Urban Plazacluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)Forest Hill North (102)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

Wembley Parkette

Urban Plaza, one of the city's strongest overall (score 50, rank ~95th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: natural comfort.

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

Wembley Parkette scores 50.1 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and edge activation. 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 passing-throughpocket meetings

Area · 0.09 ha

Vitality Score

50/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 57%

Data Confidence

50.1 / 100

Citywide

95th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Urban Plaza

92nd

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in pocket Urban Plaza (n=337)

Performance gap

+14

raw − expected · context confidence high

strong overperformer

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

Explain this score

Where did the 50 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 · p55

-10.0

Edge Activation73 · p99

+5.7

Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)

+5.0

Enclosure / Eyes on Park80 · p83

+3.0

Natural Comfort33 · p17

-2.5

Connectivity45 · p44

-1.1

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

Wembley Parkette works because its edge activation score (73) is one of the city's strongest and its enclosure (80) is also top quartile (its perimeter is lined with active uses).

What limits this park

Wembley Parkette is held back by natural comfort (33, bottom quartile)— only 0% canopy means little summer shade.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high edge activation (73, top decile).

Jacobs reading

Wembley Parkette 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 50 versus an expected 36 for similar parks (pocket Urban Plaza) (gap +14).

Typology classification

confidence 70%

Urban Plaza

Classified as Urban Plaza: 925 m², paved (0% canopy), 37.2 buildings/100 m

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

72.7 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 16 active uses (transit_stop, retail, restaurant, cafe) 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%

44.6 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 7 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 3 street intersections within 100 m; 15 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~188 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m4

Intersections within 100 m3

Paths/walkways (50 m)0

Sidewalk segments (50 m)7

Transit stops (400 m)15

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter2.13

Park perimeter188 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 36%

33.4 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: ~1.4% effective canopy (0.0% from contiguous tree polygons + scattered tree density); nearest waterbody ~1071 m; 2 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (2.0/ha). Reading: exposed. Source coverage: 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 system0.0%

Water surface inside park0.0%

Nearest water (if outside park)1,071 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon2

Tree density2.0 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)0.0

Sample points used7

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

79.8 / 100

70 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (4 mid-rise, 66 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 7.0 m (~2 floors); 37.2 buildings per 100 m of 188 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges are low-rise (mostly 2–3 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 4 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m70

Buildings within 50 m70

Avg edge height7.0 m (~2 floors)

Tallest edge building11.5 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)4

Low-rise (< 3 floors)66

Towers (≥ 13 floors)0

Frontage density37.18 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge6%

Tower share of edge0%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter188 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 (66)

retail — Uptown Variety91 m
retail — Kates & Company92 m
retail — Lee’s Beauty Head Spa92 m
restaurant — Foodiez92 m
cafe — 3SK Cafe93 m
retail — Mood Toronto93 m
retail — Angelo Rosso93 m
retail — Lootie Patootie93 m
restaurant — Chicken N’ Dough94 m
retail — Camp Canine94 m
retail — Top Coat Nails & Beauty94 m
retail — Lady Nails & Spa95 m
retail — Dion Cleaners97 m
retail — Thobors99 m
retail — The Day Bridal99 m
transit stop — Old Park Road100 m
retail — Mawd Cutz101 m
retail — Glo-C Hair Art101 m
restaurant — Thirsty Fox Pub102 m
retail — Hickok Fine Jewellery Cash For Gold102 m
retail — Body Brute107 m
retail — Petroff Gallery107 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West109 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West109 m
retail — Anna Pretty Nails112 m
restaurant — Subway114 m
retail — Smartie Pants115 m
restaurant — Bistro Grande119 m
transit stop — Glen Cedar Road120 m
retail — The Pink Room120 m
retail125 m
restaurant — Aish Tanoor Restaurant126 m
retail — Qi128 m
restaurant — Pazza130 m
retail — Upper Village Spa130 m
retail — Triworld131 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West131 m
retail — B C Cannabis134 m
transit stop — Glenarden Road134 m
retail — Barbara’s138 m
parking lot139 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West144 m
retail — Kilani Jewellery145 m
restaurant — What a Bagel!148 m
restaurant — Tokyo Sushi151 m
retail — Benjamin Moore152 m
retail — MCC Laser & Skin Care152 m
parking lot154 m
retail — Leopardo Boutique156 m
retail — Elle Made Well157 m
restaurant — Bagel Brigade157 m
retail — Praire Dog-Naot160 m
restaurant — The Great Maratha161 m
retail — GoLaser161 m
retail — Double Star163 m
restaurant — Spring China House167 m
restaurant — Jerusalem Restaurant175 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West175 m
restaurant — Pizzaiolo180 m
restaurant — Marron183 m
retail — 1182 Beauty186 m
restaurant — Mamma's Pizza188 m
retail — Amorphous Salon189 m
restaurant — 3 Eggs197 m
restaurant — Swiss Chalet199 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West199 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
95th
Edge activation
99th
Connectivity
44th
Amenity diversity
55th
Natural comfort
17th
Enclosure
83th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Shaw St Traffic Median SouthCorridor / Linear Park52
Opera PlaceUrban Plaza48
City Wide Open SpaceRavine / Naturalized Park51
Hto Park WestCorridor / Linear Park49
Courthouse Square ParkCivic Square52

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 Park28
Rouge ParkWaterfront Park25
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park26

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 Wembley Parkettematters. 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.

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.
Increase canopy and reduce paved area. Shade and water features extend usable hours and seasons.

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.