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Table 1 – Legal aid plan revenues, by type of revenue, annual, 2022-23
	Total legal aid plan revenues^{Footnote 1 of Table 1} Dollars (%)		Federal contributions from 2022-23 agreements				P/T contributions to legal aid plans^{Footnote 4 of Table 1} Dollars (%)		Client contributions and cost recoveries to legal aid plans^{Footnote 5 of Table 1} Dollars (%)		Contributions of the legal profession and interest earned from lawyers’ trust accounts^{Footnote 6 of Table 1} Dollars (%)		Other legal aid plan revenues Dollars (%)
	Type of Revenue
			Criminal (+civil in territories) Dollars (%)^{Footnote 2 of Table 1}		I&R^{Footnote 3 of Table 1} Dollars (%)								Other legal aid plan revenues Dollars (%)
N.L.	18,648,644	100%	2,612,824	14%	0	0%	14,424,076	77%	49,641	0%	1,465,679	8%	96,424	1%
P.E.I.	1,021,585	100%	545,887	53%			475,698	47%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
N.S.	32,843,372	100%	4,987,881	15%	836,000	3%	26,534,219	81%	31,397	0%	0	0%	453,875	1%
N.B.	12,719,232	100%	3,107,771	24%			8,358,478	66%	643,969	5%	200,000	2%	409,014	3%
Que.	180,512,857	100%	31,480,868	17%	8,466,095	5%	134,846,137	75%	3,461,249	2%	0	0 %	2,258,508	1%
Ont.	577,745,083	100%	61,190,384	11%	44,224,211	8%	226,214,685	39%	12,919,086	2%	231,786,894	40%	1,409,823	0%
Man.	36,889,162	100%	9,430,933	26%	215,000	1%	23,275,038	63%	1,842,196	5%	1,536,484	4%	589,511	2%
Sask.	29,664,754	100%	8,734,788	29%			20,501,212	69%	5,575	0%	0	0%	423,179	1%
Alta.	120,647,765	100%	21,722,708	18%	924,000	1%	87,458,292	72%	4,923,029	4%	2,728,761	2%	2,890,975	2%
B.C.	122,446,843	100%	21,189,390	17%	6,780,000	6%	90,777,185	74%	0	0%	2,463,311	2%	1,236,957	1%
Yuk.	3,250,533	100%	1,356,163	42%			1,830,518	56%	12,950	0%	902	0%	50,000	2%
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Canada	1,136,389,830	100%	166,359,597	15%	61,445,306	5%	634,695,538	56%	23,889,092	2%	240,182,031	21%	9,818,266	1%
Table 1 footnotes Notes of Table 1 – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 1 Revenues are all monies received by the legal aid plan for assistance in the provision of legal aid services. Funding is received by legal aid plans from three main sources: government contributions, client contributions and cost recoveries, and contributions from the legal profession. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 1 Footnote 2 of Table 1 Federal government contributions are the federal contribution amounts for criminal and where applicable, I&R legal aid. Federal contributions flow directly to the consolidated revenue fund of each province/territory, and are subsequently allocated by the provinces/territories to their respective legal aid plans. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 1 Footnote 3 of Table 1 Immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters are proceedings of persons (individuals, or principal applicants and family) involved in the immigration and refugee determination system under the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). I&R legal aid covers the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation for immigration or refugee proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada, the Federal Court (FC), or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials on post-determination actions. I&R legal aid is available in seven provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.), Nova Scotia (N.S.), Quebec (Que.), Ontario (Ont.), Manitoba (Man.), Alberta (Alta.), and British Columbia (B.C.). Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 1 Footnote 4 of Table 1 Provincial/Territorial (P/T) contributions are the contribution amounts received for legal aid services from the legal aid plan’s respective government. Many legal aid plans are unable to isolate the federal contribution received by the P/T government from JUS. Therefore, these federal contributions may be included in the total “P/T contributions to legal aid plans” table. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 1 Footnote 5 of Table 1 Client contributions are to all monies received from the aided person for legal assistance; flat user fees are included. The amount of client contribution is established in an agreement between the jurisdiction and the client. Agreements may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Cost recoveries refer to the party costs ordered or agreed to be recovered in the case. Includes monies recovered from a judgement, award or settlement. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 1 Footnote 6 of Table 1 Contributions of the legal profession and interest earned from lawyers’ trust accounts are all monies received from the law profession (e.g., provincial/territorial law foundation funding, levies) as well as other revenues that have not already been accounted for in the above categories. This may include interest from lawyers’ trust accounts, revenues from investments, research sales, general interest earnings and any other revenue. Return to footnote 6 referrer of Table 1 Notes of Table 1 Notes For N.L., "Other Legal Aid Plan Revenues" includes interest. In N.S., I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic. For N.B., Public Trustee does not fall under the same screening criteria as criminal and family legal aid services; however, their revenue is included in this table as revenue received from the provincial government is also used to cover expenditures related to P/T services. For N.B., "Other Legal Aid Plan Revenues" includes liens, Public Trustee Client Recovery, Public Trustee Fee Revenue, Interest, and miscellaneous. For Man., "Other Legal Aid Plan Revenues" includes judgements and settlements, interest income, and miscellaneous. For Sask. “Other Legal Aid Plan Revenues” includes interest, grants, and miscellaneous. For Alta., client contributions and cost recoveries to legal aid plans decreased due to the end of temporary funding. For B.C., "Other Legal Aid Plan Revenues" includes investment income and fees.

