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Table 8-4
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of criminal matter — Provincial offences

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Provincial offences
  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 . . .
2005/2006 . . .
2006/2007 . . .
2007/2008 . . .
2008/2009 . . .
Nova Scotia  
2004/2005 . . 0
2005/2006 . . 0
2006/2007 . . 0
2007/2008 . . 0
2008/2009 . . 0
New Brunswick 2  
2004/2005 73 35 48 38 52
2005/2006 21 16 76 5 24
2006/2007 0 0 0 0 0
2007/2008 0 0 0 0 0
2008/2009 13 9 69 4 31
Quebec 3  
2004/2005 1,983 735 37 1,248 63
2005/2006 2,191 796 36 1,395 64
2006/2007 2,504 1,170 47 1,334 53
2007/2008 2,331 908 39 1,423 61
2008/2009 2,583 945 37 1,638 63
Ontario 1 , 4  
2004/2005 46 46 100 .
2005/2006 47 47 100 .
2006/2007 91 91 100 .
2007/2008 187 187 100 .
2008/2009 156 156 100 .
Manitoba  
2004/2005 41 29 71 12 29
2005/2006 32 21 66 11 34
2006/2007 25 11 44 14 56
2007/2008 83 5 6 78 94
2008/2009 47 35 74 12 26
Saskatchewan  
2004/2005 3 1 33 2 67
2005/2006 5 2 40 3 60
2006/2007 5 2 40 3 60
2007/2008 7 3 43 4 57
2008/2009 7 3 43 4 57
Alberta  
2004/2005 110 0 0 110 100
2005/2006 119 0 0 119 100
2006/2007 96 0 0 96 100
2007/2008 95 0 0 95 100
2008/2009 108 0 0 108 100
British Columbia  
2004/2005 390 80 21 310 79
2005/2006 257 57 22 200 78
2006/2007 205 51 25 154 75
2007/2008 212 54 25 158 75
2008/2009 214 43 20 171 80
Yukon  
2004/2005 . . .
2005/2006 . . .
2006/2007 . . .
2007/2008 . . .
2008/2009 . . .
Northwest Territories 1  
2004/2005 . . .
2005/2006 . . .
2006/2007 . . .
2007/2008 . . .
2008/2009 . . .
Nunavut 5  
2004/2005 .. .. .
2005/2006 .. .. .
2006/2007 .. .. .
2007/2008 .. .. .
2008/2009 85 85 100 .
Total  
2004/2005
2005/2006 2,672 939 35 1,733 65
2006/2007 2,926 1,325 45 1,601 55
2007/2008 2,915 1,157 40 1,758 60
2008/2009 3,213 1,276 40 1,937 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.