City Council Staffing Constituent Ratios

COMPARING WARD SIZES vs STAFF :

* Population from 2006 Census, source city website here

Mayor Rob Ford = Total City Population =  2,503,280
(Grew +0.9% since 2001)  ??? staff unknown, not listed on city site ?

* Update: Inside Rob Ford's Brain Trust  An example of lack of transparency: I had asked through city channels who the Mayor's staff were, and never got an answer. Now (April 18, 2011) we know why ... "For months after Rob Ford became mayor, the full list of his office hierarchy was guarded like a state secret, refused even to his closest council allies."----------
Median ward populations according to  this article  should be about 58,776. "Legislation requires changes to federal riding boundaries after each decennial (10-year) census. No such law exists for Toronto’s municipal boundaries. But according to court and OMB precedents, the report says, each of the 44 wards should have a population no more than 25 per cent different from the median...Because wards now exceed that 25 per cent threshold, says the staff report, the city could get hit with a resident petition. Under the rules, if council didn’t pass a bylaw rectifying the situation within 90 days of receiving a petition with 500 or more signatures, the petitioners could appeal to the OMB, which would be able to alter the boundaries itself." *

Councillors:

Ainslie = 53,480 pop. Ward 43 Scarborough East, 3 staff

Augimeri = 44,920  Ward 9 York Centre, 3 staff

Bailao = 45,620 Ward 18 Davenport,  5 staff - One of smallest wards yet larger staff Info here

Berardinetti = 56,750  Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest, 2 staff

Caroll =  57,350 Ward 33 Don Valley East, 3 staff

* Cho = 74,075 Ward 42 Scarborough-Rouge River, 1 staff  ***

Colle = 60,545 Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence, 3 staff

Crawford = 51,390 Scarborough Southwest,  no staff listed on city site, has 1 staff ***

Crisanti =  59,830 Ward 1 Etobicoke North, 3 staff

Davis = 52,430  Ward 31 Beaches-East York, 3 staff

De Baermaeker = 63,310  Ward 38 Scarborough Centre, 2 staff

del Grande = 54,545  Ward 39 Scarborough-Agincourt, 4 staff

Di Giorgio = 53,755  Ward 12 York South-Weston, 3 staff

Doucette = 50,640 Ward 13 Parkdale-High Park, 3 staff

* Filion =  79,435 Ward 23 Willowdale (LARGEST WARD BY POP.),
5 staff  "Councillor John Filion’s Willowdale ward has the biggest population: 88,840, according to city estimates based on 2009 building figures. Filion puts the present figure at about 100,000. He said he expects council to take action, and if it doesn’t he’ll organize a petition himself." The Star

Fletcher = 51,235 Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth, 4 staff

Ford, Doug = 53,660 Ward 2 Etobicoke North, 3 staff (Doug Ford)

Fragedakis =  44,420 Ward 29 Toronto-Danforth (SMALLEST WARD BY POP.), 4 staff

Grimes =  56,620 Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore, 3 staff

Holyday =  50,415 Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre, 3 staff

Kelly =  61,140 Ward 40 Scarborough-Agincourt, 4 staff

Layton = 49,845 Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina, 4 staff Info here

Lee = 67,325 Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River, 3 staff

Lindsay Luby = 53,275 Ward 4 Etobicoke Centre, 3 staff

Mammoliti =  49,165 Ward 7 York West, 3 staff

Matlow =  59,905 Ward 22 St. Paul's, 4 staff info here

McConnell = 58,920 Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale, 4 staff

McMahon = 55,410 Ward 32 Beaches East York, ? no staff listed on city site
* Update: Email query I sent Jan31 replied to Feb 9 says she has 3 full time staff

Mihevc = 47,085 Ward 21 St. Paul's, 4 staff

Milczyn = 57,620 Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore, 3 staff

Minnan-Wong = 56,895 Ward 34 Don Valley East, 3 staff

Moeser = 58,235 Ward 44 Scarborough East, 3 staff

Nunziata = 59,870 Ward 11 York South-Weston, 2 staff

Palacio = 50,830 Ward 17 Davenport, 6 staff *** largest staff?

Parker = 60,585 Ward 26 Don Valley West, 2 staff

Pasternak = 61,580 Ward 10 York Centre, 3 staff
* Update: An interview from BlogTO

Perks = 50,640 Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park, 3 staff

Perruzza = 47,895  Ward 8 York West, 3 staff

Robinson = 55,420 Ward 25 Don Valley West, 3 staff

Shiner = 58,805 Ward 24 Willowdale, 3 staff

Stintz = 51,790 Ward 16 Eglinton-Lawrence, 3 staff

Thompson = 62,325 Ward 37 Scarborough Centre, 4 staff

Vaughan = 59,545 Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina, 5 staff info here

* Wong-Tam = 67,840  Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale, 4 staff ...this is one of the larger wards that could be subject to appeal to OMB for ward boundary redrawing. Link to Inside Toronto article that presents staff bios. Kevin Beaulieu, former EA to Adam Giambrone in ward 18. Kevin lost convincingly to Ana Bailao for ward18 council seat and is an experienced City Hall insider.

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Note: Staffing levels likely not all full-timers and this is a bit of apples and oranges comparison, since some wards are more complex than others; ie. some more multi-lingual, multi-cultural; some have unique challenges compared to others, eg. densities versus geographic separations.

However, this gives a little ball-park comparison of who has higher staffing levels than others.