Bakersfield is about 1.6 times smaller than Toronto.

Toronto is approximately 630 sq km, while Bakersfield (map shows its 44 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 389 sq km, making Bakersfield 61.76% the size of Toronto.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Toronto vs. Bakersfield uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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