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Table 7-3
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures,
staff and private lawyers by type of matter — Civil matters
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| Total | Staff lawyers | Private lawyers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands of dollars | percent | thousands of dollars | percent | ||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||
| 2004/2005 | . | . | … | . | … |
| 2005/2006 | . | . | … | . | … |
| 2006/2007 | . | . | … | . | … |
| 2007/2008 | . | . | … | . | … |
| 2008/2009 | . | . | … | . | … |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||
| 2004/2005 | .. | .. | … | 154 | … |
| 2005/2006 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
| 2006/2007 | 654 r | 586 r | 90 | 68 r | 10 |
| 2007/2008 | 763 r | 652 r | 85 | 111 r | 15 |
| 2008/2009 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
| Nova Scotia | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 6,441 | 4,748 | 74 | 1,693 | 26 |
| 2005/2006 | 7,811 | 5,918 | 76 | 1,893 | 24 |
| 2006/2007 | 7,937 | 6,253 | 79 | 1,684 | 21 |
| 2007/2008 | 8,312 | 6,422 | 77 | 1,890 | 23 |
| 2008/2009 | 9,324 | 6,958 | 75 | 2,366 | 25 |
| New Brunswick 1 | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 1,547 | 1,135 | 73 | 412 | 27 |
| 2005/2006 | 1,781 | 1,336 | 75 | 445 | 25 |
| 2006/2007 | 2,101 | 1,575 | 75 | 526 | 25 |
| 2007/2008 | 2,611 | 790 | 30 | 1,821 | 70 |
| 2008/2009 | 2,720 | 1,904 | 70 | 816 | 30 |
| Quebec 2 | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 73,388 | 46,453 | 63 | 26,935 | 37 |
| 2005/2006 | 69,871 | 42,989 | 62 | 26,882 | 38 |
| 2006/2007 | 69,880 | 45,803 | 66 | 24,077 | 34 |
| 2007/2008 | 64,973 | 42,670 | 66 | 22,303 | 34 |
| 2008/2009 | 68,807 | 42,075 | 61 | 26,732 | 39 |
| Ontario 3 | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 129,202 | 51,138 | 40 | 78,064 | 60 |
| 2005/2006 | 138,768 | 52,320 | 38 | 86,448 | 62 |
| 2006/2007 | 134,841 | 53,686 | 40 | 81,155 | 60 |
| 2007/2008 | 130,256 | 56,060 | 43 | 74,197 | 57 |
| 2008/2009 | 140,955 | 59,094 | 42 | 81,861 | 58 |
| Manitoba | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 7,225 | 4,442 | 61 | 2,783 | 39 |
| 2005/2006 | 7,282 | 4,604 | 63 | 2,678 | 37 |
| 2006/2007 | 5,997 | 3,761 | 63 | 2,236 | 37 |
| 2007/2008 | 6,091 | 3,979 | 65 | 2,112 | 35 |
| 2008/2009 | 7,054 | 5,037 | 71 | 2,017 | 29 |
| Saskatchewan | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 3,920 | 3,768 | 96 | 152 | 4 |
| 2005/2006 | 4,377 | 4,225 | 97 | 152 | 3 |
| 2006/2007 | 4,457 | 4,250 | 95 | 207 | 5 |
| 2007/2008 | 4,539 | 4,334 | 95 | 205 | 5 |
| 2008/2009 | 4,851 | 4,585 | 95 | 266 | 5 |
| Alberta | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 15,888 | 5,259 | 33 | 10,629 | 67 |
| 2005/2006 | 18,243 | 5,999 | 33 | 12,244 | 67 |
| 2006/2007 | 16,498 | 5,991 | 36 | 10,507 | 64 |
| 2007/2008 | 17,856 | 7,945 | 44 | 9,911 | 56 |
| 2008/2009 | 21,907 | 10,484 | 48 | 11,423 | 52 |
| British Columbia | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 15,321 | 3,546 | 23 | 11,775 | 77 |
| 2005/2006 | 17,525 | 3,394 | 19 | 14,131 | 81 |
| 2006/2007 | 19,278 | 3,392 | 18 | 15,886 | 82 |
| 2007/2008 | 20,198 | 3,585 | 18 | 16,613 | 82 |
| 2008/2009 | 23,260 | 3,677 | 16 | 19,583 | 84 |
| Yukon | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 438 | 424 | 97 | 14 | 3 |
| 2005/2006 | 477 | 469 | 98 | 8 | 2 |
| 2006/2007 | 439 | 432 | 98 | 7 | 2 |
| 2007/2008 | 416 | 410 | 99 | 6 | 1 |
| 2008/2009 | 432 | 426 | 99 | 6 | 1 |
| Northwest Territories 4 | |||||
| 2004/2005 | .. | .. | … | 302 | … |
| 2005/2006 | 1,054 | 806 | 76 | 248 | 24 |
| 2006/2007 | 956 | 766 | 80 | 190 | 20 |
| 2007/2008 | 1,029 | 837 | 81 | 192 | 19 |
| 2008/2009 | 927 | 869 | 94 | 58 | 6 |
| Nunavut | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 650 | 350 | 54 | 300 | 46 |
| 2005/2006 | 561 | 422 | 75 | 139 | 25 |
| 2006/2007 | 499 | 464 | 93 | 35 | 7 |
| 2007/2008 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
| 2008/2009 | 685 | 320 | 47 | 365 | 53 |
| Total | |||||
| 2004/2005 | … | … | … | … | … |
| 2005/2006 | 267,750 | 122,482 | 46 | 145,268 | 54 |
| 2006/2007 | 263,537 r | 126,959 r | 48 | 136,578 r | 52 |
| 2007/2008 | 257,044 r | 127,684 r | 50 | 129,361 r | 50 |
| 2008/2009 | 280,922 | 135,429 | 48 | 145,493 | 52 |
In New Brunswick in 2004/2005, many members
of the private bar refused to take legal aid cases.
For Quebec, the breakdown in expenditures for
staff lawyers is estimated.
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 80% of direct legal aid expenditures on staff lawyers. 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.
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.
