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

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 fora 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.

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ST. LEONARD'S CHURCH - Building Grounds, 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 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.

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 to 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 to 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 to 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
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
    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 score38 / 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: 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?

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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
70%

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

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.