Table 5
Total legal aid plan expenditures by type of expenditure, current dollars

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Total legal aid plan expenditures by type of expenditure, current dollars
Table summary
"This table displays total legal aid expenditures by legal aid plans in current dollars. The row headers provide information by province/territory and fiscal year. The column headers provide information on type of expenditure in thousands of current dollars and as a percent of total expenditures."
  Total Direct legal service expenditures Central administrative expenditures Other expenditures
Criminal matters Civil matters
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2007/2008 8,146 4,630 57 2,902 36 614 8 0 0
2008/2009 10,900 6,060 56 4,208 39 632 6 0 0
2009/2010 10,845 6,009 55 4,186 39 649 6 0 0
2010/2011 12,399 6,615 53 4,812 39 972 8 0 0
2011/2012 12,858 6,860 53 4,990 39 1,008 8 0 0
Prince Edward Island 1  
2007/2008 1,464 701 48 763 52 . … . …
2008/2009 .. .. … .. … . … . …
2009/2010 .. .. … .. … . … . …
2010/2011 1,838 875 48 963 52 . … . …
2011/2012 1,814 820 45 994 55 . … . …
Nova Scotia  
2007/2008 21,314 11,576 54 8,312 39 1,352 6 74 0
2008/2009 23,420 12,461 53 9,324 40 1,561 7 74 0
2009/2010 21,589 11,346 53 8,689 40 1,480 7 74 0
2010/2011 21,837 11,777 54 8,439 39 1,544 7 77 0
2011/2012 23,319 12,509 54 9,024 39 1,710 7 76 0
New Brunswick  
2007/2008 6,297 3,052 48 2,611 41 634 10 0 0
2008/2009 7,869 4,033 51 2,720 35 1,116 14 0 0
2009/2010 .. .. … .. … .. … .. …
2010/2011 7,437 3,533 48 2,871 39 1,033 14 0 0
2011/2012 7,732 3,996 52 3,182 41 554 7 0 0
Quebec 2  
2007/2008 127,526 49,572 39 64,973 51 11,968 9 1,013 1
2008/2009 135,008 52,360 39 68,807 51 12,385 9 1,456 1
2009/2010 135,285 51,854 38 69,077 51 12,826 9 1,528 1
2010/2011 145,786 57,219 39 71,765 49 15,314 11 1,488 1
2011/2012 143,867 57,741 40 71,813 50 12,891 9 1,422 1
Ontario 3  
2007/2008 332,828 121,431 36 130,256 39 54,907 16 26,234 8
2008/2009 356,107 131,232 37 140,955 40 59,211 17 24,709 7
2009/2010 371,740 130,452 35 144,609 39 71,012 19 25,667 7
2010/2011 362,163 132,542 37 148,695 41 50,346 14 30,580 8
2011/2012 372,943 138,875 37 156,976 42 54,712 15 22,380 6
Manitoba 4  
2007/2008 24,511 12,928 53 6,091 25 4,850 20 642 3
2008/2009 26,899 13,591 51 7,054 26 5,373 20 881 3
2009/2010 31,737 15,905 50 6,799 21 7,951 25 1,082 3
2010/2011 29,138 15,520 53 6,187 21 6,316 22 1,115 4
2011/2012 29,720 16,177 54 6,584 22 5,756 19 1,203 4
Saskatchewan  
2007/2008 19,147 13,121 69 4,539 24 1,409 7 78 0
2008/2009 20,495 14,213 69 4,851 24 1,281 6 150 1
2009/2010 21,675 14,412 66 5,044 23 1,718 8 501 2
2010/2011 21,165 14,702 69 5,141 24 1,215 6 107 1
2011/2012 22,295 15,726 71 5,123 23 1,398 6 48 0
Alberta 5  
2007/2008 53,606 26,827 50 17,856 33 8,343 16 580 1
2008/2009 66,274 32,862 50 21,907 33 10,446 16 1,059 2
2009/2010 77,158 36,226 47 28,408 37 10,682 14 1,842 2
2010/2011 71,675 37,763 53 24,752 35 6,926 10 2,234 3
2011/2012 69,035 37,069 54 23,165 34 6,680 10 2,121 3
British Columbia  
2007/2008 78,122 39,549 51 20,198 26 11,151 14 7,224 9
2008/2009 82,039 40,954 50 23,260 28 12,362 15 5,463 7
2009/2010 79,312 39,131 49 21,817 28 12,791 16 5,573 7
2010/2011 76,857 38,805 50 24,645 32 9,687 13 3,720 5
2011/2012 80,789 42,989 53 24,400 30 9,398 12 4,002 5
Yukon  
2007/2008 1,617 909 56 416 26 278 17 14 1
2008/2009 1,780 1,053 59 432 24 272 15 23 1
2009/2010 1,714 990 58 418 24 284 17 22 1
2010/2011 1,796 1,069 60 459 26 239 13 29 2
2011/2012 1,945 1,191 61 475 24 264 14 15 1
Northwest Territories  
2007/2008 5,058 2,419 48 1,029 20 566 11 1,045 21
2008/2009 4,646 2,313 50 927 20 551 12 855 18
2009/2010 5,120 2,350 46 822 16 1,054 21 895 17
2010/2011 .. .. … .. … .. … .. …
2011/2012 5,331 .. … .. … .. … .. …
Nunavut 6  
2007/2008 .. .. … .. … .. … .. …
2008/2009 5,730 1,130 20 685 12 1,600 28 2,315 40
2009/2010 6,199 .. … .. … .. … 3,401 55
2010/2011 .. .. … .. … .. … .. …
2011/2012 8,307 3,166 38 1,483 18 1,784 21 1,874 23
Total  
2007/2008 679,636 286,715 42 259,946 38 96,072 14 36,904 5
2008/2009 741,167 312,262 42 285,130 38 106,790 14 36,985 5
2009/2010 762,374 .. … .. … .. … 40,585 5
2010/2011 752,091 320,420 43 298,729 40 93,592 12 39,350 5
2011/2012 779,955 .. … .. … .. … .. …
1.
Prince Edward Island Legal Aid is administered directly by the province. There is no Commission of Administration office separate and apart from direct service offices. All legal aid staff are involved to some extent in direct services.
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 2011/2012, these clinics accounted for about 19% 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.
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 resulted in realignment of direct legal services and central administration.
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. Prior to 2010/2011, figures for legal aid expenditures were based on an accounting system administered by the Government of Nunavut departments of finance and justice; figures for 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 legal aid expenditures are based on an accounting system developed by a third-party accountant on behalf of the Legal Services Board (LSB) of Nunavut. Consequently, legal aid expenditures for 2009/2010 and earlier, on the one hand, and 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, on the other hand, are not comparable.
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.
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