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Parkettecluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)Lawrence Park North (105)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

ST. LEONARD'S CHURCH - Building Grounds

Parkette, one of the city's strongest overall (score 53, rank ~97th percentile). Strongest: enclosure; weakest: amenity diversity.

Photo by Sarah Hall via Google Places · cached 5/9/2026

ST. LEONARD'S CHURCH - Building Grounds scores 52.5 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and natural comfort. 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:a quiet siteveryday neighbourhood use

Area · 0.43 ha

Vitality Score
53/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 63%

Data Confidence
52.5 / 100
Citywide
97th
of all 3,273 parks
Among Parkette
99th
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
36
median in small Parkette (n=218)
Performance gap
+16
raw − expected · context confidence high
strong overperformer

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

Street context

Park polygon highlighted on the citywide map. Connectivity, transit, and edge conditions read at a glance.

Top-down view

cached 5/9/2026

City of Toronto orthophoto, ~8 cm/px. Reads the park’s footprint, paths, treed area, and edge conditions from above.

ST. LEONARD'S CHURCH - Building Grounds — aerial / top-down view

City of Toronto Orthophoto · cot_ortho most-current MapServer

Explain this score

Where did the 53 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 · p53
-10.0
Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)
+5.0
Enclosure / Eyes on Park95 · p99
+4.5
Natural Comfort64 · p79
+2.1
Connectivity53 · p60
+0.6
Edge Activation51 · p96
+0.3

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

ST. LEONARD'S CHURCH - Building Grounds works because its enclosure score (95) is one of the city's strongest and its edge activation (51) is also top decile (30 mid-rise buildings frame the edge with passive surveillance).

What limits this park

ST. LEONARD'S CHURCH - Building Grounds 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 enclosure (95, top decile).

Jacobs reading

ST. LEONARD'S CHURCH - Building Grounds sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat — moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Tradeoffs

  • Strong physical conditions (score 53) but weak observed activity signals (9) — the model says this should work, but events, mentions, and counters say it isn't being used at the level the urban form would predict.

Performance in context

  • This park is a strong overperformer for its cohort — raw 53 versus an expected 36 for similar parks (small Parkette) (gap +16).

Typology classification

confidence 70%
Parkette

Classified as Parkette: small (4291 m²) with strong building frontage (28.7 per 100 m)

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
51.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 18 active uses (retail, transit_stop, cafe, restaurant) and 3 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% weightmeasured 85%
52.8 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 10 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 7 street intersections within 100 m; 34 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~258 m of perimeter. moderate edge density — small superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m2
Intersections within 100 m7
Paths/walkways (50 m)0
Sidewalk segments (50 m)10
Transit stops (400 m)34
Estimated entrances0
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.78
Park perimeter258 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%
64.3 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 26.7% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~662 m; 2 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (2.0/ha). Reading: partially shaded. Source coverage: treed_area, waterbodies, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage26.7%
Canopy area0.11 ha
Inside ravine system0.0%
Water surface inside park0.0%
Nearest water (if outside park)662 m
Estimated green100.0%
City-mapped trees inside polygon2
Tree density2.0 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)83.7
Sample points used30

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%
95.3 / 100

74 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (30 mid-rise, 44 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 9.5 m (~3 floors); 28.7 buildings per 100 m of 258 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges are at a Jacobs-scale walkable mid-rise (3–7 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 30 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m74
Buildings within 50 m74
Avg edge height9.5 m (~3 floors)
Tallest edge building18.9 m
Mid-rise (3–7 floors)30
Low-rise (< 3 floors)44
Towers (≥ 13 floors)0
Frontage density28.73 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge41%
Tower share of edge0%
Blank-edge share (proxy)0%
Park perimeter258 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 (45)

  • retail — Parkers Cleaners17 m
  • transit stop — Lawrence42 m
  • transit stop — Lawrence52 m
  • retail — Rogers59 m
  • parking lot62 m
  • highway — Yonge Street63 m
  • transit stop — Yonge St at Lawrence Ave W65 m
  • retail — Buzzed Buds70 m
  • retail — Dollarama72 m
  • retail — Zoom Optical73 m
  • restaurant — Freshii75 m
  • transit stop — East side stop Yonge Street76 m
  • retail — Sleep Country78 m
  • cafe — Tim Hortons82 m
  • transit stop — Yonge St at Lawrence Ave E86 m
  • retail — Dollarama90 m
  • transit stop — Lawrence Station94 m
  • transit stop — East side stop Yonge Street94 m
  • retail — Loblaws CityMarket96 m
  • highway — Yonge Street96 m
  • transit stop — Lawrence Station98 m
  • transit stop — Lawrence Station104 m
  • parking lot — Bedford Park PS staff parking107 m
  • transit stop — Lawrence Station109 m
  • parking lot111 m
  • parking lot114 m
  • transit stop — Lawrence Station116 m
  • highway — Yonge Street122 m
  • retail123 m
  • parking lot123 m
  • transit stop — West side stop Yonge Street123 m
  • retail — See Ya Studio131 m
  • transit stop — Bedford Entrance147 m
  • transit stop — Yonge St at Ranleigh Ave159 m
  • transit stop — Ranleigh Av Entrance163 m
  • transit stop — Weybourne Crescent163 m
  • rail168 m
  • rail168 m
  • highway — Yonge Street171 m
  • transit stop — Lorindale Avenue173 m
  • parking lot175 m
  • restaurant — Pizza Nova182 m
  • retail — Dick Young Market183 m
  • transit stop — Cardinal Place184 m
  • transit stop — Yonge St at Ranleigh Ave197 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosureST. LEONARD'S CHURCH - Building Grounds

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

  • Overall vitality
    97th
  • Edge activation
    96th
  • Connectivity
    60th
  • Amenity diversity
    53th
  • Natural comfort
    79th
  • Enclosure
    99th

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.

Visitor signals

Public attention measured by Google Places aggregates. This proxies attention, not occupancy. Aggregate-only — no usernames, no review text, no extra photos beyond the cached hero.

Visitor signal score
38/ 100
37.9 / 100

p36 citywide · p34 within Parkette

Volume (saturated)3
Density / ha27
Rating contribution95
Match dampener×1.00
Average rating
★ 4.8
out of 5
Ratings collected
16
total reviews
Photos uploaded
2
total contributors

Source: Google Places API · match unverified (0.00 composite confidence) · last refreshed 5/9/2026. Privacy contract. Measures public attention, not occupancy.

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
9/ 100
9.1 / 100
Programming / events
0unknown
Social attention
14real
Temporal rhythm
13real
Pedestrian / cycling flow
8unknown
Cultural significance
30unknown

Activity reading: no inputs available. The strongest signal is public attention / mentions. Source coverage: google-places.

Does this score feel accurate?

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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

What would improve this park?

Generated from the weakest measured dimensions — a starting point, not a prescription.

  • 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.