Table 7-3
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of matter, current dollars — Civil matters

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Civil matters


Table summary
This table displays the results of civil matters total, staff lawyers and private lawyers, calculated using thousands of dollars, percent and thousands of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Total Staff lawyers Private lawyers
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2006/2007 2,884 2,807 97 77 3
2007/2008 2,902 2,825 97 77 3
2008/2009 4,208 4,120 98 88 2
2009/2010 4,186 4,099 98 87 2
2010/2011 4,812 4,749 99 63 1
Prince Edward Island  
2006/2007 654 586 90 68 10
2007/2008 763 652 85 111 15
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
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
2010/2011 963 814 85 149 15
Nova Scotia  
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
2009/2010 8,689 6,878 79 1,811 21
2010/2011 8,439 6,720 80 1,719 20
New Brunswick  
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
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
2010/2011 2,871 1,879 65 992 35
Quebec  Note 1  
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
2009/2010 69,077 41,873 61 27,204 39
2010/2011 71,765 44,384 62 27,381 38
Ontario  Note 2  
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
2009/2010 144,609 59,280 41 85,329 59
2010/2011 148,695 65,838 44 82,857 56
Manitoba  
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
2009/2010 6,799 4,508 66 2,291 34
2010/2011 6,187 4,254 69 1,933 31
Saskatchewan  
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
2009/2010 5,044 4,812 95 232 5
2010/2011 5,141 4,909 95 232 5
Alberta  Note 3  
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
2009/2010 28,408 12,397 44 16,011 56
2010/2011 24,752 10,803 44 13,949 56
British Columbia  
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
2009/2010 21,817 3,187 15 18,630 85
2010/2011 24,645 2,485 10 22,160 90
Yukon  
2006/2007 439 432 98 7 2
2007/2008 416 410 99 6 1
2008/2009 432 426 99 6 1
2009/2010 418 418 100 0 0
2010/2011 459 457 100 2 0
Northwest Territories  
2006/2007 956 766 80 190 20
2007/2008 1,029 837 81 192 19
2008/2009 927 869 94 58 6
2009/2010 822 738 90 84 10
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
Nunavut  Note 4  
2006/2007 499 464 93 35 7
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
2008/2009 685 320 47 365 53
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
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
Total  
2006/2007 266,421 129,766 49 136,655 51
2007/2008 259,946 130,509 50 129,438 50
2008/2009 285,130 139,549 49 145,581 51
2009/2010 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
2010/2011 298,729 147,292 49 151,437 51
For Quebec, the breakdown in expenditures for staff lawyers 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 70% 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.          
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.          
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.          
           
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
1.
For Quebec, the breakdown in expenditures for staff lawyers is estimated.
2.
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 70% 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.
3.
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.
4.
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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