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Madelaine Park

Corridor / Linear Park, middle of the pack overall (score 37, rank ~63th percentile). Strongest: connectivity; weakest: edge activation.

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

Madelaine Park scores 37 / 100. Strongest dimensions: connectivity and enclosure / eyes on park. Weakest: edge activation (0). Border-vacuum risk is low. This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors — not a definitive judgment.

Best for:walking + cycling routeslinear social use

Area · 1.01 ha

Vitality Score

37/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 72%

Data Confidence

37.0 / 100

Citywide

63rd

of all 3,273 parks

Among Corridor / Linear Park

67th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in medium Corridor / Linear Park (n=76)

Performance gap

raw − expected · context confidence high

typical

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

Explain this score

Where did the 37 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 · p49

-12.5

Amenity Diversity12 · p82

-7.6

Connectivity66 · p84

+3.2

Border Vacuum Risk24 (risk)

+2.6

Enclosure / Eyes on Park64 · p53

+1.4

Natural Comfort50 · p59

-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

Madelaine Park works because its connectivity score (66) is above average and its amenity diversity (12) is also top quartile (36 transit stops sit within a 400 m walk; 14 intersections fall within 100 m of the edge).

What limits this park

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high connectivity (66, top quartile).

Jacobs reading

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

Tradeoffs

The park is enclosed by buildings (64) but the surrounding streets are quiet (edge activation 0) — frame without animation.

Typology classification

confidence 75%

Corridor / Linear Parkalso reads as Neighbourhood Park

Classified as Corridor / Linear Park: shape elongation 2.4× a circle of equal area. Secondary read: Neighbourhood Park (1.0 ha, framed by 3 mid-rise vs 1 towers).

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 14 active uses (transit_stop, retail, cafe) and 9 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%

65.8 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 1 mapped paths/walkways and 18 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 14 street intersections within 100 m; 36 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 2 estimated access points across ~862 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m9

Intersections within 100 m14

Paths/walkways (50 m)1

Sidewalk segments (50 m)18

Transit stops (400 m)36

Estimated entrances2

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter1.04

Park perimeter862 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 (playground). 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% weightmeasured 75%

49.9 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 10.1% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~589 m; 15 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (14.9/ha). Reading: exposed. Source coverage: treed_area, waterbodies, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage10.1%

Canopy area0.10 ha

Inside ravine system0.0%

Water surface inside park0.0%

Nearest water (if outside park)589 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon15

Tree density14.9 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)47.4

Sample points used69

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

63.7 / 100

87 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (3 mid-rise, 83 low-rise, 1 tower); avg edge height 5.3 m (~2 floors); 10.1 buildings per 100 m of 862 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges are barely there or single-storey; 1 tower ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 3 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m87

Buildings within 50 m87

Avg edge height5.3 m (~2 floors)

Tallest edge building40.1 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)3

Low-rise (< 3 floors)83

Towers (≥ 13 floors)1

Frontage density10.09 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge3%

Tower share of edge1%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter862 m

Source: Toronto 3D Massing (building footprints + heights)

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" — they 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 (1 types · 1 records)

playground

Nearby active-edge features (62)

transit stop — Madelaine Avenue3 m
transit stop — St. Dunstan Drive16 m
parking lot28 m
retail28 m
parking lot35 m
retail42 m
retail — The Beer Store50 m
parking lot60 m
retail — Laptop Depot60 m
highway — Danforth Avenue61 m
transit stop — Emmott Avenue61 m
retail62 m
retail63 m
transit stop — Macey Avenue64 m
cafe — Addis Cafe66 m
retail — Awash Variety69 m
retail — Danforth Roofing Supply72 m
parking lot73 m
parking lot75 m
transit stop77 m
parking lot77 m
highway — Danforth Avenue83 m
parking lot90 m
parking lot106 m
retail110 m
transit stop — Pharmacy Avenue111 m
parking lot115 m
retail116 m
restaurant — The Spicy Grill120 m
transit stop — Pharmacy Ave at Denton Ave122 m
parking lot124 m
retail126 m
parking lot126 m
retail130 m
retail133 m
transit stop — Pharmacy Ave at Denton Ave135 m
retail135 m
parking lot135 m
retail141 m
retail — Chowk Bazaar144 m
restaurant — Radhuni Pizza & Grill149 m
transit stop — Denton Avenue150 m
parking lot150 m
retail155 m
retail — Cannabis Place158 m
retail — Long & McQuade158 m
retail — Money Mart162 m
highway — Danforth Avenue162 m
transit stop162 m
cafe — Ethio Natural Coffee163 m
transit stop — Victoria Park Avenue164 m
restaurant — Food Monks170 m
transit stop — Victoria Park Station175 m
parking lot180 m
community — Oakridge Community Centre182 m
transit stop — Denton Avenue183 m
transit stop — Danforth Avenue188 m
transit stop189 m
retail190 m
transit stop — Victoria Park Station192 m
parking lot — Toronto Transit Commission - East Lot192 m
parking lot197 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
63th
Edge activation
49th
Connectivity
84th
Amenity diversity
82th
Natural comfort
59th
Enclosure
53th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Windwood ParkParkette40
Timberbank ParkRavine / Naturalized Park39
Keelesdale ParkRavine / Naturalized Park30
Megan ParkNeighbourhood Park35
Hinder AreaRavine / Naturalized Park29

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 Madelaine 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.
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.