Clover Hill Park
Urban Plaza, one of the city's strongest overall (score 58, rank ~98th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: natural comfort.
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Clover Hill Park scores 58 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and edge activation. Weakest: amenity diversity (31.3). Border-vacuum risk is low. This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.
Area · 0.28 ha
What's here
Getting around
91 m of mapped path. Too little surface tagging to say how much is paved.
Too little path mapped to check for steps.
No seating mapped in OpenStreetMap.
Nearest parking 9 m away. None of the 14 nearby lots records whether it has accessible spaces.
Path, seating and parking data comes from OpenStreetMap and reflects what volunteers have mapped, not a survey. Absence here means nobody has recorded it. This section does not assess wheelchair access: the relevant OpenStreetMap tag is present on well under 1% of Toronto paths.
Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 63%
Data confidence: moderate
Scores are not bell-curved. Percentiles and expected scores provide context without changing the underlying model.
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1Sculpture
Source: OpenStreetMap
Near the park
2Primrose
Myfanwy MacLeod, 2019
Sculpture · bronze
Primrose is based, in part, on the story of a baby donkey who was born prematurely. Thanks to vets who fitted her with a pair of pink casts, Primrose was able to walk. This story embodies the phenomenon of heart-warming and inspirational news reports about animals. But the little donkey is more than just a way to end the news day on an upbeat note, she is also a creature deeply embedded in myth and folklore. In the West, the donkey has often been used to symbolically represent notions of service, suffering, humility, and peace. Primrose is part of a trilogy of monumental animal sculptures by MacLeod, along with The Birds (2010), and The Lady (2017), which draws on the symbolic language of animals in Western Christian art and literature.
Photo: City of Toronto. Source: City of Toronto Public Art
3Zen West
Kosso Eloul, 1980
Sculpture · stainless steel
Photo: City of Toronto. Source: City of Toronto Public Art
Numbers match the pins on the map. Works near the park are within 30 m of its edge.
Explain this score
Where did the 58 come from? Each weighted contribution against a neutral 50 baseline. Green = pushed up; red = pulled down.
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
Clover Hill Park works because its edge activation score (64) is one of the city's strongest and its amenity diversity (31) is also top quartile (its perimeter is lined with active uses).
What limits this park
Clover Hill Park 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 edge activation (64, top decile).
Jacobs reading
Clover Hill Park 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 58 versus an expected 42 for similar parks (small Urban Plaza) (gap +17).
Typology classification
Classified as Urban Plaza: 2816 m², paved (0% canopy), 25.1 buildings/100 m
Edge Activation
Within 100 m of the park edge: 24 active uses (restaurant, retail, transit_stop, cafe) and 2 dead/hostile uses (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: OpenStreetMap: cafes, restaurants, shops, schools, community centres, transit, parking, highways, rail. All data sources.
Connectivity
Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 17 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 8 street intersections within 100 m; 4 subway or GO stations, 12 bus stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~279 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy, no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.
Source: Toronto Centreline V2 + Pedestrian Network + OSM transit stops. All data sources.
Amenity Diversity
3 distinct amenity types in the park (art, drinking_water, picnic). Diversity drives the score, so a park with many distinct activity types can outrank a larger park that repeats the same use. 1 public artwork in the park and 2 nearby add a bonus for the number of works.
Source: Toronto Parks & Recreation Facilities + OSM amenity tags. All data sources.
Natural Comfort
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.
Source: Not loaded yet: Treed Area / Ravine / Waterbodies / Street Trees. All data sources.
Enclosure / Eyes on Park
70 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (33 mid-rise, 16 low-rise, 21 tower); avg edge height 35.2 m (~12 floors); 25.1 buildings per 100 m of 279 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges lean tall but still framed; 21 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 33 mid-rise edge buildings.
Source: Toronto 3D Massing (building footprints + heights). All data sources.
Border Vacuum Risk
Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: 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: OpenStreetMap: highways, rail, parking. All data sources.
Equity Context
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: Not loaded yet: Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles. All data sources.
