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Table 6
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures

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Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures
  Total Total direct expenditures Percent of total Direct legal service expenditures
Criminal matters Civil matters
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent 1 thousands of dollars percent 1
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2004/2005 . . … . … . …
2005/2006 . . … . … . …
2006/2007 . . … . … . …
2007/2008 . . … . … . …
2008/2009 . . … . … . …
Prince Edward Island  
2004/2005 1,442 1,442 100 .. … .. …
2005/2006 .. .. … .. … .. …
2006/2007 1,336 r 1,336 r 100 682 r 51 654 r 49
2007/2008 1,464 r 1,464 r 100 701 r 48 763 r 52
2008/2009 .. .. … .. … .. …
Nova Scotia  
2004/2005 16,309 14,825 91 8,384 57 6,441 43
2005/2006 18,466 17,209 93 9,398 55 7,811 45
2006/2007 18,978 17,820 94 9,883 55 7,937 45
2007/2008 21,314 19,888 93 11,576 58 8,312 42
2008/2009 23,420 21,785 93 12,461 57 9,324 43
New Brunswick  
2004/2005 4,987 4,266 86 2,719 64 1,547 36
2005/2006 6,325 5,255 83 3,474 66 1,781 34
2006/2007 6,959 6,178 89 4,077 66 2,101 34
2007/2008 6,297 5,663 90 3,052 54 2,611 46
2008/2009 7,869 6,753 86 4,033 60 2,720 40
Quebec 2  
2004/2005 132,225 119,717 91 46,329 39 73,388 61
2005/2006 128,891 116,587 90 46,716 40 69,871 60
2006/2007 134,712 120,365 89 50,485 42 69,880 58
2007/2008 127,526 114,545 90 49,572 43 64,973 57
2008/2009 135,008 121,167 90 52,360 43 68,807 57
Ontario 3  
2004/2005 302,741 234,532 77 105,330 45 129,202 55
2005/2006 351,665 282,725 80 143,957 51 138,768 49
2006/2007 325,847 254,792 78 119,951 47 134,841 53
2007/2008 332,828 251,687 76 121,431 48 130,256 52
2008/2009 356,107 272,187 76 131,232 48 140,955 52
Manitoba  
2004/2005 21,365 16,728 78 9,503 57 7,225 43
2005/2006 23,531 18,351 78 11,069 60 7,282 40
2006/2007 23,118 17,503 76 11,506 66 5,997 34
2007/2008 24,511 19,019 78 12,928 68 6,091 32
2008/2009 26,899 20,645 77 13,591 66 7,054 34
Saskatchewan  
2004/2005 14,468 13,361 92 9,441 71 3,920 29
2005/2006 16,631 15,016 90 10,639 71 4,377 29
2006/2007 16,935 15,756 93 11,299 72 4,457 28
2007/2008 19,147 17,660 92 13,121 74 4,539 26
2008/2009 20,495 19,064 93 14,213 75 4,851 25
Alberta  
2004/2005 42,692 37,640 88 21,752 58 15,888 42
2005/2006 49,469 42,632 86 24,389 57 18,243 43
2006/2007 48,297 41,256 85 24,758 60 16,498 40
2007/2008 53,606 44,683 83 26,827 60 17,856 40
2008/2009 66,274 54,769 83 32,862 60 21,907 40
British Columbia  
2004/2005 60,623 48,347 80 33,026 68 15,321 32
2005/2006 66,810 52,854 79 35,329 67 17,525 33
2006/2007 72,217 57,399 79 38,121 66 19,278 34
2007/2008 78,122 59,747 76 39,549 66 20,198 34
2008/2009 82,039 64,214 78 40,954 64 23,260 36
Yukon  
2004/2005 1,596 1,237 78 799 65 438 35
2005/2006 1,714 1,400 82 923 66 477 34
2006/2007 1,695 1,364 80 925 68 439 32
2007/2008 1,617 1,325 82 909 69 416 31
2008/2009 1,780 1,485 83 1,053 71 432 29
Northwest Territories 4  
2004/2005 4,125 2,677 65 .. … .. …
2005/2006 4,380 2,714 62 1,660 61 1,054 39
2006/2007 4,487 2,863 64 1,907 67 956 33
2007/2008 5,058 3,448 68 2,419 70 1,029 30
2008/2009 4,646 3,240 70 2,313 71 927 29
Nunavut  
2004/2005 5,023 2,300 46 1,650 72 650 28
2005/2006 5,430 2,601 48 2,040 78 561 22
2006/2007 5,575 2,999 54 2,500 83 499 17
2007/2008 .. .. … .. … .. …
2008/2009 5,730 1,815 32 1,130 62 685 38
Total  
2004/2005 607,596 497,072 82 … … … …
2005/2006 673,312 557,344 83 289,594 52 267,750 48
2006/2007 660,156 r 539,631 r 82 276,094 r 51 263,537 r 49
2007/2008 671,490 r 539,129 r 80 282,085 r 52 257,044 r 48
2008/2009 730,267 587,124 80 306,202 52 280,922 48
1.
Percent of direct expenditures.
2.
For Quebec, the breakdown in direct legal expenditures is estimated.
3.
Ontario has 79 legal aid clinics that are independent, non-profit organizations funded by the legal aid plan. Staff lawyers and community legal workers at these clinics provide legal aid services primarily in “other” civil matters, particularly in the area of poverty law which includes, social assistance/income maintenance, landlord and tenant, workers’ compensation, criminal injuries compensation, and refugee and immigration matters. In 2008/2009, these clinics accounted for about 21% of total legal aid expenditures. Ontario's figure for direct legal aid expenditures includes an estimate for work done by private lawyers, but not billed to the legal aid plan by year-end. A change in the method used to estimate this figure resulted in a one-time increase in direct legal services expenditures (affecting criminal and civil matters) of $33.6 million in 2005/2006.
4.
Prior to 2005/2006, a breakdown of direct legal aid expenditures by type of matter is not available, but they are included in the figure for total expenditures.
Note(s):
For more details on legal aid concepts and terminology please refer to the glossary.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Legal Aid Survey 3308.
Date Modified: 2010-03-18

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