Table 7-1
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of matter, current dollars — Total

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Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of matter, current dollars — Total
Table summary
"This table displays direct legal aid expenditures by legal aid plans on staff and private lawyers in current dollars. The row headers provide information by province/territory and fiscal year. The column headers provide information on direct legal aid expenditures on staff and private lawyers in thousands of current dollars and as a percent of total direct legal aid expenditures."
  Total Staff lawyers Private lawyers
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2007/2008 7,532 7,344 98 188 2
2008/2009 10,268 9,966 97 302 3
2009/2010 10,196 9,847 97 349 3
2010/2011 11,427 11,168 98 259 2
2011/2012 11,850 11,582 98 268 2
Prince Edward Island  
2007/2008 1,464 1,217 83 247 17
2008/2009 .. .. … .. …
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 1,838 1,609 88 229 12
2011/2012 1,814 1,677 92 137 8
Nova Scotia  
2007/2008 19,888 15,702 79 4,186 21
2008/2009 21,785 16,646 76 5,139 24
2009/2010 20,035 16,298 81 3,737 19
2010/2011 20,216 16,429 81 3,787 19
2011/2012 21,533 17,386 81 4,147 19
New Brunswick  
2007/2008 5,663 2,890 51 2,773 49
2008/2009 6,753 4,941 73 1,812 27
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 6,404 4,323 68 2,081 32
2011/2012 7,178 4,797 67 2,381 33
Quebec  
2007/2008 114,545 68,942 60 45,603 40
2008/2009 121,167 69,987 58 51,180 42
2009/2010 120,931 70,688 58 50,243 42
2010/2011 128,984 74,905 58 54,079 42
2011/2012 129,554 71,392 55 58,162 45
Ontario 1  
2007/2008 251,687 65,910 26 185,777 74
2008/2009 272,187 70,174 26 202,013 74
2009/2010 275,061 71,106 26 203,955 74
2010/2011 281,237 79,354 28 201,883 72
2011/2012 295,851 83,677 28 212,174 72
Manitoba  
2007/2008 19,019 10,303 54 8,716 46
2008/2009 20,645 11,649 56 8,996 44
2009/2010 22,704 11,899 52 10,805 48
2010/2011 21,707 12,161 56 9,546 44
2011/2012 22,761 12,718 56 10,043 44
Saskatchewan  
2007/2008 17,660 15,138 86 2,522 14
2008/2009 19,064 16,128 85 2,936 15
2009/2010 19,456 17,004 87 2,452 13
2010/2011 19,843 17,714 89 2,129 11
2011/2012 20,849 18,400 88 2,449 12
Alberta 2  
2007/2008 44,683 12,909 29 31,774 71
2008/2009 54,769 17,106 31 37,663 69
2009/2010 64,634 19,351 30 45,283 70
2010/2011 62,515 23,598 38 38,917 62
2011/2012 60,234 24,688 41 35,546 59
British Columbia  
2007/2008 59,747 7,648 13 52,099 87
2008/2009 64,214 7,594 12 56,620 88
2009/2010 60,948 7,451 12 53,497 88
2010/2011 63,450 5,133 8 58,317 92
2011/2012 67,389 5,177 8 62,212 92
Yukon  
2007/2008 1,325 1,161 88 164 12
2008/2009 1,485 1,326 89 159 11
2009/2010 1,408 1,323 94 85 6
2010/2011 1,528 1,408 92 120 8
2011/2012 1,666 1,478 89 188 11
Northwest Territories  
2007/2008 3,448 1,503 44 1,945 56
2008/2009 3,240 1,267 39 1,973 61
2009/2010 3,172 1,350 43 1,822 57
2010/2011 .. .. … .. …
2011/2012 .. .. … .. …
Nunavut 3  
2007/2008 .. .. … .. …
2008/2009 1,815 1,055 58 760 42
2009/2010 2,798 741 26 2,057 74
2010/2011 .. .. … .. …
2011/2012 4,649 3,924 84 725 16
Total  
2007/2008 546,661 210,667 39 335,994 61
2008/2009 597,392 227,839 38 369,553 62
2009/2010 601,343 227,058 38 374,285 62
2010/2011 619,149 247,802 40 371,347 60
2011/2012 645,328 256,896 40 388,432 60
1.
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 69% 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.
2.
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 services provided by staff lawyers for certain types of matters.
3.
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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