Table 18-2
Refused legal aid applications by reason for
refusal, criminal and civil matters — Financial ineligibility
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Total | Criminal matters | Civil matters | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | percent | number | percent | ||
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||
2007/2008 | .. | 249 | … | .. | … |
2008/2009 | .. | 233 | … | .. | … |
2009/2010 | .. | 324 | … | .. | … |
2010/2011 | 628 | 321 | 51 | 307 | 49 |
2011/2012 | 451 | 244 | 54 | 207 | 46 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||
2007/2008 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2008/2009 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2009/2010 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2010/2011 | 142 | 109 | 77 | 33 | 23 |
2011/2012 | 131 | 104 | 79 | 27 | 21 |
Nova Scotia | |||||
2007/2008 | 1,241 | 463 | 37 | 778 | 63 |
2008/2009 | 1,400 | 517 | 37 | 883 | 63 |
2009/2010 | 1,617 | 592 | 37 | 1,025 | 63 |
2010/2011 | 1,318 | 496 | 38 | 822 | 62 |
2011/2012 | 1,016 | 349 | 34 | 667 | 66 |
New Brunswick 1 | |||||
2007/2008 | 73 | 57 | 78 | 16 | 22 |
2008/2009 | 61 | 55 | 90 | 6 | 10 |
2009/2010 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2010/2011 | 195 | 69 | 35 | 126 | 65 |
2011/2012 | 200 | 73 | 37 | 127 | 64 |
Quebec | |||||
2007/2008 | 25,563 | 13,782 | 54 | 11,781 | 46 |
2008/2009 | 26,754 | 14,221 | 53 | 12,533 | 47 |
2009/2010 | 27,625 | 14,948 | 54 | 12,677 | 46 |
2010/2011 | 26,318 | 13,832 | 53 | 12,486 | 47 |
2011/2012 | 27,886 | 14,194 | 51 | 13,692 | 49 |
Ontario 2 | |||||
2007/2008 | 21,649 | . | … | . | … |
2008/2009 | 21,836 | . | … | . | … |
2009/2010 | 22,538 | . | … | . | … |
2010/2011 | 14,662 | . | … | . | … |
2011/2012 | 15,452 | . | … | . | … |
Manitoba 3 | |||||
2007/2008 | 728 | 378 | 52 | 350 | 48 |
2008/2009 | 724 | 360 | 50 | 364 | 50 |
2009/2010 | 888 | 434 | 49 | 454 | 51 |
2010/2011 | 1,007 | 493 | 49 | 514 | 51 |
2011/2012 | 1,450 | 821 | 57 | 629 | 43 |
Saskatchewan 4 | |||||
2007/2008 | 1,691 | 1,371 | 81 | 320 | 19 |
2008/2009 | .. r | .. r | … r | .. r | … r |
2009/2010 | .. r | .. r | … r | .. r | … r |
2010/2011 | .. r | .. r | … r | .. r | … r |
2011/2012 | 1,490 | 920 | 62 | 570 | 38 |
Alberta | |||||
2007/2008 | 3,630 | 2,278 | 63 | 1,352 | 37 |
2008/2009 | 2,311 | 1,362 | 59 | 949 | 41 |
2009/2010 | 3,171 | 1,726 | 54 | 1,445 | 46 |
2010/2011 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2011/2012 | 1,746 | 736 | 42 | 1,010 | 58 |
British Columbia | |||||
2007/2008 | 3,221 | 1,722 | 53 | 1,499 | 47 |
2008/2009 | 3,274 | 1,559 | 48 | 1,715 | 52 |
2009/2010 | 2,965 | 1,473 | 50 | 1,492 | 50 |
2010/2011 | 3,168 | 1,635 | 52 | 1,533 | 48 |
2011/2012 | 2,973 | 1,520 | 51 | 1,453 | 49 |
Yukon | |||||
2007/2008 | 53 | 16 | 30 | 37 | 70 |
2008/2009 | 44 | 13 | 30 | 31 | 70 |
2009/2010 | 79 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 62 |
2010/2011 | 67 | 26 | 39 | 41 | 61 |
2011/2012 | 40 | 18 | 45 | 22 | 55 |
Northwest Territories | |||||
2007/2008 | 66 | 21 | 32 | 45 | 68 |
2008/2009 | 82 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 61 |
2009/2010 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2010/2011 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2011/2012 | 625 | 288 | 46 | 337 | 54 |
Nunavut 5 | |||||
2007/2008 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2008/2009 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 |
2009/2010 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 |
2010/2011 | .. | .. | … | .. | … |
2011/2012 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Total | |||||
2007/2008 | … | … | … | … | … |
2008/2009 | … | … | … | … | … |
2009/2010 | … | … | … | … | … |
2010/2011 | … r | … | … | … | … |
2011/2012 | 53,463 | … | … | … | … |
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. In 2011/2012, these clinics accounted
for 74% of applications refused for financial ineligibility. The number
of refused legal aid applications has declined since 2009/2010 due
to the restructuring of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The introduction of a LAO’s
multi-tiered call centre has resulted in fewer clients making a written application
and correspondingly fewer receiving a formal refusal for certificate services.
LAO call centre agents assess client eligibility and are able to route clients
deemed ineligible for certificate services, to alternative LAO services. Since
February 2011, eligibility for certificate services uses a formula based
on income and family size and may be applied by LAO call centre agents without
the client making a formal application. This has lead to further attrition
of clients before the issue of a formal refusal of certificate services.
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.
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.
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 refused applications may be underreported and is
not comparable to previous years.
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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