Table 15-1
Approved legal aid applications, staff and private
lawyers by type of civil matter — Total1
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Total | Staff lawyers | Private lawyers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | percent | number | percent | ||
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||
2007/2008 | 1,449 | 1,418 | 98 | 31 | 2 |
2008/2009 | 1,506 | 1,491 | 99 | 15 | 1 |
2009/2010 | 1,647 | 1,621 | 98 | 26 | 2 |
2010/2011 | 1,606 | 1,560 | 97 | 46 | 3 |
2011/2012 | 1,552 | 1,528 | 98 | 24 | 2 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||
2007/2008 | 189 | 136 | 72 | 53 | 28 |
2008/2009 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2009/2010 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2010/2011 | 276 | 198 | 72 | 78 | 28 |
2011/2012 | 249 | 192 | 77 | 57 | 23 |
Nova Scotia | |||||
2007/2008 | 5,128 | 3,482 | 68 | 1,646 | 32 |
2008/2009 | 5,710 | 3,500 | 61 | 2,210 | 39 |
2009/2010 | 5,470 | 3,948 | 72 | 1,522 | 28 |
2010/2011 | 5,485 | 3,824 | 70 | 1,661 | 30 |
2011/2012 | 5,947 | 4,350 | 73 | 1,597 | 27 |
New Brunswick 2 | |||||
2007/2008 | 268 | 71 | 26 | 197 | 74 |
2008/2009 | 233 | 57 | 24 | 176 | 76 |
2009/2010 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2010/2011 | 1,901 | 998 | 52 | 903 | 48 |
2011/2012 | 1,995 | 1,031 | 52 | 964 | 48 |
Quebec | |||||
2007/2008 | 114,589 | 62,778 | 55 | 51,811 | 45 |
2008/2009 | 116,895 | 63,603 | 54 | 53,292 | 46 |
2009/2010 | 116,849 | 63,484 | 54 | 53,365 | 46 |
2010/2011 | 114,235 | 63,327 | 55 | 50,908 | 45 |
2011/2012 | 113,062 | 62,817 | 56 | 50,245 | 44 |
Ontario 3 | |||||
2007/2008 | 61,714 | 18,750 | 30 | 42,964 | 70 |
2008/2009 | 68,255 | 19,540 | 29 | 48,715 | 71 |
2009/2010 | 66,144 | 20,335 | 31 | 45,809 | 69 |
2010/2011 | 61,848 | 20,136 | 33 | 41,712 | 67 |
2011/2012 | 61,029 | 21,115 | 35 | 39,914 | 65 |
Manitoba 4 | |||||
2007/2008 | 5,690 | 3,420 | 60 | 2,270 | 40 |
2008/2009 | 5,627 | 3,286 | 58 | 2,341 | 42 |
2009/2010 | 6,110 | 4,023 | 66 | 2,087 | 34 |
2010/2011 | 5,469 | 3,776 | 69 | 1,693 | 31 |
2011/2012 | 5,920 | 3,734 | 63 | 2,186 | 37 |
Saskatchewan 5 | |||||
2007/2008 | 3,628 | 3,360 | 93 | 268 | 7 |
2008/2009 | 3,448 r | 3,231 r | 94 r | 217 | 6 r |
2009/2010 | 3,300 r | 3,156 r | 96 | 144 | 4 |
2010/2011 | 3,677 r | 3,507 r | 95 | 170 | 5 |
2011/2012 | 3,503 | 3,337 | 95 | 166 | 5 |
Alberta 6 | |||||
2007/2008 | 8,028 | 1,636 | 20 | 6,392 | 80 |
2008/2009 | 10,040 | 2,082 | 21 | 7,958 | 79 |
2009/2010 | 9,379 | 1,828 | 19 | 7,551 | 81 |
2010/2011 | 6,615 | 1,940 | 29 | 4,675 | 71 |
2011/2012 | 8,310 | 2,270 | 27 | 6,040 | 73 |
British Columbia | |||||
2007/2008 | 8,430 | 387 | 5 | 8,043 | 95 |
2008/2009 | 8,898 | 371 | 4 | 8,527 | 96 |
2009/2010 | 7,405 | 114 | 2 | 7,291 | 98 |
2010/2011 | 7,558 | 32 | 0 | 7,526 | 100 |
2011/2012 | 7,231 | 46 | 1 | 7,185 | 99 |
Yukon 7 | |||||
2007/2008 | 328 | 314 | 96 | 14 | 4 |
2008/2009 | 322 | 316 | 98 | 6 | 2 |
2009/2010 | 247 | 240 | 97 | 7 | 3 |
2010/2011 | 300 | 296 | 99 | 4 | 1 |
2011/2012 | 318 | 318 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Northwest Territories 8 | |||||
2007/2008 | 436 | 302 | 69 | 134 | 31 |
2008/2009 | 296 | 255 | 86 | 41 | 14 |
2009/2010 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2010/2011 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2011/2012 | 685 | 685 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Nunavut 8 , 9 | |||||
2007/2008 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2008/2009 | 233 | 132 | 57 | 101 | 43 |
2009/2010 | 102 | 102 | 100 | .. | … |
