Legal Aid Eligibility and Coverage in Canada
Proportion of Low Income, 18-35 year olds, Who Qualify for Legal Aid 1998
This is a vertical bar chart which represents the proportion of low-income 18 to 35 year olds who qualify for legal aid, by province, for the year 1998.
The Y axis is measured in percentages and increases in increments of 10, from 0 to 100.
The X axis is divided by 9 categories, which represent the provinces. From left to right, the 11 categories are: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Each category is divided by 2 sub-categories, from left to right: full eligibility and expanded eligibility.
In terms of full eligibility:
- 72.9% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in British Columbia qualify
- 71.3% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Alberta qualify
- 57.4 % of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Saskatchewan qualify
- 69.9% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Manitoba qualify
- 37.4% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Ontario qualify
- 32.5% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Quebec qualify
- 88.1% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Nova Scotia qualify
- 51.5% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Prince Edward Island qualify
- 20.7% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Newfoundland qualify
In terms of expanded eligibility:
- 98.6% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Alberta qualify
- 97.8% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Manitoba qualify
- 97.5% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Ontario qualify
- 65.8% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds in Quebec qualify
- For all other provinces, 0% of low-income 18 to 35 year olds qualify
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