Table 2a – Legal aid plan expenditures, by type of expenditure, 2022-23
			Criminal matters Dollars (%)		Civil matters
	Total Expenditures^{Footnote 1 of Table 2a} Dollars (%)		Legal Services Expenditures (including administrative and other costs)
			Criminal matters Dollars (%)		I&R^{Footnote 2 of Table 2a} Dollars (%)		All other civil Dollars (%)
N.L.	17,547,740	100%	11,314,906	64%	32,357	0%	6,200,477	35%
P.E.I.	2,160,414	100%	938,887	43%			1,221,527	57%
N.S.	32,154,098	100%	19,139,682	60%	836,751	3%	12,177,665	38%
N.B.	11,102,326	100%	6,174,267	56%			4,928,059	44%
Que.	205,121,351	100%	81,299,548	40%	8,466,095	4%	115,355,708	56%
Ont.	468,797,356	100%	210,687,608	45%	44,521,388	10%	213,588,360	46%
Man.	33,771,458	100%	24,445,837	72%	216,059	1%	9,109,562	27%
Sask.	31,635,669	100%	25,151,101	80%			6,484,568	20%
Alta.	100,065,238	100%	75,813,344	76%	726,143	1%	23,525,751	24%
B.C.	96,578,798	100%	57,659,028	60%	7,580,607	8%	31,339,163	32%
Yuk.	3,242,688	100%	–	–			–	–
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–			–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–			–	–
Canada	1,002,177,136	100%	512,624,208	51%	62,379,400	6%	423,930,840	42%
Table 2a footnotes Notes of Table 2a – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 2a Legal Services Expenditures are payments made by legal aid plans to private law firms for the delivery of legal services and the costs of legal services delivered by legal aid plan staff. These expenditures include monies spent on the provision of legal advice and representation services to clients including special target groups. All legal aid office and contracted community clinic expenditures are a combination of direct and indirect service delivery costs. Direct service delivery costs are expenses related to providing services directly to clients, while indirect service delivery costs are expenses not directly related to providing legal aid services to clients, but are reasonably attributable to the delivery of legal aid. These costs are required to support the day-to-day operations of the legal aid plan and are provided at a service delivery location. These costs should not be included under administrative costs. Administrative costs and other costs are excluded. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 2a Footnote 2 of Table 2a Immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters are proceedings of persons (individuals, or principal applicants and family) involved in the immigration and refugee determination system under the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). I&R legal aid covers the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation for immigration or refugee proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada, the Federal Court (FC), or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials on post-determination actions. I&R legal aid is available in 7 provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.), Nova Scotia (N.S.), Quebec (Que.), Ontario (Ont.), Manitoba (Man.), Alberta (Alta.), and British Columbia (B.C.). Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 2a Note of Table 2a Note: In N.S., I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic.

