[bigguy1231]

Originally Posted by thistleclub

If you treat Vancouver's councillors as surrogate wards, the above sample of Canada's nine largest cities works out to an average ward population of around 66,000.

If you factor in Brampton's bi-ward councillors, the above sample of Canada's nine largest cities works out to an average population of roughly 73,000 per councillor.

Hamilton, meanwhile, comes in at around half that.

I picked 50k because it's a nice round number, that's all. As long as the wards are of equal size I don't really care what size they are.