Table 7-2
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of matter — Criminal matters

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Criminal matters
  Total Staff lawyers Private lawyers
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2005/2006 3,948 3,881 98 67 2
2006/2007 4,510 4,274 95 236 5
2007/2008 4,630 4,519 98 111 2
2008/2009 6,060 5,846 96 214 4
2009/2010 6,009 5,748 96 262 4
Prince Edward Island  
2005/2006 .. .. … .. …
2006/2007 682 501 73 181 27
2007/2008 701 565 81 136 19
2008/2009 .. .. … .. …
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
Nova Scotia  
2005/2006 9,398 7,545 80 1,853 20
2006/2007 9,883 8,188 83 1,695 17
2007/2008 11,576 9,280 80 2,296 20
2008/2009 12,461 9,688 78 2,773 22
2009/2010 11,346 9,420 83 1,926 17
New Brunswick  
2005/2006 3,474 2,594 75 880 25
2006/2007 4,077 3,089 76 988 24
2007/2008 3,052 2,100 69 952 31
2008/2009 4,033 3,037 75 996 25
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
Quebec 1  
2005/2006 46,716 25,756 55 20,960 45
2006/2007 50,485 31,198 62 19,287 38
2007/2008 49,572 26,272 53 23,300 47
2008/2009 52,360 27,912 53 24,448 47
2009/2010 51,854 28,815 56 23,039 44
Ontario 2  
2005/2006 143,957 8,216 6 135,741 94
2006/2007 119,951 8,923 7 111,028 93
2007/2008 121,431 9,850 8 111,580 92
2008/2009 131,232 11,080 8 120,152 92
2009/2010 130,452 11,826 9 118,626 91
Manitoba  
2005/2006 11,069 4,528 41 6,541 59
2006/2007 11,506 5,883 51 5,623 49
2007/2008 12,928 6,324 49 6,604 51
2008/2009 13,591 6,612 49 6,979 51
2009/2010 15,905 7,391 46 8,514 54
Saskatchewan  
2005/2006 10,639 9,301 87 1,338 13
2006/2007 11,299 9,763 86 1,536 14
2007/2008 13,121 10,804 82 2,317 18
2008/2009 14,213 11,543 81 2,670 19
2009/2010 14,412 12,192 85 2,220 15
Alberta  
2005/2006 24,389 3,758 15 20,631 85
2006/2007 24,758 4,697 19 20,061 81
2007/2008 26,827 4,964 19 21,863 81
2008/2009 32,862 6,622 20 26,240 80
2009/2010 36,226 6,954 19 29,272 81
British Columbia  
2005/2006 35,329 3,804 11 31,525 89
2006/2007 38,121 3,920 10 34,201 90
2007/2008 39,549 4,063 10 35,486 90
2008/2009 40,954 3,917 10 37,037 90
2009/2010 39,131 4,264 11 34,867 89
Yukon  
2005/2006 923 727 79 196 21
2006/2007 925 754 82 171 18
2007/2008 909 751 83 158 17
2008/2009 1,053 900 85 153 15
2009/2010 990 905 91 85 9
Northwest Territories  
2005/2006 1,660 350 21 1,311 79
2006/2007 1,907 420 22 1,487 78
2007/2008 2,419 666 28 1,753 72
2008/2009 2,313 399 17 1,914 83
2009/2010 2,350 612 26 1,738 74
Nunavut 3  
2005/2006 2,040 700 34 1,340 66
2006/2007 2,500 500 20 2,000 80
2007/2008 .. .. … .. …
2008/2009 1,130 735 65 395 35
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
Total  
2005/2006 293,542 r 71,160 r 24 r 222,383 r 76 r
2006/2007 280,604 r 82,110 r 29 r 198,494 r 71 r
2007/2008 286,715 r 80,158 r 28 r 206,556 r 72 r
2008/2009 312,262 r 88,291 r 28 r 223,971 r 72 r
2009/2010 … … … … …
1.
For Quebec, the breakdown in expenditures for staff lawyers 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 79% of direct legal aid expenditures on staff lawyers. 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.