Table 2b – Total administrative and other costs, 2022-23
	Dollars
N.L.	2,061,953
P.E.I.	220,047
N.S.	2,692,548
N.B.	1,376,002
Que.	30,046,372
Ont.	46,896,921
Man.	5,448,525
Sask.	3,624,157
Alta.	6,893,939
B.C.	7,034,631
Yuk.	493,416
N.W.T.	–
Nvt.	–
Canada	106,788,511
Table 2b footnote Note of Table 2b Note: Total legal aid plan expenditures from Table 2a include these administrative costs in all jurisdictions.

Table 3 – Legal aid applications received, by type of matter, 2022-23
			Total criminal applications Number (%)		Adult	Youth^{Footnote 2 of Table 3}	P/T offences Number (%)^{Footnote 3 of Table 3}		Total civil applications (including I&R) Number (%)		Child Protection^{Footnote 4 of Table 3}	Family^{Footnote 5 of Table 3}	Non-family^{Footnote 6 of Table 3}	I&R^{Footnote 7 of Table 3}
	Total legal aid applications^{Footnote 1 of Table 3} Number (%)		Criminal legal aid applications				P/T offences Number (%)^{Footnote 3 of Table 3}		Civil legal aid applications
N.L.	7,234	100%	4,476	62%	4,199	277	0	0%	2,758	38%	2,691	–	–	67
P.E.I.	1,109	100%	878	79%	807	71	0	0%	231	21%	26	193	12
N.S.^{Footnote 8 of Table 3}	38,300	100%	24,114	63%	23,197	917	459	1%	13,727	36%	1,556	10,028	2,059	84
N.B.	4,766	100%	2,619	55%	2,449	170	10	0%	2,137	45%	356	1,779	2
Que.	219,754	100%	87,293	40%	79,393	7,900	7765	4%	124,696	57%	44,992	30,065	39,102	10,537
Ont.	120,626	100%	63,212	52%	59,924	3,288	0	0%	57,414	48%	3,810	20,171	8,216	25,217
Man.	27,012	100%	18,690	69%	17,215	1,475	46	0%	8,276	31%	1,762	5,545	708	261
Sask.	22,007	100%	15,527	71%	13,956	1,571	0	0%	6,480	29%	911	5,569	0
Alta.	33,116	100%	26,137	79%	25,572	565	150	0%	6,829	21%	1,303	4,888	430	208
B.C.	36,638	100%	20,533	56%	19,605	928	1443	4%	14,662	40%	2,386	8,933	0	3,343
Yuk.	1,738	100%	1,315	76%	1,256	59	0	0%	423	24%	–	310	113
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Canada	512,300	100%	264,794	52%	247,573	17,221	9,873	2%	237,633	46%	59,793	87,481	50,642	39,717
Table 3 footnotes Notes of Table 3 – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 3 An application for legal aid is a request for legal aid assistance that results in the provision of summary or full legal representation on behalf of the legal aid plan, or the denial of legal aid service. Summary services include the provision of legal advice, information, or any other type of minimal legal service granted to an individual. Full legal representation constitutes more extensive legal assistance. The total number of applications reported for the fiscal year includes all applications filed during that time, irrespective of when the application was approved or rejected. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 3 Footnote 2 of Table 3 Youth are persons who are at least 12 years of age, but under 18 years of age and charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 3 Footnote 3 of Table 3 Provincial/Territorial (P/T) offences are those offences under provincial or territorial statutory responsibility. Also included are infractions under municipal by-laws. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 3 Footnote 4 of Table 3 Child protection matters are those that involve children who come into the care of child protection agencies for reasons such as allegations of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 3 Footnote 5 of Table 3 Family matters are proceedings related to divorce, separation, maintenance, and all other matters of a family law nature, excluding child protection. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 3 Footnote 6 of Table 3 Non-family matters are all other civil proceedings that are not of a family nature (e.g., landlord and tenant disputes, poverty law). Return to footnote 6 referrer of Table 3 Footnote 7 of Table 3 Immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters are proceedings for persons (individuals, or principal applicants and family) involved in the immigration and refugee determination system under the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). I&R legal aid covers the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation for immigration or refugee proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada, the Federal Court (FC), or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials on post-determination actions. I&R legal aid is available in 7 provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.), Nova Scotia (N.S.), Quebec (Que.), Ontario (Ont.), Manitoba (Man.), Alberta (Alta), and British Columbia (B.C.). Return to footnote 7 referrer of Table 3 Footnote 8 of Table 3 The actual number of applications received by NS Legal Aid in 2021-22 may be greater than the number of applications reported here because of differences in the way applications are counted (specifically related to gender). Return to footnote 8 referrer of Table 3 Notes of Table 3 Notes N.L. civil legal aid applications data are only available in aggregate form, so 2,691 includes applications for child protection, family and non-family matters. In N.S., I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic; data include both Nova Scotia Legal Aid and Halifax Refugee Clinic. For Alta., applications approved and refused may relate to current and previous fiscal years, while those received are restricted to current year only.