Amenities (3 types · 3 records)
- art
- drinking water
- picnic
Nearby active-edge features (80)
- transit stop: St. Joseph Street1 m
- parking lot9 m
- transit stop: St. Joseph Street23 m
- retail: 7-Eleven32 m
- retail: Hair District32 m
- cafe: Second Cup33 m
- retail: Binns Kitchen + Bath Design35 m
- restaurant: Firkin on Bay Street47 m
- restaurant: Sol Pizza50 m
- restaurant: Petit Potato51 m
- restaurant: The Foxes Den51 m
- retail54 m
- restaurant: Petit Potato56 m
- restaurant: Tokyo Sushi63 m
- retail: Bay Street Clinic of Electrolysis And Skincare64 m
- restaurant: Pizza Nova66 m
- retail: Pets67 m
- retail: Hasty Market69 m
- restaurant: Super Chicken70 m
- retail: Flowers on Bay74 m
- restaurant: Holychoco Toronto80 m
- retail: Telus83 m
- retail: HM Dry Cleaner85 m
- parking lot86 m
- retail: Suzuki Shiatsu89 m
- retail: New Wave Travel95 m
- parking lot108 m
- cafe: Kelly's Cafe114 m
- parking lot116 m
- restaurant: Rolltation118 m
- retail: ASP Security Services122 m
- restaurant: Subway123 m
- restaurant: Sushi on bay124 m
- parking lot126 m
- parking lot129 m
- retail: Shoe Therapy Quality Shoe Repair129 m
- retail: Reflex Copy & Digital Printing131 m
- cafe: Tim Hortons132 m
- retail: Ralph’s Barber Shop137 m
- parking lot149 m
- restaurant: Freshii151 m
- parking lot154 m
- cafe: Togo cafe157 m
- parking lot158 m
- transit stop: Charles Street West160 m
- restaurant: ramen RAIJIN160 m
- restaurant: imPerfect Fresh Eats161 m
- retail: The Cutting Room164 m
- retail: Rapunzel Hair164 m
- transit stop: Bay Street164 m
- cafe: Aroma Espresso Bar165 m
- restaurant: Ali Baba's166 m
- retail: Robert Gage Hair Salon166 m
- retail: Maison Akari166 m
- retail: Coaté nails166 m
- parking lot167 m
- parking lot169 m
- retail: Tailspin Dog Spa170 m
- restaurant: Avelo170 m
- parking lot170 m
- cafe: City Bakery & Cafe171 m
- retail: Bruno Malfara Hair Studio174 m
- transit stop: Charles Street West176 m
- parking lot177 m
- retail: Suzanna Dry Cleaners178 m
- transit stop: Bay Street178 m
- cafe: Starbucks179 m
- retail: Lu Dream Spa179 m
- retail: The Health Shoppe180 m
- retail: Platis Cleaners180 m
- restaurant: Sushi Umi180 m
- restaurant: Lao Lao Bar180 m
- restaurant: Bar Volo181 m
- restaurant: Sushi Club181 m
- retail: Eleven182 m
- retail: Suzanna‘s Clearners183 m
- retail: Five Condominiums185 m
- parking lot187 m
- restaurant: Cabano's Cheeseburgers187 m
- cafe: Nabulu Coffee188 m
Park profile
Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.
Citywide percentile ranks
Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.
- Overall vitality98th
- Edge activation99th
- Connectivity75th
- Amenity diversity84th
- Natural comfort55th
- Enclosure78th
Most similar parks
Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.
- Malta ParkUrban Plaza61
- Harry W. Arthurs CommonNeighbourhood Park59
- Dr. Lillian Mcgregor ParkUrban Plaza59
- Trinity SquareCivic Square61
- Parliament Square ParkCivic Square57
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 Park26
- Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park28
- Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park21
- 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 Clover Hill Park matters. 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.
- 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: Green SpacesPolygon boundaries, official names, land classes. Boundaries are reconciled against OpenStreetMap (ODbL) for new and updated parks.
- Parks & Recreation FacilitiesInventory of in-park amenities (washrooms, fields, rinks…).
- Toronto Pedestrian NetworkSidewalk segments around and through parks; estimated park entrances.
- Toronto Centreline V2Street segments + intersection nodes near park edges; trails and walkways.
- Toronto 3D MassingBuilding footprints + heights for edge-building counts, frontage density, and tower-in-the-park risk.
- Toronto Treed AreaTree canopy share inside park polygons via stratified-grid sampling.
- Toronto Waterbodies & RiversWater surface inside parks + nearest-water distance for cooling.
- Ravine & Natural Feature ProtectionRavine overlap as a cooling / natural-comfort signal.
- Toronto Street Tree InventoryTree count + density inside park polygons.
- OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)Cafés, restaurants, retail, transit stops, parking, highways, rail.