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Table 8-3
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of criminal matter — Youth

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Youth
  Total Staff lawyers Private lawyers
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 1  
2004/2005 . . .
2005/2006 . . .
2006/2007 . . .
2007/2008 . . .
2008/2009 . . .
Prince Edward Island  
2004/2005 .. .. 4
2005/2006 .. .. ..
2006/2007 103 r 93 r 90 10 r 10
2007/2008 100 r 92 r 92 r 8
2008/2009 .. .. ..
Nova Scotia  
2004/2005 1,692 1,515 90 177 10
2005/2006 1,549 1,320 85 229 15
2006/2007 1,632 1,401 86 231 14
2007/2008 2,123 1,759 83 364 17
2008/2009 2,091 1,848 88 243 12
New Brunswick 2  
2004/2005 166 133 80 33 20
2005/2006 229 171 75 58 25
2006/2007 54 0 0 54 100
2007/2008 27 0 0 27 100
2008/2009 267 200 75 67 25
Quebec 3  
2004/2005 7,259 5,423 75 1,836 25
2005/2006 7,074 5,159 73 1,915 27
2006/2007 5,910 4,242 72 1,668 28
2007/2008 6,574 4,474 68 2,100 32
2008/2009 6,774 4,448 66 2,326 34
Ontario 1 , 4  
2004/2005 14,584 2,038 14 12,546 86
2005/2006 18,187 2,053 11 16,134 89
2006/2007 17,150 2,197 13 14,953 87
2007/2008 17,408 2,368 14 15,039 86
2008/2009 18,126 2,818 16 15,308 84
Manitoba  
2004/2005 1,571 844 54 727 46
2005/2006 1,597 756 47 841 53
2006/2007 2,086 1,285 62 801 38
2007/2008 2,385 1,377 58 1,008 42
2008/2009 2,565 1,512 59 1,053 41
Saskatchewan  
2004/2005 1,763 1,558 88 205 12
2005/2006 3,035 1,937 64 1,098 36
2006/2007 2,057 1,850 90 207 10
2007/2008 2,522 2,181 86 341 14
2008/2009 3,250 2,328 72 922 28
Alberta  
2004/2005 4,616 2,522 55 2,094 45
2005/2006 4,768 2,411 51 2,357 49
2006/2007 4,782 2,513 53 2,269 47
2007/2008 5,695 3,084 54 2,611 46
2008/2009 6,814 3,782 56 3,032 44
British Columbia  
2004/2005 3,186 416 13 2,770 87
2005/2006 3,169 402 13 2,767 87
2006/2007 3,526 416 12 3,110 88
2007/2008 3,729 407 11 3,322 89
2008/2009 3,277 356 11 2,921 89
Yukon  
2004/2005 68 62 91 6 9
2005/2006 77 68 88 9 12
2006/2007 79 72 91 7 9
2007/2008 109 103 94 6 6
2008/2009 130 123 95 7 5
Northwest Territories 1  
2004/2005 .. . 18
2005/2006 28 . 28 100
2006/2007 33 . 33 100
2007/2008 19 . 19 100
2008/2009 30 . 30 100
Nunavut 5  
2004/2005 270 120 44 150 56
2005/2006 25 0 0 25 100
2006/2007 0 0 0
2007/2008 .. .. ..
2008/2009 .. .. ..
Total  
2004/2005
2005/2006 39,738 14,277 36 25,461 64
2006/2007 37,412 r 14,069 r 38 23,343 r 62
2007/2008 40,691 r 15,845 r 39 24,845 r 61
2008/2009 43,324 17,415 40 25,909 60
In Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and the Northwest Territories, direct legal services expenditures for provincial/territorial offences are included under criminal matters.
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'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.
In Nunavut, direct legal services expenditures for provincial/territorial offences and youth criminal matters are included under adult criminal matters.
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.