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Table 24
Incoming civil legal aid dossiers processed under the interprovincial reciprocity agreement

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Incoming civil legal aid dossiers processed under the interprovincial reciprocity agreement: Part 1
(To) Province or territory and year (From) Province or territory
Total Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick
  number
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2004/2005 . . . .
2005/2006 . . . .
2006/2007 . . . .
2007/2008 . . . .
2008/2009 . . . .
Prince Edward Island  
2004/2005 8 1 2 0
2005/2006 .. .. .. ..
2006/2007 r 0 2 1
2007/2008 r 1 2 0
2008/2009 .. .. .. ..
Nova Scotia  
2004/2005 56 7 0 4
2005/2006 39 4 3 4
2006/2007 38 5 0 4
2007/2008 32 2 0 8
2008/2009 43 4 1 4
New Brunswick  
2004/2005 32 4 0 5
2005/2006 46 0 0 6
2006/2007 43 0 1 6
2007/2008 35 0 0 4
2008/2009 37 1 0 8
Quebec  
2004/2005 177 2 0 3 15
2005/2006 129 1 0 5 16
2006/2007 148 4 0 3 13
2007/2008 117 3 0 1 15
2008/2009 142 0 1 6 9
Ontario  
2004/2005 414 20 2 36 8
2005/2006 496 24 4 41 15
2006/2007 269 17 3 26 4
2007/2008 466 28 0 33 9
2008/2009 307 2 0 21 2
Manitoba  
2004/2005 76 0 0 2 0
2005/2006 89 1 0 3 0
2006/2007 61 0 0 1 0
2007/2008 70 3 0 0 0
2008/2009 86 1 0 0 2
Saskatchewan  
2004/2005 66 0 0 2 0
2005/2006 60 0 0 1 0
2006/2007 63 1 0 0 0
2007/2008 68 1 0 0 0
2008/2009 70 0 0 2 0
Alberta  
2004/2005 260 14 1 15 2
2005/2006 242 7 0 10 5
2006/2007 209 9 1 7 1
2007/2008 214 13 2 13 4
2008/2009 264 12 0 18 4
British Columbia  
2004/2005 193 1 0 7 0
2005/2006 164 0 0 4 2
2006/2007 138 2 1 6 1
2007/2008 133 2 0 2 1
2008/2009 163 3 1 3 3
Yukon  
2004/2005 5 0 0 0 0
2005/2006 11 0 0 0 0
2006/2007 6 0 0 0 0
2007/2008 4 0 0 0 0
2008/2009 4 0 0 0 0
Northwest Territories  
2004/2005 15 0 0 0 0
2005/2006 15 1 0 0 0
2006/2007 13 0 0 0 0
2007/2008 10 0 0 0 0
2008/2009 6 0 0 0 0
Nunavut  
2004/2005 4 1 0 0 0
2005/2006 3 0 0 0 0
2006/2007 5 0 0 0 0
2007/2008 .. .. .. .. ..
2008/2009 3 0 0 0 0
Total  
2004/2005 1,306 50 3 72 29
2005/2006 1,294 38 7 70 42
2006/2007 1,001 r 38 6 51 24
2007/2008 1,155 r 53 2 55 37
2008/2009 1,125 23 3 58 24
Incoming civil legal aid dossiers processed under the interprovincial reciprocity agreement: Part 2
(To) Province or territory and year (From) Province or territory
Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta
  number
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2004/2005 . . . . .
2005/2006 . . . . .
2006/2007 . . . . .
2007/2008 . . . . .
2008/2009 . . . . .
Prince Edward Island  
2004/2005 1 3 0 0 1
2005/2006 .. .. .. .. ..
2006/2007 1 3 0 0 0
2007/2008 0 0 1 0 1
2008/2009 .. .. .. .. ..
