Tower-Community Green Spacecluster ·Active-edged · exposed parksMimico (includes Humber Bay Shores) (17)confidence moderate

Jean Augustine Park

Tower-Community Green Space, in the top tier overall (score 47, rank ~92th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: enclosure.

Photo by Shu Lin via Google Places · cached 5/9/2026

Jean Augustine Park scores 47.1 / 100. Strongest dimensions: connectivity and enclosure / eyes on park. 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 fornearby residentstower-block recreation

Area · 1.30 ha

Vitality Score

47/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 59%

Data Confidence

47.1 / 100

Citywide

92nd

of all 3,273 parks

Among Tower-Community Green Space

95th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in Tower-Community Green Space (n=29)

Performance gap

+15

raw − expected · context confidence medium

strong overperformer

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

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

Jean Augustine Park, aerial top-down view — **Top-down view.**City of Toronto orthophoto, ~8 cm/px. Reads the park’s footprint, paths, treed area, and edge conditions from above. City of Toronto Orthophoto · cot_ortho most-current MapServer · cached 5/9/2026.

Explain this score

Where did the 47 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 · p65

-10.0

Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)

+5.0

Connectivity68 · p88

+3.6

Edge Activation38 · p91

-3.1

Natural Comfort56 · p69

+0.9

Enclosure / Eyes on Park57 · p23

+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

Jean Augustine Park works because its edge activation score (38) is in the top tier and its connectivity (68) is also top quartile.

What limits this park

Jean Augustine Park is held back by enclosure (57, bottom quartile).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high edge activation (38, top decile).

Jacobs reading

Jean Augustine 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 47 versus an expected 32 for similar parks (Tower-Community Green Space) (gap +15).

Typology classification

confidence 75%

Tower-Community Green Spacealso reads as Civic Square

Classified as Tower-Community Green Space: 18 towers vs 8 mid-rise within 25 m on a 1.3 ha park. Secondary read: Civic Square (tower-walled, low canopy (0%), tight frontage: reads as a civic square).

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

37.8 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 7 active uses (transit_stop, restaurant, cafe, retail) and 2 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%

67.9 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 31 mapped paths/walkways and 22 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 4 street intersections within 100 m; 16 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 7 estimated access points across ~595 m of perimeter. moderate edge density, small superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m4

Intersections within 100 m4

Paths/walkways (50 m)31

Sidewalk segments (50 m)22

Transit stops (400 m)16

Estimated entrances7

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.67

Park perimeter595 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% weightpartial 45%

55.8 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: ~23.8% effective canopy (0.0% from contiguous tree polygons + scattered tree density); nearest waterbody ~155 m; 44 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (34.0/ha). Reading: water-cooled. 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)155 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon44

Tree density34.0 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)0.0

Sample points used93

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

56.6 / 100

33 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (8 mid-rise, 7 low-rise, 18 tower); avg edge height 35.7 m (~12 floors); 5.5 buildings per 100 m of 595 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges lean tall but still framed; 18 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 8 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m33

Buildings within 50 m33

Avg edge height35.7 m (~12 floors)

Tallest edge building92.9 m

Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)8

Low-rise (< 3 floors)7

Towers (≥ 13 floors)18

Frontage density5.55 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge24%

Tower share of edge55%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter595 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 (42)

transit stop29 m
transit stop: 2111 Lake Shore Boulevard West48 m
parking lot58 m
restaurant: Eden Trattoria78 m
restaurant: Ono Poké Bar88 m
retail: Posh Beauty Studio89 m
retail: Sherrry's Nails & Spa91 m
cafe: Gravity Pizza Cafe92 m
highway: Gardiner Expressway99 m
highway: Lake Shore Boulevard West101 m
retail: Platis Cleaners116 m
retail: Grenadier Convenience119 m
restaurant: Vos Restaurante Argentino Steakhouse119 m
transit stop: Marine Parade Dr at Lake Shore Blvd W122 m
retail: Upper Mgmt125 m
retail: Rabba Fine Foods126 m
highway: Lake Shore Boulevard West126 m
retail: Sash + Co126 m
transit stop: Marine Parade Drive128 m
transit stop128 m
retail: Studio Connect131 m
highway: Gardiner Expressway131 m
retail: Vape 100133 m
retail: Humber Bay Eyecare134 m
restaurant: Casa Boho134 m
highway: Gardiner Expressway139 m
retail: Pluto Plants141 m
rail: Oakville Subdivision141 m
rail: Oakville Subdivision145 m
restaurant: Firkin on the Bay146 m
rail: Oakville Subdivision149 m
rail149 m
retail: Inspire Vision Care150 m
highway: Gardiner Expressway154 m
retail: Ace of Spades Weed Limited155 m
rail156 m
highway: Lake Shore Boulevard West157 m
highway: Gardiner Expressway157 m
rail162 m
cafe: BB Cafe165 m
highway: Gardiner Expressway174 m
highway: Lake Shore Boulevard West196 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge activation, connectivity, amenity diversity, natural comfort, and enclosure, each 0 to 100.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
92th
Edge activation
91th
Connectivity
88th
Amenity diversity
65th
Natural comfort
69th
Enclosure
23th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Mike Bela ParkNeighbourhood Park50
East Highland Creek WatercourseRavine / Naturalized Park48
Sanctuary Park CemeteryNeighbourhood Park42
Scarborough Hydro Green SpaceNeighbourhood Park45
Ontario Hydro LandsRavine / Naturalized Park44

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 Park18
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park21

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.

high-confidence match

Visitor signal score35 / 100

34.5 / 100

p29 citywide · p33 within Tower-Community Green Space

Volume (saturated)5

Density / ha16

Rating contribution93

Match dampener×1.00

Average rating

★ 4.7

out of 5

Ratings collected

total reviews

Photos uploaded

total contributors

Source: Google Places API · match high (0.94 composite confidence) · last refreshed 5/9/2026. Privacy contract. Measures public attention, not occupancy.

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 Jean Augustine 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.

Data sources

real Toronto data

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.