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KEELE COMMUNITY CENTRE - Building Grounds

Other, in the top tier overall (score 45, rank ~88th percentile). Strongest: enclosure; weakest: natural comfort.

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

KEELE COMMUNITY CENTRE - Building Grounds scores 44.6 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. Weakest: amenity diversity (11.9). Border-vacuum risk is low. This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.

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Area · 1.27 ha

Vitality Score

45/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 68%

Data Confidence

44.6 / 100

Citywide

88th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Other

98th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in medium Other (n=60)

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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Street context. Park polygon highlighted on the citywide map.

Explain this score

Where did the 45 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 Diversity12 · p71

-7.6

Edge Activation24 · p79

-6.5

Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)

+5.0

Enclosure / Eyes on Park84 · p89

+3.3

Connectivity62 · p77

+2.3

Natural Comfort37 · p30

-1.9

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

KEELE COMMUNITY CENTRE - Building Grounds works because its enclosure score (84) is in the top tier and its edge activation (24) is also top quartile (7 mid-rise buildings frame the edge with passive surveillance).

What limits this park

KEELE COMMUNITY CENTRE - Building Grounds is held back by natural comfort (37, below-average): only 0% canopy means little summer shade.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high enclosure (84, top quartile).

Jacobs reading

KEELE COMMUNITY CENTRE - Building Grounds 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 (84) but the surrounding streets are quiet (edge activation 24): frame without animation.
12 nearby towers cast wind and shadow without contributing canopy: passive surveillance is plentiful but human-scale comfort is not.

Performance in context

This park is a strong overperformer for its cohort: raw 45 versus an expected 28 for similar parks (medium Other) (gap +16).

Typology classification

confidence 30%

Other

Classified as Other: does not meet any specific typology threshold (1.3 ha, 1 amenity types, frontage 17.6/100m)

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

24.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 4 active uses (transit_stop, school, retail) 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: OSM POIs (amenity/shop) + Toronto Building Footprints + land use

Connectivity

20% weightmeasured 85%

61.7 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 5 mapped paths/walkways and 22 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 8 street intersections within 100 m; 20 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~563 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy, no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m9

Intersections within 100 m8

Paths/walkways (50 m)5

Sidewalk segments (50 m)22

Transit stops (400 m)20

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter1.60

Park perimeter563 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 (community_centre). 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% weightpartial 45%

37.1 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: ~2.8% effective canopy (0.0% from contiguous tree polygons + scattered tree density); nearest waterbody ~468 m; 5 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (3.9/ha). Reading: exposed. 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)468 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon5

Tree density3.9 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)0.0

Sample points used88

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

83.5 / 100

99 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (7 mid-rise, 80 low-rise, 12 tower); avg edge height 11.9 m (~4 floors); 17.6 buildings per 100 m of 563 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges are at a Jacobs-scale walkable mid-rise (3 to 7 floors); 12 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 7 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m99

Buildings within 50 m99

Avg edge height11.9 m (~4 floors)

Tallest edge building48.6 m

Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)7

Low-rise (< 3 floors)80

Towers (≥ 13 floors)12

Frontage density17.58 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge7%

Tower share of edge12%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter563 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 (1 types · 1 records)

community centre

Nearby active-edge features (32)

school: Mountview Alternative School Junior0 m
transit stop: Glenlake Avenue21 m
transit stop: Glenlake Avenue41 m
retail: The bike spa!55 m
parking lot55 m
parking lot65 m
transit stop: Keele Station112 m
transit stop: Keele Street114 m
transit stop: Keele Station116 m
transit stop: Keele127 m
transit stop: Keele Station127 m
transit stop: Keele Station127 m
transit stop: Keele130 m
transit stop: Keele Station138 m
parking lot144 m
retail: Money Mart152 m
parking lot161 m
transit stop: Bloor Street West167 m
parking lot169 m
rail: Bloor-Danforth Line174 m
retail: Neighbours175 m
rail: Bloor-Danforth Line176 m
restaurant: Sushi Place179 m
cafe: Ichi Cha Bubble Tea181 m
restaurant: Pizzaville183 m
transit stop183 m
retail: First Choice Haircutters188 m
highway: Bloor Street West189 m
highway: Bloor Street West191 m
retail: 7-Eleven193 m
parking lot193 m
parking lot195 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
88th
Edge activation
79th
Connectivity
77th
Amenity diversity
71th
Natural comfort
30th
Enclosure
89th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Primrose Avenue ParketteUrban Plaza42
Glenn Gould ParkUrban Plaza45
St. James Town West ParkUrban Plaza45
Jeff Sloan PlaygroundUrban Plaza44
Dell ParkUrban Plaza41

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 Park28
Rouge ParkWaterfront Park25
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?

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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.

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

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.