Table 6
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, current dollars

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Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, current dollars


Table summary
This table displays the results of legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures total, total direct expenditures, percent of total, direct legal service expenditures and criminal matters, calculated using criminal matters, civil matters, thousands of dollars, percent, thousands of dollars and percent  units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Total Total direct expenditures Percent of total Direct legal service expenditures
Criminal matters Civil matters
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent  Note 1 thousands of dollars percent  Note 1
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2006/2007 7,990 7,394 93 4,510 61 2,884 39
2007/2008 8,146 7,532 92 4,630 61 2,902 39
2008/2009 10,900 10,268 94 6,060 59 4,208 41
2009/2010 10,845 10,196 94 6,009 59 4,186 41
2010/2011 12,399 11,427 92 6,615 58 4,812 42
Prince Edward Island  
2006/2007 1,336 1,336 100 682 51 654 49
2007/2008 1,464 1,464 100 701 48 763 52
2008/2009 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable
2009/2010 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable
2010/2011 1,838 1,838 100 875 48 963 52
Nova Scotia  
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
2009/2010 21,589 20,035 93 11,346 57 8,689 43
2010/2011 21,837 20,216 93 11,777 58 8,439 42
New Brunswick  
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
2009/2010 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable
2010/2011 7,437 6,404 86 3,533 55 2,871 45
Quebec  Note 2  
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
2009/2010 135,285 120,931 89 51,854 43 69,077 57
2010/2011 145,786 128,984 88 57,219 44 71,765 56
Ontario  Note 3  
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
2009/2010 371,740 275,061 74 130,452 47 144,609 53
2010/2011 362,163 281,237 78 132,542 47 148,695 53
Manitoba  Note 4  
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
2009/2010 31,737 22,704 72 15,905 70 6,799 30
2010/2011 29,138 21,707 74 15,520 71 6,187 29
Saskatchewan  
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
2009/2010 21,675 19,456 90 14,412 74 5,044 26
2010/2011 21,165 19,843 94 14,702 74 5,141 26
Alberta  Note 5  
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
2009/2010 77,158 64,634 84 36,226 56 28,408 44
2010/2011 71,675 62,515 87 37,763 60 24,752 40
British Columbia  
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
2009/2010 79,312 60,948 77 39,131 64 21,817 36
2010/2011 76,857 63,450 83 38,805 61 24,645 39
Yukon  
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
2009/2010 1,714 1,408 82 990 70 418 30
2010/2011 1,796 1,528 85 1,069 70 459 30
Northwest Territories  
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
2009/2010 5,120 3,172 62 2,350 74 822 26
2010/2011 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut  Note 6  
2006/2007 5,575 2,999 54 2,500 83 499 17
2007/2008 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable
2008/2009 5,730 1,815 32 1,130 62 685 38
2009/2010 6,199 2,798 45 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable
2010/2011 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ...: not applicable
Total  
2006/2007 668,146 547,025 82 280,604 51 266,421 49
2007/2008 679,636 546,661 80 286,715 52 259,946 48
2008/2009 741,167 597,392 81 312,262 52 285,130 48
2009/2010 762,374 601,343 79 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
2010/2011 752,091 619,149 82 320,420 52 298,729 48
Percent of direct expenditures.              
For Quebec, the breakdown between direct legal service and central administrative expenditures is estimated.              
Ontario has 77 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 2010/2011, these clinics accounted for about 20% of total direct 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.              
The major change from 2009/2010 was due to an adjustment made in the previous year for an accrual for civil service pension and severance. Legal Aid Manitoba converted 23 staff positions from contract to civil service in the prior year.              
Organizational structure and delivery of services changed in 2010/2011. Regional front line offices were transformed into Legal Service Centers providing information, brief services, expanded duty counsel and decisions for full certificate coverage. The creation of Legal Service Centers has caused a reclassification of expenses from being applied to administration costs.              
In Nunavut in 2009/2010, 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 refer to the glossary.              
               
1.
Percent of direct expenditures.
2.
For Quebec, the breakdown between direct legal service and central administrative expenditures is estimated.
3.
Ontario has 77 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 2010/2011, these clinics accounted for about 20% of total direct 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.
The major change from 2009/2010 was due to an adjustment made in the previous year for an accrual for civil service pension and severance. Legal Aid Manitoba converted 23 staff positions from contract to civil service in the prior year.
5.
Organizational structure and delivery of services changed in 2010/2011. Regional front line offices were transformed into Legal Service Centers providing information, brief services, expanded duty counsel and decisions for full certificate coverage. The creation of Legal Service Centers has caused a reclassification of expenses from being applied to administration costs.
6.
In Nunavut in 2009/2010, 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 refer to the glossary.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Legal Aid Survey 3308.
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