Table 8-2
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of criminal matter, current dollars — Adult

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Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of criminal matter, current dollars — Adult
Table summary
"This table displays direct legal aid expenditures on staff and private lawyers for adult criminal matters. 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 for adult criminal matters."
  Total Staff lawyers Private lawyers
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 1  
2007/2008 4,106 3,995 97 111 3
2008/2009 5,380 5,166 96 214 4
2009/2010 5,296 5,034 95 262 5
2010/2011 6,136 5,940 97 196 3
2011/2012 6,363 6,160 97 203 3
Prince Edward Island  
2007/2008 601 473 79 128 21
2008/2009 .. .. … .. …
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 769 696 91 73 9
2011/2012 774 727 94 47 6
Nova Scotia  
2007/2008 9,453 7,521 80 1,932 20
2008/2009 10,370 7,840 76 2,530 24
2009/2010 9,744 7,823 80 1,921 20
2010/2011 10,142 8,198 81 1,944 19
2011/2012 10,797 8,771 81 2,026 19
New Brunswick  
2007/2008 3,025 2,100 69 925 31
2008/2009 3,753 2,828 75 925 25
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 3,084 2,095 68 989 32
2011/2012 3,546 2,486 70 1,060 30
Quebec  
2007/2008 40,667 20,890 51 19,777 49
2008/2009 43,003 22,519 52 20,484 48
2009/2010 42,737 23,540 55 19,197 45
2010/2011 47,247 24,906 53 22,341 47
2011/2012 47,586 23,510 49 24,076 51
Ontario 1 , 2  
2007/2008 103,836 7,295 7 96,541 93
2008/2009 112,950 8,106 7 104,844 93
2009/2010 114,697 10,530 9 104,167 91
2010/2011 116,494 11,284 10 105,210 90
2011/2012 123,804 12,615 10 111,189 90
Manitoba  
2007/2008 10,460 4,942 47 5,518 53
2008/2009 10,979 5,065 46 5,914 54
2009/2010 12,837 5,546 43 7,291 57
2010/2011 12,521 6,220 50 6,301 50
2011/2012 13,158 6,207 47 6,951 53
Saskatchewan  
2007/2008 10,592 8,620 81 1,972 19
2008/2009 10,956 9,212 84 1,744 16
2009/2010 11,291 9,773 87 1,518 13
2010/2011 11,642 10,296 88 1,346 12
2011/2012 12,939 11,177 86 1,762 14
Alberta 3  
2007/2008 21,037 1,880 9 19,157 91
2008/2009 25,940 2,840 11 23,100 89
2009/2010 28,900 2,841 10 26,059 90
2010/2011 29,812 7,524 25 22,288 75
2011/2012 29,468 7,979 27 21,489 73
British Columbia  
2007/2008 35,608 3,602 10 32,006 90
2008/2009 37,463 3,518 9 33,945 91
2009/2010 35,913 3,801 11 32,112 89
2010/2011 35,769 2,427 7 33,342 93
2011/2012 40,194 2,600 6 37,594 94
Yukon  
2007/2008 800 648 81 152 19
2008/2009 923 777 84 146 16
2009/2010 858 780 91 78 9
2010/2011 933 818 88 115 12
2011/2012 1,045 862 82 183 18
Northwest Territories 1  
2007/2008 2,400 666 28 1,734 72
2008/2009 2,284 399 17 1,885 83
2009/2010 2,314 612 26 1,703 74
2010/2011 .. .. … .. …
2011/2012 .. .. … .. …
Nunavut 4  
2007/2008 .. .. … .. …
2008/2009 1,045 650 62 395 38
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 .. .. … .. …
2011/2012 3,166 2,441 77 725 23
Total  
2007/2008 242,585 62,632 26 179,953 74
2008/2009 265,046 68,920 26 196,126 74
2009/2010 264,587 70,280 27 194,308 73
2010/2011 274,549 80,404 29 194,145 71
2011/2012 292,840 85,535 29 207,305 71
1.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and the Northwest Territories, direct legal services expenditures for provincial/territorial offences are included under criminal matters.
2.
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.
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. The creation of Legal Service Centers resulted in realignment of services provided by staff lawyers for certain types of matters.
4.
In Nunavut, direct legal services expenditures for provincial/territorial offences and youth criminal matters are included under adult criminal matters. 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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