Neighbourhood Parkcluster ·Active-edged · exposed parksRouge (131)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

311 Staines Rd

Neighbourhood Park, in the top tier overall (score 43, rank ~86th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: enclosure.

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

311 Staines Rd scores 43.4 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. 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 for:daily urban life

Area · 6.87 ha

Vitality Score

43/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 63%

Data Confidence

43.4 / 100

Citywide

86th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Neighbourhood Park

81st

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in large Neighbourhood Park (n=66)

Performance gap

raw − expected · context confidence high

modest overperformer

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

Explain this score

Where did the 43 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 Diversity0 · p41

-10.0

Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)

+5.0

Edge Activation33 · p89

-4.2

Connectivity56 · p66

+1.1

Enclosure / Eyes on Park58 · p27

+0.8

Natural Comfort54 · p68

+0.7

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

311 Staines Rd works because its edge activation score (33) is in the top tier and its natural comfort (54) is also above-average.

What limits this park

311 Staines Rd is held back by enclosure (58, below-average).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high edge activation (33, top quartile).

Jacobs reading

311 Staines Rd 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 neighbourhood park typology (+9 vs the median in large Neighbourhood Park).

Typology classification

confidence 70%

Neighbourhood Parkalso reads as Waterfront Park

Classified as Neighbourhood Park: 6.9 ha, framed by 5 mid-rise vs 0 towers. Secondary read: Waterfront Park (nearest waterbody within ~44 m).

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

33.3 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 3 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%

55.6 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 19 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 10 street intersections within 100 m; 9 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 4 estimated access points across ~1,666 m of perimeter. low edge density — significant superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m7

Intersections within 100 m10

Paths/walkways (50 m)0

Sidewalk segments (50 m)19

Transit stops (400 m)9

Estimated entrances4

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.42

Park perimeter1,666 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% weightmeasured 75%

54.4 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 13.9% estimated tree canopy; 1.8% inside the ravine system; nearest waterbody ~44 m. Reading: water-cooled. Source coverage: treed_area, ravine, waterbodies. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage13.9%

Canopy area0.95 ha

Inside ravine system1.8%

Water surface inside park0.0%

Nearest water (if outside park)44 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon0

Tree density0.0 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)44.6

Sample points used166

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

58.2 / 100

44 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (5 mid-rise, 39 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 7.5 m (~3 floors); 2.6 buildings per 100 m of 1,666 m perimeter — moderate frontage density; edges are low-rise (mostly 2–3 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 5 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m44

Buildings within 50 m44

Avg edge height7.5 m (~3 floors)

Tallest edge building11.0 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)5

Low-rise (< 3 floors)39

Towers (≥ 13 floors)0

Frontage density2.64 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge11%

Tower share of edge0%

Blank-edge share (proxy)12%

Park perimeter1,666 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 (0)

No amenities recorded for this park.

Nearby active-edge features (5)

transit stop — Staines Road at Seasons Drive South Side16 m
transit stop — Staines Road at Warbler Circle52 m
transit stop — Staines Road at Twinflower Court North Side59 m
transit stop — 204 Staines Road197 m
transit stop — Staines Road at Point Rouge Trail198 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
86th
Edge activation
89th
Connectivity
66th
Amenity diversity
41th
Natural comfort
68th
Enclosure
27th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

York CemeteryWaterfront Park41
Scarborough Hydro Green SpaceNeighbourhood Park45
Public Access PropertyCorridor / Linear Park41
Thistletown ParkRavine / Naturalized Park36
Scarborough Hydro Green SpaceRavine / Naturalized Park41

Most opposite parks

Furthest in metric space — useful for recognising what kind of park this isn’t.

Trca Lands ( 26)Ravine / Naturalized Park27
Toronto Islands - Muggs Island ParkRavine / Naturalized Park25
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park26
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park28
Rouge ParkWaterfront Park25

Human activity signals

Programming, social attention, temporal rhythm, and nearby pedestrian / cycling flow. An experimental aggregate layer that complements the spatial scores — partial coverage, partial confidence.

confidence 50%

Overall activity

7/ 100

6.6 / 100

Programming / events

0unknown

Social attention

8real

Temporal rhythm

13real

Pedestrian / cycling flow

8unknown

Cultural significance

15unknown

Activity reading: no inputs available. The strongest signal is consistent rhythm across the day. Source coverage: google-places.

Does this score feel accurate?

Your read of 311 Staines Rdmatters. 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.
Diversify what people can do in the park — playground, washroom, water, shade, performance, sport, garden — even small additions raise this score.

Data sources

City of Toronto Open Data — Parks (Green Space)
Polygon boundaries, official names, types.
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.