Table 5
Total legal aid plan expenditures by type of expenditure

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Total legal aid plan expenditures by type of expenditure
  Total Direct legal service expenditures Central administrative expenditures Other expenditures
Criminal matters Civil matters
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2005/2006 7,024 3,948 56 2,570 37 506 7 0 0
2006/2007 7,990 4,510 56 2,884 36 596 7 0 0
2007/2008 8,146 4,630 57 2,902 36 614 8 0 0
2008/2009 10,900 6,060 56 4,208 39 632 6 0 0
2009/2010 10,845 6,009 55 4,186 39 649 6 0 0
Prince Edward Island  
2005/2006 .. .. … .. … … … … …
2006/2007 1,336 682 51 654 49 … … … …
2007/2008 1,464 701 48 763 52 … … … …
2008/2009 .. .. … .. … … … … …
2009/2010 .. .. … .. … … … … …
Nova Scotia  
2005/2006 18,466 9,398 51 7,811 42 1,188 6 69 0
2006/2007 18,978 9,883 52 7,937 42 1,084 6 74 0
2007/2008 21,314 11,576 54 8,312 39 1,352 6 74 0
2008/2009 23,420 12,461 53 9,324 40 1,561 7 74 0
2009/2010 21,589 11,346 53 8,689 40 1,480 7 74 0
New Brunswick  
2005/2006 6,325 3,474 55 1,781 28 1,070 17 0 0
2006/2007 6,959 4,077 59 2,101 30 781 11 0 0
2007/2008 6,297 3,052 48 2,611 41 634 10 0 0
2008/2009 7,869 4,033 51 2,720 35 1,116 14 0 0
2009/2010 .. .. … .. … .. … .. …
Quebec 1  
2005/2006 128,891 46,716 36 69,871 54 11,293 9 1,011 1
2006/2007 134,712 50,485 37 69,880 52 13,287 10 1,060 1
2007/2008 127,526 49,572 39 64,973 51 11,968 9 1,013 1
2008/2009 135,008 52,360 39 68,807 51 12,385 9 1,456 1
2009/2010 135,285 51,854 38 69,077 51 12,826 9 1,528 1
Ontario 2  
2005/2006 351,665 143,957 41 138,768 39 52,338 15 16,602 5
2006/2007 325,847 119,951 37 134,841 41 55,130 17 15,925 5
2007/2008 332,828 121,431 36 130,256 39 54,907 16 26,234 8
2008/2009 356,107 131,232 37 140,955 40 59,211 17 24,709 7
2009/2010 371,740 130,452 35 144,609 39 71,012 19 25,667 7
Manitoba  
2005/2006 23,531 11,069 47 7,282 31 4,606 20 574 2
2006/2007 23,118 11,506 50 5,997 26 5,050 22 565 2
2007/2008 24,511 12,928 53 6,091 25 4,850 20 642 3
2008/2009 26,899 13,591 51 7,054 26 5,373 20 881 3
2009/2010 31,737 15,905 50 6,799 21 7,951 25 1,082 3
Saskatchewan  
2005/2006 16,631 10,639 64 4,377 26 1,543 9 72 0
2006/2007 16,935 11,299 67 4,457 26 1,134 7 45 0
2007/2008 19,147 13,121 69 4,539 24 1,409 7 78 0
2008/2009 20,495 14,213 69 4,851 24 1,281 6 150 1
2009/2010 21,675 14,412 66 5,044 23 1,718 8 501 2
Alberta  
2005/2006 49,469 24,389 49 18,243 37 6,397 13 440 1
2006/2007 48,297 24,758 51 16,498 34 6,645 14 396 1
2007/2008 53,606 26,827 50 17,856 33 8,343 16 580 1
2008/2009 66,274 32,862 50 21,907 33 10,446 16 1,059 2
2009/2010 77,158 36,226 47 28,408 37 10,682 14 1,842 2
British Columbia  
2005/2006 66,810 35,329 53 17,525 26 9,236 14 4,720 7
2006/2007 72,217 38,121 53 19,278 27 9,411 13 5,407 7
2007/2008 78,122 39,549 51 20,198 26 11,151 14 7,224 9
2008/2009 82,039 40,954 50 23,260 28 12,362 15 5,463 7
2009/2010 79,312 39,131 49 21,817 28 12,791 16 5,573 7
Yukon  
2005/2006 1,714 923 54 477 28 260 15 54 3
2006/2007 1,695 925 55 439 26 264 16 67 4
2007/2008 1,617 909 56 416 26 278 17 14 1
2008/2009 1,780 1,053 59 432 24 272 15 23 1
2009/2010 1,714 990 58 418 24 284 17 22 1
Northwest Territories  
2005/2006 4,380 1,660 38 1,054 24 634 14 1,032 24
2006/2007 4,487 1,907 43 956 21 606 14 1,018 23
2007/2008 5,058 2,419 48 1,029 20 566 11 1,045 21
2008/2009 4,646 2,313 50 927 20 551 12 855 18
2009/2010 5,120 2,350 46 822 16 1,054 21 895 17
Nunavut 3  
2005/2006 5,430 2,040 38 561 10 2,328 43 501 9
2006/2007 5,575 2,500 45 499 9 2,378 43 198 4
2007/2008 .. .. … .. … .. … .. …
2008/2009 5,730 1,130 20 685 12 1,600 28 2,315 40
2009/2010 6,199 .. … .. … .. … 3,401 55
Total  
2005/2006 680,336 r 293,542 r 43 270,320 r 40 91,399 r 13 25,075 4
2006/2007 668,146 r 280,604 r 42 266,421 r 40 96,366 r 14 r 24,755 4
2007/2008 679,636 r 286,715 r 42 r 259,946 r 38 r 96,072 r 14 r 36,904 5 r
2008/2009 741,167 r 312,262 r 42 r 285,130 r 38 r 106,790 r 14 r 36,985 5 r
2009/2010 762,374 … … … … … … 40,585 5
1.
For Quebec, the breakdown between direct legal service and central administrative expenditures is estimated.
2.
Ontario has 79 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 2009/2010, these clinics accounted for about 20% of total legal aid expenditures. 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. A change in the method used to estimate this figure resulted in a one-time increase in direct legal services expenditures (affecting criminal and civil matters) of $33.6 million in 2005/2006.
3.
In Nunavut in 2009/2010, a breakdown of direct legal aid expenditures by type of matter is not available, but they are included in the figure for total expenditures.
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.