Table 4 – Legal aid applications approved for full legal representation, by staff and private bar lawyers, annual, 2022-23
			Total approved criminal applications Number (%)		Adult	Youth^{Footnote 4 of Table 4}	P/T offences^{Footnote 5 of Table 4} Number (%)		Total approved civil legal aid applications Number (%)		Child Protection^{Footnote 6 of Table 4}	Family^{Footnote 7 of Table 4}	Non-Family^{Footnote 8 of Table 4}	I&R^{Footnote 9 of Table 4}
	Total approved legal aid applications^{Footnote 1 of Table 4} Number (%)		Criminal applications^{Footnote 2 of Table 4}				P/T offences^{Footnote 5 of Table 4} Number (%)		Civil applications^{Footnote 3 of Table 4}
N.L.	3,733	100%	2,784	75%	2,535	249	0	0%	949	25%	909	7	1	32
P.E.I.	862	100%	767	89%	696	71	0	0%	95	11%	–	–	–
N.S.	17,004	100%	12,293	72%	11,561	732	25	0%	4,686	28%	910	2,818	885	73
N.B.	3,344	100%	2,021	61%	1,863	158	6	0%	1,317	39%	280	1,037	0
Que.	175,999	100%	70,025	40%	62,434	7,591	6,175	4%	99,799	57%	42,191	19,983	27,839	9,786
Ont.	108,733	100%	58,147	53%	54,678	3,469	0	0%	50,586	47%	3,395	15,488	8,022	23,681
Man.	31,645	100%	26,071	82%	24,291	1,780	12	0%	5,562	18%	1,404	3,710	240	208
Sask.	16,649	100%	12,737	77%	11,212	1,525	0	0%	3,912	23%	783	3,129	0
Alta.	22,226	100%	19,229	87%	18,743	486	123	1%	2,874	13%	991	1,711	43	129
B.C.	28,256	100%	17,319	61%	16,435	884	1,150	4%	9,787	35%	1,672	5,294	0	2,821
Yuk.	1,733	100%	1,315	76%	1,256	59	0	0%	418	24%	–	310	108
N.W.T.	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nvt.	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
CDA	410,184	100%	222,708	54%	205,704	17,004	7,491	2%	179,985	44%	52,535	53,487	37,138	36,730
Table 4 footnotes Notes of Table 4 – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 4 In this table, approved legal aid application counts are full legal representation applications only. When aggregated, the total number of applications reflects the number of individual requests for assistance, rather than the total number of persons seeking assistance. Full legal representation (may also be called “certificate”) refers to the provision of full legal aid representation by a private bar lawyer, approved by the legal aid plan or by a staff lawyer. An approved application for full legal representation refers to an application for legal assistance which is granted as described in a certificate, referral, or any other authorization denoting that the applicant is entitled to legal aid services. Once an application is approved for full legal representation by the legal aid plan, the certificate may then be brought to a private bar lawyer who bills the legal aid plan once the service is completed, or the service may be provided by a legal aid staff lawyer. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 4 Footnote 2 of Table 4 For criminal matters, there can be multiple charges per application and these can be handled separately by different lawyers. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 4 Footnote 3 of Table 4 For civil matters, there is one matter per application. In some jurisdictions one application may be associated with multiple matters. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 4 Footnote 4 of Table 4 “Youth” are persons who are at least 12 years of age, but under 18 years of age and charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 4 Footnote 5 of Table 4 Provincial/Territorial (P/T) offences are those offences under provincial or territorial statutory responsibility. Also included are infractions under municipal by-laws. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 4 Footnote 6 of Table 4 Child protection matters are those where measures of child protection are sought and proceedings when a client is involved with a child protection agency. Return to footnote 6 referrer of Table 4 Footnote 7 of Table 4 Family matters are proceedings related to divorce, separation, maintenance, and all other matters of a family law nature, excluding child protection. Return to footnote 7 referrer of Table 4 Footnote 8 of Table 4 Non-family matters are all other civil proceedings that are not of a family nature (e.g., landlord and tenant disputes, poverty law). Return to footnote 8 referrer of Table 4 Footnote 9 of Table 4 Immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters are proceedings of persons (individuals, or principal applicants and family) involved