Table 2
Federal government contributions to legal aid plans, criminal matters, current and constant dollars

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Federal government contributions to legal aid plans, criminal matters, current and constant dollars
Table summary
"This table displays federal government contributions to legal aid plans for criminal matters in both current dollars and 2002 constant dollars. The row headers provide information by province/territory and fiscal year. The column headers provide information on contributions in thousands of dollars and dollars per capita, in both current dollars and 2002 constant dollars."
  Current dollars 2002 constant dollars 1
Total Per capita 2 Total Per capita 2
  thousands of dollars dollars thousands of dollars dollars
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2007/2008 2,043 4.03 1,839 3.63
2008/2009 2,043 4.03 1,787 3.53
2009/2010 2,043 4.01 r 1,783 3.50
2010/2011 2,043 4.00 r 1,740 3.40 r
2011/2012 2,043 4.00 1,683 3.30
Prince Edward Island  
2007/2008 445 3.22 392 2.84
2008/2009 445 3.19 379 2.71
2009/2010 445 3.15 379 2.69
2010/2011 445 3.10 r 372 2.60 r
2011/2012 445 3.05 362 2.48
Nova Scotia  
2007/2008 3,612 3.86 3,211 3.43
2008/2009 3,612 3.85 3,116 3.33
2009/2010 3,612 3.84 3,122 3.32
2010/2011 3,612 3.82 r 3,056 3.23 r
2011/2012 3,612 3.82 2,944 3.11
New Brunswick  
2007/2008 2,453 3.29 2,204 2.96
2008/2009 2,453 3.28 2,167 2.90
2009/2010 2,453 3.27 2,161 2.88
2010/2011 2,453 3.26 2,116 2.81
2011/2012 2,453 3.25 2,044 2.71
Quebec  
2007/2008 23,400 3.04 21,196 2.76
2008/2009 23,400 3.02 20,763 2.68
2009/2010 23,400 2.99 20,635 2.64
2010/2011 23,400 2.96 20,383 2.58
2011/2012 23,400 2.93 19,780 2.48
Ontario  
2007/2008 43,313 3.39 39,091 3.06
2008/2009 43,313 3.35 38,229 2.96
2009/2010 43,313 3.31 38,094 2.91
2010/2011 43,313 3.27 37,179 2.81
2011/2012 43,313 3.24 36,064 2.70
Manitoba  
2007/2008 4,741 3.97 4,275 3.58
2008/2009 4,741 3.93 4,181 3.47
2009/2010 4,741 3.89 4,155 3.41
2010/2011 4,741 3.84 4,123 3.34
2011/2012 4,741 3.79 4,004 3.20
Saskatchewan  
2007/2008 4,203 4.20 3,746 3.75
2008/2009 4,203 4.15 3,626 3.58
2009/2010 4,203 4.08 3,589 3.49
2010/2011 4,203 4.03 3,541 3.39
2011/2012 4,203 3.97 3,445 3.26
Alberta  
2007/2008 10,420 2.97 8,838 2.52
2008/2009 10,420 2.90 8,569 2.39
2009/2010 10,420 2.84 8,576 2.34 r
2010/2011 10,420 2.80 8,492 2.28
2011/2012 10,420 2.76 8,290 2.19
British Columbia  
2007/2008 13,698 3.18 12,453 2.89
2008/2009 13,698 3.12 12,198 2.78 r
2009/2010 13,698 3.07 12,198 2.73
2010/2011 13,698 3.02 12,037 2.66 r
2011/2012 13,698 3.00 11,758 2.57
Yukon  
2007/2008 864 26.53 789 24.23
2008/2009 864 26.09 762 23.01
2009/2010 864 25.65 r 759 22.54 r
2010/2011 864 25.00 r 753 21.80 r
2011/2012 864 24.92 732 21.10
Northwest Territories  
2007/2008 1,704 39.13 1,538 35.32
2008/2009 1,704 39.01 r 1,479 33.86 r
2009/2010 1,704 39.05 r 1,470 33.69 r
2010/2011 1,704 38.88 r 1,445 32.97 r
2011/2012 1,704 39.02 1,401 32.09
Nunavut  
2007/2008 1,490 47.65 1,381 44.16
2008/2009 1,490 47.11 r 1,350 42.67 r
2009/2010 1,490 46.22 r 1,323 41.04 r
2010/2011 1,490 45.38 r 1,333 40.59 r
2011/2012 1,490 44.72 1,314 39.43
Total 3  
2007/2008 112,386 3.41 100,795 3.06
2008/2009 112,386 3.37 98,498 2.96
2009/2010 112,386 3.33 98,240 2.91
2010/2011 112,386 3.29 96,469 2.83
2011/2012 112,386 3.26 93,733 2.72
1.
In order to create constant dollar figures with the effects of inflation removed, figures were converted to a base of 2002=100 using Statistics Canada's Consumer Price Index.
2.
The population estimates used to calculate per capita figures are provided by Statistics Canada, Census and Demographic Statistics, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: final intercensal up to 2006, final postcensal for 2007 and 2008, updated postcensal for 2009 and 2010 and preliminary postcensal for 2011.
3.
The 2007 Federal Budget rolled interim funding to the provinces into the annual federal base allocation for criminal legal aid. This accounts for the increase in federal criminal legal aid funding in 2007/2008.
Note(s):
Figures for federal contributions to civil legal aid are not available through the data reported to the Legal Aid Survey. It is not possible to determine the level of federal funding that has been allocated to civil legal aid since the Canadian Health and Social Transfer and its current successor, the Canadian Social Transfer, replaced the Canada Assistance Plan. When summed, provincial/territorial contributions (Table 3) plus federal contributions (Table 2) may not equal total government contributions (Table 1) for the following reasons: (i) the total government contributions figure in Table 1 is provided by the legal aid plans, whereas the provincial/territorial and federal contributions figures are obtained from the appropriate government department; (ii) any difference in accounting methods (i.e. cash versus accrual) may cause differences in the fiscal period that contributions are accounted for; and (iii) legal aid plans may have submitted back claims to the federal government, which are accounted for in the total government contributions figure. 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.
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