Legal Aid Research Series Court Side Study of Adult Unrepresented Accused in the Provincial Criminal Courts Part 1: Overview Report

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Figure 2.2 Key Characteristics of Sites Selected for Inclusion in Study
  Kelowna Edmonton Regina Brandon Scarborough Sherbrooke Bathurst Halifax St. John’s
1. Region/Province Pacific/British Columbia Prairies/Alberta Prairies/ Saskatchewan Prairies/ Manitoba Central/ Ontario Central/ Quebec Atlantic/ New Brunswick Atlantic/ Nova Scotia Atlantic/New-foundland
2. Main mechanism for delivery of legal representation Judicare Judicare Staff Mixed Judicare Judicare Judicare Staff Staff
3. Size of Surrounding Population Served 96,288 937,845 178,225 39,716 612,581 75,916 12,924 359,111 99,182
4. Economic Conditions                  
a) Average per capita income $19,300 $26,196 $22,300 $19,500 $19,460 $20,931 $17,900 $21,329 $23,409
b) Unemployment rate 6.6 4.9% 5.5% 4.4% M = 7.1%F = 9.0% 7.8% 13.6% 7% 9.1%
c) % of dwellings owner-occupied 73% 60% 65% 61% 60% 36% 72% 30% city 61% CMA 60%
5. a) Cultural, Ethnic and Language Mix Inc. First Nations Inc. First Nations Inc. First Nations   Multi-cultural Bicultural Bicultural    
b) % with English as language spoken at home 96% 85% 96% 98% 66% 5% 50% 94% 99%