Area / Ravine / Waterbodies / Street Trees

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightinferred 20%

50.0 / 100

No buildings within 50 m of this park edge, typical of ravines, watercourses, and hydro corridors. Enclosure is held at a neutral 50 with low confidence; for natural areas, this metric is essentially not applicable.

Buildings within 25 m0

Buildings within 50 m0

Avg edge height0.0 m (~0 floors)

Tallest edge building0.0 m

Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)0

Low-rise (< 3 floors)0

Towers (≥ 13 floors)0

Frontage density0.00 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge0%

Tower share of edge0%

Blank-edge share (proxy)100%

Park perimeter1,735 m

Source: Toronto 3D Massing (no nearby buildings detected)

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%

24.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: parking_lot, 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 (0)

No amenities recorded for this park.

Nearby active-edge features (61)

retail: Shell Select18 m
parking lot32 m
retail: Aroma Bakery33 m
restaurant: Oriental Porridge 東方之粥33 m
restaurant: Hua Xing BBQ33 m
restaurant: Tang Dynasty Best Food33 m
restaurant: KLN CAFE 九龍冰室33 m
restaurant: Sunlight Snack & Juice34 m
restaurant: Hong Kong Chicken34 m
restaurant: Canton Wok 廣東小炒34 m
retail: 雅閣餅店 Les Chateaux Bakery41 m
parking lot42 m
restaurant: Les Chateaux Restaurant 雅閣餐廳48 m
parking lot57 m
parking lot59 m
retail: Sunnie Bakery59 m
retail: Jiffy Lube64 m
transit stop69 m
parking lot78 m
parking lot81 m
parking lot83 m
transit stop: Kennedy Road / Unionville Gate84 m
restaurant: Ajisen Ramen86 m
restaurant: NKS Banquet Hall 帝寶名宴87 m
highway: Kennedy Road90 m
parking lot95 m
highway: Kennedy Road95 m
parking lot97 m
highway: Kennedy Road98 m
retail99 m
highway: Kennedy Road102 m
highway: Kennedy Road109 m
highway: Kennedy Road111 m
parking lot112 m
restaurant: Bowl Kee Restaurant 煲仔記114 m
parking lot115 m
highway: Kennedy Road116 m
transit stop: Kennedy Road / South Unionville Avenue118 m
highway: Kennedy Road120 m
retail: O-Tea Bakery122 m
parking lot125 m
highway: Kennedy Road127 m
parking lot128 m
restaurant: Pho Dac Biet Vietnamese Restaurant128 m
transit stop: ENTERPRISE BLVD / MAIN STREET129 m
parking lot136 m
highway: Kennedy Road139 m
parking lot140 m
cafe: Cha Me. Cha146 m
transit stop: Kennedy Road / Castan Avenue147 m
transit stop: Kennedy Road / Castan Avenue151 m
highway: Kennedy Road156 m
highway: Kennedy Road156 m
retail: 大統華 T&T Supermarket157 m
restaurant: Top Choice Restaurant 阿一小廚161 m
parking lot172 m
rail: Uxbridge Subdivision176 m
parking lot183 m
highway: Kennedy Road185 m
highway: Kennedy Road193 m
transit stop: Kennedy Road Stop #1906195 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

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
7th
Edge activation
56th
Connectivity
11th
Amenity diversity
50th
Natural comfort
58th
Enclosure
16th

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.

Leslie Grove ParkParkette73
Kew GardensNeighbourhood Park75
Bellevue Square ParkCivic Square73
ALEX WILSON COMMUNITY GARDEN - Open Green SpaceUrban Plaza59
Sir Winston Churchill ParkRavine / Naturalized Park71

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 Mildred Temple 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.

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.
Add or open more entrances and improve sidewalk continuity around the park. More permeability means more spontaneous use.
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.