A Profile of Legal Aid Services in Family Law Matters in Canada
TABLE 5 : Costs of Family Law Legal Aid Services in Canada for the Most Recent Year Available
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| Province/Territory |
Year |
Population2 |
Number of Cases |
Total Cost of Legal Aid |
Cost of Family Law Legal Aid |
Cost/Case |
|
|
|
|
$ |
$ |
% of Total |
per capita |
$ |
| Prince Edward Island |
1999/2000 |
137,980 |
241 |
695,318 |
203,000 |
29 |
1.47 |
842 |
| Nova Scotia3 |
1999/2000 |
939,791 |
5,653 |
11,117,320 |
4,658,213 |
42 |
4.96 |
824 |
| New Brunswick4 |
2000/2001 |
756,598 |
4,228 |
- |
1,712,800 |
- |
0.67 |
405 |
| Quebec |
2000/2001 |
7,372,448 |
86,190 |
103,207,782 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Ontario5 |
2000/2001 |
11,669,344 |
32,787 |
- |
41,258,677 |
- |
3.54 |
1,536 |
| Manitoba6 |
2000/2001 |
1,147,880 |
7,365 |
18,094,546 |
4,079,809 |
23 |
3.55 |
554 |
| Saskatchewan7 |
2000/2001 |
1,023,636 |
5,256 |
11,609,742 |
3,446,642 |
30 |
3.37 |
656 |
| Alberta |
2000/2001 |
2,997,236 |
8,407 |
27,215,150 |
6,120,000 |
23 |
2.04 |
728 |
| British Columbia8 |
2000/2001 |
4,063,760 |
15,526 |
50,499,027 |
23,658,700 |
47 |
5.82 |
1,524 |
| Yukon |
2000/2001 |
30,663 |
230 |
- |
232,990 |
- |
7.60 |
1,013 |
| Northwest Territories9 |
2000/2001 |
42,083 |
541 |
- |
593,549 |
- |
12.82 |
1,097 |
Source of Data: Unless otherwise noted, data were provided by the legal aid service in each jurisdiction. Data for Newfoundland were provided by that jurisdiction, and Nunavut did not have the resources available to produce the requested
1 Since many family legal aid cases span more than one fiscal year, some cases in the table would have beence commenced prior to year stated and completed during the year, and others may be approved by not completed in the year
2 Total population as of July 1, 1999 for jurisdictions with fiscal year of 1999/2000, and as of July 1, 2000 for jurisdictions with fiscal year
3 Additional statistics for Nova Scotia on costs per case by delivery mode: private lawyers =$591; staff lawyers = $893; Dalhousie Aid = $1,559. Data for private lawyers and Dalhousie Legal Aid are based on a two-year average for
4 Additional statistics for New Brunswick on costs per case by delivery mode: private lawyers =$177; staff lawyers =
5 Cost/case is the average cost of completed cases in the fiscal year for private lawyers
6 Additional statistics for Manitoba on costs per case by delivery mode: private lawyers = %585; staff lawyers =
7 Cost figures include civil and provincial legal aid, based on costs haring
8 The cost per case figure is a rough indicator only. This is because a number of tariff payments in 2000-2001 were for cases and reported in previous years, but completed in 2000-2001. Also, a number of cases referred in 2000-2001 will not be completed and paid until 2001-2002 or later. The "Cost of Family Law Legal Aid" for 2000-2001 in this table includes actual private bar tariff and budgeted family staff lawyer costs for this year; it excludes legal information/summary advice service costs and transcript
9 Number of cases includes ongoing cases from previous