in the immigration and refugee determination system under the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). I&R legal aid covers the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation for immigration or refugee proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada, the Federal Court (FC), or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials on post-determination actions. I&R legal aid is available in 7 provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.), Nova Scotia (N.S.), Quebec (Que.), Ontario (Ont.), Manitoba (Man.), Alberta (Alta), and British Columbia (B.C.). Return to footnote 9 referrer of Table 4 Notes of Table 4 Notes Totals may include applications that were withdrawn, or were received in a previous fiscal year, but approved or refused this fiscal year. N.L. civil legal aid date is only available in aggregate form for matters handled by staff solicitors, so 949 includes applications for child protection, family and non-family matters. The 7 and 1 refer to matters handled by the private bar. P.E.I.: Civil data are only collected in aggregate form. No breakdown is available. In N.S., I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic; data include both Nova Scotia Legal Aid and Halifax Refugee Clinic. For N.B., data only include approved applications where the attorney was assigned before March 31^st. For Ont., total approved legal aid applications for full legal representation by staff lawyers is included in criminal adult matters. Data not captured separately for adult and youth criminal matters by staff lawyers. In Man., an application may result in more than one legal matter. It is more likely that a criminal adult or youth application will result in multiple legal matters (e.g., breaches added to the original charge) than a civil application. For Alta., applications approved and refused may relate to current and previous fiscal years, while those received are restricted to current year only.

4,263

Table 5 – Refused legal aid applications, by reason for refusal, all legal aid matters, 2022-23
			Financial eligibility^{Footnote 3 of Table 5} Number (%)		Coverage restrictions^{Footnote 4 of Table 5} Number (%)		Lack of merit^{Footnote 5 of Table 5} Number (%)		Non-compliance or abuse^{Footnote 6 of Table 5} Number (%)		Other reasons for refusal^{Footnote 7 of Table 5}^{Footnote 8 of Table 5} Number (%)
	Total reasons for refusal^{Footnote 2 of Table 5} Number (%)		Reasons for refusal^{Footnote 1 of Table 5}
N.L.	2,759	100%	400	14%	0	0%	350	13%	0	0%	2,009	73%
P.E.I.	142	100%	132	93%	0	0%	10	7%	0	0%	0	0%
N.S.	1,817	100%	927	51%	308	17%	161	9%	265	15%	156	9%
N.B.	486	100%	228	47%	154	32%	7	1%	0	0%	97	20%
Que.	39,831	100%	32,921	83%	3,632	9%	783	2%	44	0%	2,451	6%
Ont.	8,641	100%	5,119	59%	2,835	33%	431	5%	0	0%	256	3%
Man.	8,718	100%	3,785	43%	2,075	24%	1174	13%	74	1%	1,610	18%
Sask.	3,164	100%	2,192	69%	599	19%	328	10%	19	1%	26	1%
Alta.	10,268	100%	3,908	38%	2459	24%	29	0%	0	0%	3,872	38%
B.C.	8,382	100%	1,289	15%	609	7%	0	0%	0	0%	6,484	77%
Yuk.	55	100%	51	93%	1	2%	3	5%	0	0%	0	0%
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Canada	8–	100%	50,952	60%	12,672	15%	3,276	4%	402	0%	16,961	20%
Table 5 footnotes Notes of Table 5 – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 5 An application can be refused, appealed and still refused. Only the initial refusal is counted. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 5 Footnote 2 of Table 5 If an application involves more than one reason for refusal, only the most important reason is counted. This is determined by the hierarchy of the table (reasons are ordered from highest to lowest importance, from left to right). Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 5 Footnote 3 of Table 5 “Financial eligibility” are refusals for legal aid based on financial information disclosed by the applicant (e.g., income level, assets, liabilities) which indicates that the applicant does not meet the financial eligibility requirements set by the legal aid plan and therefore does not qualify for legal aid. Financial eligibility criteria are set out by each legal aid plan and therefore the criteria differ across the provinces and territories. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 5 Footnote 4 of Table 5 “Coverage restrictions” are applications refused on the grounds that the legal matter is not covered by the legal aid plan. For example, some plans do not cover wills and estates or workplace injury claims. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 5 Footnote 5 of Table 5 “Lack of merit” are applications refused because the nature of the case or the seriousness of the matter does not warrant legal assistance. This eligibility criterion does not depend on finances, it includes criteria such as the type of legal problem and the merit of the case. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 5 Footnote 6 of Table 5 “Non-compliance/abuse” are refusals for legal aid based on either an applicant’s prior or current experience with the legal aid plan. These refusals include applications where similar services were already rendered, services applied for are abusive of the legal process, or because the client fails to cooperate with the legal aid lawyer. Return to footnote 6 referrer of Table 5 Footnote 7 of Table 5 “Other reasons for refusal” refer to all other reasons for refusing an application that has not already been accounted for in the above categories. Return to footnote 7 referrer of Table 5 Footnote 8 of Table 5 A proportion of Quebec refusals are due to the fact that some legal aid applicants have not submitted the required documents to assess their financial eligibility. Return to footnote 8 referrer of Table 5 Notes of Table 5 Notes In N.S., I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic; data include both Nova Scotia Legal Aid and Halifax Refugee Clinic. For Alta., applications approved and refused may relate to current and previous fiscal years, while those received are restricted to current year only. B.C.’s current system does not support effective tracking of refusals, so many applications refused for coverage or eligibility may be incorrectly identified as “Other reasons for refusal”. Financial eligibility criteria are a set of caps rather than a reflection of the client’s ability to pay. In addition, the caps are based on a market basket measure of poverty.

Table 6 – Refused legal aid applications, by reason for refusal, criminal matters, 2022-23
			Financial eligibility^{Footnote 3 of Table 6} Number (%)		Coverage restrictions^{Footnote 4 of Table 6} Number (%)		Lack of merit^{Footnote 5 of Table 6} Number (%)		Non-compliance or abuse^{Footnote 6 of Table 6} Number (%)		Other reasons for refusal^{Footnote 7 of Table 6}^{Footnote 8 of Table 6} Number (%)
	Total reasons for refusal^{Footnote 2 of Table 6} Number (%)		Reasons for refusal^{Footnote 1 of Table 6}
N.L.	1,261	100%	208	16%	0	0%	47	4%	0	0%	1,006	80%
P.E.I.	105	100%	105	100%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
N.S.	596	100%	317	53%	84	14%	30	5%	69	12%	96	16%
N.B.	288	100%	99	34%	111	39%	5	2%	0	0%	73	25%
Que.	14,753	100%	13,446	91%	564	4%	22	0%	6	0%	715	5%
Ont.	4,261	100%	2,024	48%	1,919	45%	205	5%	0	0%	113	3%
Man.	5,076	100%	2203	43%	1,360	27%	335	7%	34	1%	1,144	23%
Sask.	1,623	100%	1168	72%	405	25%	30	2%	12	1%	8	0%
Alta.	6,200	100%	2050	33%	845	14%	15	0%	0	0%	3,290	53%
B.C.	3,214	100%	445	14%	291	9%	0	0%	0	0%	2,478	77%
Yuk.	43	100%	39	91%	1	2%	3	7%	0	0%	0	0%
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Canada	37,420	100%	22,104	59%	5,580	15%	692	2%	121	0%	8,923	24%
Table 6 footnotes Notes of Table 6 – Refers to data that are not available, provided, or collected by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 6 Refused applications are all requests for legal aid that have been denied legal services. This total includes applications for which no services have been approved, as well as those applications denied for full service that subsequently receive summary service. An application can be refused, appealed and still refused. Only the initial refusal is counted. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 6 Footnote 2 of Table 6 If an application involves more than one reason for refusal, only the most important reason is counted. This is determined by the hierarchy of the table (reasons are ordered from highest to lowest importance, from left to right). Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 6 Footnote 3 of Table 6 “Financial eligibility” are refusals for legal aid based on financial information disclosed by the applicant (e.g., income level, assets, liabilities) which indicates that the applicant does not meet the financial eligibility requirements set by the legal aid plan and therefore does not qualify for legal aid. Financial eligibility criteria are set out by each legal aid plan and therefore the criteria differ across the provinces and territories. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 6 Footnote 4 of Table 6 “Coverage restrictions” are applications refused on the grounds that the legal matter is not covered by the legal aid plan. For example, some plans do not cover wills and estates or workplace injury claims. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 6 Footnote 5 of Table 6 “Lack of merit” are applications refused because the nature of the case or the seriousness of the matter does not warrant legal assistance. This eligibility criterion does not depend on finances, it includes criteria such as the type of legal problem and the merit of the case. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 6 Footnote 6 of Table 6 “Non-compliance/abuse” are refusals for legal aid based on either an applicant’s prior or current experience with the legal aid plan. These refusals include applications where similar services were already rendered, services applied for are abusive of the legal process, or because the client fails to co-operate with the legal aid lawyer. Return to footnote 6 referrer of Table 6 Footnote 7 of Table 6 Other refers to all other reasons for refusing an application that have not already been accounted for in the above categories. Return to footnote 7 referrer of Table 6 Footnote 8 of Table 6 A proportion of Quebec refusals are due to the fact that some legal aid applicants have not submitted the required documents to assess their financial eligibility. Return to footnote 8 referrer of Table 6 Notes of Table 6 Notes In N.S., I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic; data include both Nova Scotia Legal Aid and Halifax Refugee Clinic. For Alta., applications approved and refused may relate to current and previous fiscal years, while those received are restricted to current year only. B.C.’s current system does not support effective tracking of refusals, so many applications refused for coverage or eligibility may be incorrectly identified as “Other reasons for refusal”. Financial eligibility criteria are a set of caps rather than a reflection of the client’s ability to pay. In addition, the caps are based on a market basket measure of poverty.

Table 7 – Refused legal aid applications, by reason for refusal, civil matters, 2022-23
		Total refused^{Footnote 1 of Table 7}^{Footnote 2 of Table 7} Number (%)		Financial eligibility^{Footnote 3 of Table 7} Number (%)		Coverage restrictions^{Footnote 4 of Table 7} Number (%)		Lack of merit^{Footnote 5 of Table 7} Number (%)		Non-compliance or abuse^{Footnote 6 of Table 7} Number (%)		Other reasons for refusal^{Footnote 7 of Table 7}^{Footnote 8 of Table 7} Number (%)
N.L.	Other Civil	1,470	100%	191	13%	0	0%	292	20%	0	0%	987	67%
	I&R	28	100%	1	4%	0	0%	11	39%	0	0%	16	57%
	Total	1,498	100%	192	13%	0	0%	303	20%	0	0%	1,003	67%
P.E.I.	Other Civil	37	100%	27	73%	0	0%	10	27%	0	0%	0	0%
	I&R
	Total	37	100%	27	73%	0	0%	10	27%	0	0%	0	0%
N.S.	Other Civil	1,190	100%	602	51%	216	18%	128	11%	186	16%	58	5%
	I&R	9	100%	6	67%		0%	3	33%		0%		0%
	Total	1,199	100%	608	51%	216	18%	131	11%	186	16%	58	5%
N.B.	Other Civil	194	100%	128	66%	41	21%	2	1%	0	0%	23	12%
	I&R
	Total	194	100%	128	66%	41	21%	2	1%	0	0%	23	12%
Que.	Other Civil	22,985	100%	18,049	79%	2,580	11%	726	3%	37	0%	1,593	7%
	I&R	647	100%	566	87%	16	2%	25	4%	1	0%	39	6%
	Total	23,632	100%	18,615	79%	2,596	11%	751	3%	38	0%	1,632	7%
Ont.	Other Civil	3,721	100%	2,732	73%	753	20%	117	3%	0	0%	119	3%
	I&R	659	100%	363	55%	163	25%	109	17%	0	0%	24	4%
	Total	4,380	100%	3,095	71%	916	21%	226	5%	0	0%	143	3%
Man.	Other Civil	3,546	100%	1,548	44%	690	19%	817	23%	40	1%	451	13%
	I&R	70	100%	27	39%	17	24%	18	26%	0	0%	8	11%
	Total	3,616	100%	1,575	44%	707	20%	835	23%	40	1%	459	13%
Sask.	Other Civil	1,541	100%	1,024	66%	194	13%	298	19%	7	0%	18	1%
	I&R
	Total	1,541	100%	1,024	66%	194	13%	298	19%	7	0%	18	1%
Alta.	Other Civil	3,946	100%	1,822	46%	1,584	40%	14	0%	0	0%	526	13%
	I&R	93	100%	36	39%	30	32%	0	0%	0	0%	27	29%
	Total	4,039	100%	1,858	46%	1614	40%	14	0%	0	0%	553	14%
B.C.	Other Civil	4,353	100%	614	14%	180	4%	0	0%	0	0%	3,559	82%
	I&R	522	100%	180	34%	121	23%	0	0%	0	0%	221	42%
	Total	4,875	100%	794	16%	301	6%	0	0%	0	0%	3,780	78%