2010/2011 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2011/2012 | 135 | 135 | 100 | .. | … |
Total | |||||
2007/2008 | 209,877 | 96,054 | 46 | 113,823 | 54 |
2008/2009 | 221,463 r | 97,864 r | 44 | 123,599 | 56 |
2009/2010 | 216,653 r | 98,851 r | 46 | 117,802 | 54 |
2010/2011 | 208,970 r | 99,594 r | 48 | 109,376 | 52 |
2011/2012 | 209,936 | 101,558 | 48 | 108,378 | 52 |
Approved legal aid application counts refer
to full service applications only. An approved application for full service
refers to an application for legal assistance which is granted as described
in a certificate, referral, or any other authorization denoting that the applicant
is entitled to legal aid services. For civil cases, there is one matter per
application.
Effective April 20, 2009, intake
services for family legal aid were expanded when eligibility screening for
services formerly captured under the Domestic Legal Aid program was transferred
to New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission from the Department of Justice
and Consumer Affairs.
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. The figures in Table 16 represent
summary legal advice services provided by these clinics. Summary legal advice
services provided by the legal aid plan are included in duty counsel services
(Table 21).
In 2009/2010, Manitoba began to include
the number of applications that were used to generate secondary or tertiary
certificates in the total number of legal aid applications reported. This
led to an increase in the count for total and approved legal aid applications
and accounts for the increase in approved applications assigned to staff and
private lawyers.
In 2008/2009, all youth matters became
eligible for legal aid under an agreement between the Saskatchewan Legal Aid
Commission and the Ministry of Justice’s Court Services Branch. This
led to an increase in the count for total and approved legal aid applications.
Figures for Saskatchewan were re-stated for the reference periods 2008/2009 to 2010/2011,
inclusive, based on the number of letters of denial issued to clients by the
Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission. The number of applications excludes applications
received during 2011/2012 but deemed “discontinued”
for administrative purposes as at March 31, 2012, because the client
ceased contact with the Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission before obtaining
legal aid services from a lawyer.
The increase, between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012,
in the number of applications approved and assigned to staff lawyers is primarily
due to a change in Legal Aid Alberta's service delivery model to provide early
resolution to lower-level criminal offences. These offences would have been
assigned to private lawyers prior to 2011/2012.
No distinction is made between summary and
full service applications in Yukon. All applications are counted as full service
applications. Data for Yukon include duty counsel counts.
Presumed eligibility counts are not included
in the data for the Northwest Territories or Nunavut. Territorial offences
are included with criminal matters.
In 2009/2010, the capacity for statistical
reporting in Nunavut was limited due to issues with information tracking systems.
As a result, the number of approved applications may be underreported and
is not comparable to previous years and information is only available for
civil matters approved to staff lawyers.
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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