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Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Criminal prosecutions personnel and expenditures

2002/03

Federal and provincial governments (excluding British Columbia) spent $352 million prosecuting criminals in 2002/03.

In 2002/03, Canada prosecution expenditures were 22% higher than in 2000/01, after accounting for inflation. All jurisdictions except Saskatchewan contributed to the overall increase in expenditures in constant dollars, led by Justice Canada (+32%), Nova Scotia (+29%), Ontario (+25%), New Brunswick (+24%), Alberta (+24%), Prince Edward Island (+17%), Quebec (+11%), Manitoba (+8%), and Newfoundland and Labrador (+3%). In general, increases in expenditures were the result of negotiated salary increases.

Criminal prosecution services employed almost 3,500 people across Canada in 2002/03. Staff lawyers represented 6 out of 10 of these employees. Most of the remainder were clerical support staff, as well as paralegals and students.

Women accounted for 44% of all permanent and contract lawyers employed by criminal prosecution services, up from 38% in 1998/99.

Note: The Prosecutions Personnel and Expenditure Survey collects human resources and costs data associated with the delivery of criminal prosecution services for the 2002/03 fiscal year, as well as some data from the previous surveys of 2000/01 and 1998/99. It includes data for nine provinces (excluding British Columbia), as well as Justice Canada, which is responsible for prosecution services in the Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, as well as for prosecutions under federal statutes other than the Criminal Code.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 3322.

Data tables from the Prosecutions Personnel and Expenditure Survey, 2002/03, are now available.

For more information, to order tables, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (951-9023 or 1-800-387-2231).



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