Legal Aid Eligibility and Coverage in Canada

TABLE 5-8 - Prince Edward Island

Proportion and Number of Families Who Qualify and Do not Qualify for Legal Aid by Poverty Status, 1998

# of families
Financial Eligbility Poor Non-poor Total
Do not qualify 5,000 44,500 49,500
Qualify 5,200 * 5,200
Total 10,200 44,500 54,700

% of families
Financial Eligbility Poor Non-poor Total
Do not qualify 49.1% 100.0% 90.5%
Qualify 50.9% * 9.5%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

* Sample too small.

Proportion of Poor Families Who Do and Do Not Qualify for Legal Aid by Family Size, 1998
Family size Financial Eligbility Total
Do not qualify Qualify
% %
1 52 48 100
2+ 43.9 56.1 100

Number of Poor Families Who Do and Do Not Qualify for Legal Aid by Family Size, 1998
Family size Financial Eligbility Total
Do not qualify Qualify
# #
1 3,400 3,200 6,600
2+ 1,600 2,000 3,600
Total 5,000 5,200 10,200

Note: The sample size for PEI is very small. The family size category had to be combined in order to be able to release these figures.

Source: Prepared by the CCSD using Statistics Canada's Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics,1998.