Table 7-3
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of matter — Civil matters

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Civil matters
  Total Staff lawyers Private lawyers
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2005/2006 2,570 2,484 97 86 3
2006/2007 2,884 2,807 97 77 3
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
Prince Edward Island  
2005/2006 .. .. … .. …
2006/2007 654 586 90 68 10
2007/2008 763 652 85 111 15
2008/2009 .. .. … .. …
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
Nova Scotia  
2005/2006 7,811 5,918 76 1,893 24
2006/2007 7,937 6,253 79 1,684 21
2007/2008 8,312 6,422 77 1,890 23
2008/2009 9,324 6,958 75 2,366 25
2009/2010 8,689 6,878 79 1,811 21
New Brunswick  
2005/2006 1,781 1,336 75 445 25
2006/2007 2,101 1,575 75 526 25
2007/2008 2,611 790 30 1,821 70
2008/2009 2,720 1,904 70 816 30
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
Quebec 1  
2005/2006 69,871 42,989 62 26,882 38
2006/2007 69,880 45,803 66 24,077 34
2007/2008 64,973 42,670 66 22,303 34
2008/2009 68,807 42,075 61 26,732 39
2009/2010 69,077 41,873 61 27,204 39
Ontario 2  
2005/2006 138,768 52,320 38 86,448 62
2006/2007 134,841 53,686 40 81,155 60
2007/2008 130,256 56,060 43 74,197 57
2008/2009 140,955 59,094 42 81,861 58
2009/2010 144,609 59,280 41 85,329 59
Manitoba  
2005/2006 7,282 4,604 63 2,678 37
2006/2007 5,997 3,761 63 2,236 37
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
Saskatchewan  
2005/2006 4,377 4,225 97 152 3
2006/2007 4,457 4,250 95 207 5
2007/2008 4,539 4,334 95 205 5
2008/2009 4,851 4,585 95 266 5
2009/2010 5,044 4,812 95 232 5
Alberta  
2005/2006 18,243 5,999 33 12,244 67
2006/2007 16,498 5,991 36 10,507 64
2007/2008 17,856 7,945 44 9,911 56
2008/2009 21,907 10,484 48 11,423 52
2009/2010 28,408 12,397 44 16,011 56
British Columbia  
2005/2006 17,525 3,394 19 14,131 81
2006/2007 19,278 3,392 18 15,886 82
2007/2008 20,198 3,585 18 16,613 82
2008/2009 23,260 3,677 16 19,583 84
2009/2010 21,817 3,187 15 18,630 85
Yukon  
2005/2006 477 469 98 8 2
2006/2007 439 432 98 7 2
2007/2008 416 410 99 6 1
2008/2009 432 426 99 6 1
2009/2010 418 418 100 0 0
Northwest Territories  
2005/2006 1,054 806 76 248 24
2006/2007 956 766 80 190 20
2007/2008 1,029 837 81 192 19
2008/2009 927 869 94 58 6
2009/2010 822 738 90 84 10
Nunavut 3  
2005/2006 561 422 75 139 25
2006/2007 499 464 93 35 7
2007/2008 .. .. … .. …
2008/2009 685 320 47 365 53
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
Total  
2005/2006 270,320 r 124,966 r 46 145,354 r 54
2006/2007 266,421 r 129,766 r 49 r 136,655 r 51 r
2007/2008 259,946 r 130,509 r 50 129,438 r 50
2008/2009 285,130 r 139,549 r 49 r 145,581 r 51 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.