Nova Scotia  
2004/2005 3 24 1 1 6
2005/2006 0 18 0 0 5
2006/2007 5 13 2 0 5
2007/2008 4 9 2 1 4
2008/2009 3 11 1 0 10
New Brunswick  
2004/2005 11 7 0 0 4
2005/2006 22 13 0 0 3
2006/2007 10 14 0 1 6
2007/2008 15 10 1 1 3
2008/2009 15 9 0 0 4
Quebec  
2004/2005 137 1 0 10
2005/2006 88 1 0 7
2006/2007 109 2 3 5
2007/2008 84 6 0 2
2008/2009 100 4 2 8
Ontario  
2004/2005 118 26 6 70
2005/2006 178 36 10 58
2006/2007 89 32 3 33
2007/2008 158 42 6 62
2008/2009 124 26 7 62
Manitoba  
2004/2005 0 16 17 16
2005/2006 2 19 26 28
2006/2007 1 11 16 22
2007/2008 4 19 12 20
2008/2009 5 28 19 18
Saskatchewan  
2004/2005 1 4 17 32
2005/2006 0 3 11 34
2006/2007 1 5 11 35
2007/2008 1 3 19 26
2008/2009 1 5 15 34
Alberta  
2004/2005 9 49 23 42
2005/2006 14 35 34 49
2006/2007 9 34 14 47
2007/2008 14 42 6 39
2008/2009 14 42 20 44
British Columbia  
2004/2005 6 29 17 9 115
2005/2006 10 26 11 15 81
2006/2007 6 26 8 13 66
2007/2008 6 17 3 17 69
2008/2009 16 21 8 24 65
Yukon  
2004/2005 0 0 0 0 2
2005/2006 2 1 1 0 5
2006/2007 0 1 0 0 2
2007/2008 0 1 0 0 1
2008/2009 0 0 0 1 2
Northwest Territories  
2004/2005 0 0 2 1 9
2005/2006 1 0 1 0 10
2006/2007 0 1 0 1 9
2007/2008 0 0 0 1 7
2008/2009 0 2 0 1 2
Nunavut  
2004/2005 0 0 0 0 0
2005/2006 0 0 0 0 0
2006/2007 0 0 0 0 1
2007/2008 .. .. .. .. ..
2008/2009 0 0 0 0 0
Total  
2004/2005 149 269 87 76 265
2005/2006 229 203 95 100 231
2006/2007 122 217 69 84 184
2007/2008 202 185 80 77 195
2008/2009 178 218 74 98 205
Incoming civil legal aid dossiers processed under the interprovincial reciprocity agreement: Part 3
(To) Province or territory and year (From) Province or territory
British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Outside Canada
  number
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2004/2005 . . . . .
2005/2006 . . . . .
2006/2007 . . . . .
2007/2008 . . . . .
2008/2009 . . . . .
Prince Edward Island  
2004/2005 0 0 0 0 0
2005/2006 .. .. .. .. ..
2006/2007 1 0 0 0 0
2007/2008 1 0 0 0 0
2008/2009 .. .. .. .. ..
Nova Scotia  
2004/2005 9 1 0 0 0
2005/2006 3 0 2 0 0
2006/2007 4 0 0 0 0
2007/2008 1 0 1 0 0
2008/2009 8 0 1 0 0
New Brunswick  
2004/2005 1 0 0 0 0
2005/2006 2 0 0 0 0
2006/2007 3 1 0 0 1
2007/2008 1 0 0 0 0
2008/2009 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec  
2004/2005 7 1 0 1 0
2005/2006 9 2 0 0 0
2006/2007 8 0 0 1 0
2007/2008 5 0 0 1 0
2008/2009 11 0 1 0 0
Ontario  
2004/2005 47 0 6 4 71
2005/2006 45 2 4 2 77
2006/2007 21 1 1 0 39
2007/2008 41 2 1 1 83
2008/2009 53 5 2 3 0
Manitoba  
2004/2005 15 1 0 0 9
2005/2006 10 0 0 0 0
2006/2007 9 0 0 1 0
2007/2008 9 1 0 2 0
2008/2009 12 0 0 1 0
Saskatchewan  
2004/2005 10 0 0 0 0
2005/2006 11 0 0 0 0
2006/2007 9 0 1 0 0
2007/2008 17 0 0 0 1
2008/2009 12 0 0 0 1
Alberta  
2004/2005 92 3 10 0 0
2005/2006 76 5 7 0 0
2006/2007 77 6 4 0 0
2007/2008 71 3 7 0 0
2008/2009 100 1 7 2 0
British Columbia  
2004/2005 3 1 0 5
2005/2006 6 3 0 6
2006/2007 3 4 1 1
2007/2008 7 2 3 4
2008/2009 4 1 0 14
Yukon  
2004/2005 3 0 0 0
2005/2006 2 0 0 0
2006/2007 2 1 0 0
2007/2008 1 1 0 0
2008/2009 1 0 0 0
Northwest Territories  
2004/2005 1 2 0 0
2005/2006 0 1 1 0
2006/2007 0 2 0 0
2007/2008 0 0 2 0
2008/2009 1 0 0 0
Nunavut  
2004/2005 0 0 3 0
2005/2006 0 0 3 0
2006/2007 1 1 2 0
2007/2008 .. .. .. ..
2008/2009 0 0 3 0
Total  
2004/2005 185 11 20 5 85
2005/2006 158 16 19 3 83
2006/2007 135 14 13 3 41
2007/2008 147 13 12 9 88
2008/2009 198 10 15 6 15
Note(s):
Interprovincial reciprocity agreement refers to the informal agreement among legal aid plans in Canada to handle non-resident civil dossiers. 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.