Immigration and Refugee Legal Aid Cost Drivers

Table 4
CRDD Hearing Statistics by Region : March 1, 2001 - February 28, 2002
National Montreal Toronto Ottawa Calgary Vancouver
Single sitting : half-day (proportion of caseload) 64% 74% 54% 61% 44% 43%
Average time per hearing (in hours) 3.5 3.1 3.7 3.5 4.1 4.9
Number of hearings concluded 13186 4763 6204 447 588 1184

Source: IRB, 2002d