Table 9-1
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of civil matter, current dollars — Total

Warning View the most recent version.

Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.

Archived

This page has been archived on the Web.

PDF Symbols  Next table  Previous table

Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of civil matter, current dollars — Total
Table summary
"This table displays direct legal aid expenditures on staff and private lawyers for total civil 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 total civil matters."
  Total Staff lawyers Private lawyers
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador  
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
2011/2012 4,990 4,925 99 65 1
Prince Edward Island  
2007/2008 763 652 85 111 15
2008/2009 .. .. … .. …
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 963 814 85 149 15
2011/2012 994 905 91 89 9
Nova Scotia  
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
2011/2012 9,024 7,153 79 1,871 21
New Brunswick  
2007/2008 2,611 790 30 1,821 70
2008/2009 2,720 1,904 70 816 30
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 2,871 1,879 65 992 35
2011/2012 3,182 1,984 62 1,198 38
Quebec  
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
2011/2012 71,813 42,445 59 29,368 41
Ontario 1  
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
2011/2012 156,976 69,428 44 87,548 56
Manitoba  
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
2011/2012 6,584 4,722 72 1,862 28
Saskatchewan  
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
2011/2012 5,123 4,937 96 186 4
Alberta 2  
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
2011/2012 23,165 11,594 50 11,571 50
British Columbia  
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
2011/2012 24,400 2,379 10 22,021 90
Yukon  
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
2011/2012 475 475 100 0 0
Northwest Territories  
2007/2008 1,029 837 81 192 19
2008/2009 927 869 94 58 6
2009/2010 822 738 90 84 10
2010/2011 .. .. … .. …
2011/2012 .. .. … .. …
Nunavut 3  
2007/2008 .. .. … .. …
2008/2009 685 320 47 365 53
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 .. .. … .. …
2011/2012 1,483 1,483 100 .. …
Total  
2007/2008 259,946 130,509 50 129,438 50
2008/2009 285,130 139,549 49 145,581 51
2009/2010 289,869 138,190 48 151,679 52
2010/2011 298,729 147,292 49 151,437 51
2011/2012 308,209 152,430 49 155,779 51
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 90% of direct staff expenditures on “other” civil matters. 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.
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.
Date modified: