Table 9-2
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of civil matter, current dollars — Family

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Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of civil matter, current dollars — Family
Table summary
"This table displays direct legal aid expenditures on staff and private lawyers for family 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 family 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 8,493 6,682 79 1,811 21
2010/2011 8,176 6,457 79 1,719 21
2011/2012 8,652 6,781 78 1,871 22
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 46,757 30,064 64 16,693 36
2008/2009 49,819 29,976 60 19,843 40
2009/2010 49,399 29,758 60 19,641 40
2010/2011 50,769 30,627 60 20,142 40
2011/2012 51,643 29,585 57 22,058 43
Ontario 1  
2007/2008 53,191 3,028 6 50,163 94
2008/2009 58,159 3,269 6 54,890 94
2009/2010 62,772 3,377 5 59,395 95
2010/2011 62,569 5,061 8 57,508 92
2011/2012 65,108 6,261 10 58,847 90
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 4,535 4,330 95 205 5
2008/2009 4,846 4,580 95 266 5
2009/2010 5,037 4,805 95 232 5
2010/2011 5,122 4,890 95 232 5
2011/2012 5,121 4,935 96 186 4
Alberta 2  
2007/2008 15,539 7,115 46 8,424 54
2008/2009 19,281 9,343 48 9,938 52
2009/2010 23,829 10,540 44 13,289 56
2010/2011 22,306 10,589 47 11,717 53
2011/2012 21,173 11,403 54 9,770 46
British Columbia  
2007/2008 17,529 2,342 13 15,187 87
2008/2009 20,062 2,363 12 17,699 88
2009/2010 18,959 1,804 10 17,155 90
2010/2011 20,291 812 4 19,479 96
2011/2012 21,379 887 4 20,492 96
Yukon  
2007/2008 315 309 98 6 2
2008/2009 374 368 98 6 2
2009/2010 363 363 100 0 0
2010/2011 400 398 100 2 1
2011/2012 414 414 100 0 0
Northwest Territories  
2007/2008 992 837 84 155 16
2008/2009 920 869 94 51 6
2009/2010 822 738 90 84 10
2010/2011 .. .. … .. …
2011/2012 .. .. … .. …
Nunavut 3  
2007/2008 .. .. … .. …
2008/2009 560 320 57 240 43
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
2010/2011 .. .. … .. …
2011/2012 1,286 1,286 100 .. …
Total  
2007/2008 159,537 62,693 39 96,844 61
2008/2009 177,327 69,107 39 108,220 61
2009/2010 180,659 66,674 37 113,985 63
2010/2011 184,466 70,530 38 113,936 62
2011/2012 190,526 74,088 39 116,438 61
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.
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