Yuk.	Other Civil	12	100%	12	100%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
	I&R
	Total	12	100%	12	100%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Canada	Other Civil	42,995	100%	26,749	62%	6,238	15%	2,404	6%	270	1%	7,334	17%
	I&R	2,028	100%	1,179	58%	347	17%	166	8%	1	0%	335	17%
	Total	45,023	100%	27,928	62%	6,585	15%	2,570	6%	271	1%	7,669	17%
Table 7 footnotes Note of Table 7 Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 7 Refused applications are all requests for legal aid that have been denied legal services. The total includes applications for which no services have been approved, as well as those applications denied for full service that subsequently receive summary service. An application can be refused, appealed and still refused. Only the initial refusal is counted. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 7 Footnote 2 of Table 7 Other civil legal aid includes child protection matters; proceedings related to divorce, separation, maintenance, and all other matters of a family law nature; as well as all civil matters that are not of a family nature (e.g., landlord and tenant disputes, poverty law). This category also includes immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters. Note that I&R legal aid is available in seven provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.), Nova Scotia (N.S.), Quebec (Que.), Ontario (Ont.), Manitoba (Man.), Alberta (Alta.), and British Columbia (B.C.). Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 7 Footnote 3 of Table 7 If an application involves more than one reason for refusal, only the most important reason is counted. This is determined by the hierarchy of the table (reasons are ordered from highest to lowest importance, from left to right). Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 7 Footnote 4 of Table 7 “Financial eligibility” are refusals for legal aid based on financial information disclosed by the applicant (e.g., income level, assets, liabilities) which indicates that the applicant does not meet the financial eligibility requirements set by the legal aid plan and therefore does not qualify for legal aid. Financial eligibility criteria are set out by each legal aid plan and therefore the criteria differ across the provinces and territories. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 7 Footnote 5 of Table 7 “Coverage restrictions” are applications refused on the grounds that the legal matter is not covered by the legal aid plan. For example, some plans do not cover wills and estates or workplace injury claims. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 7 Footnote 6 of Table 7 “Lack of merit” are applications refused because the nature of the case or the seriousness of the matter does not warrant legal assistance. This eligibility criterion does not depend on finances, it includes criteria such as the type of legal problem and the merit of the case. Return to footnote 6 referrer of Table 7 Footnote 7 of Table 7 “Non-compliance/abuse” are refusals for legal aid based on either an applicant’s prior or current experience with the legal aid plan. These refusals include applications where similar services were already rendered, services applied for are abusive of the legal process, or because the client fails to co-operate with the legal aid lawyer. Return to footnote 7 referrer of Table 7 Footnote 8 of Table 7 Other refers to all other reasons for refusing an application that have not already been accounted for in the above categories. Return to footnote 8 referrer of Table 7 Notes of Table 7 Notes In N.S., I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic; data include both Nova Scotia Legal Aid and Halifax Refugee Clinic. For Alta., applications approved and refused may relate to current and previous fiscal years, while those received are restricted to current year only. B.C.’s current system does not support effective tracking of refusals, so many applications refused for coverage or eligibility may be incorrectly identified as “Other reasons for refusal.” Financial eligibility criteria are a set of caps rather than a reflection of the client’s ability to pay. In addition, the caps are based on a market basket measure of poverty.

Table 8 – Applications for full legal representation, approved and refused, by self-identified Indigenous population, criminal and civil, and province/territory, 2022-23
	Total received Number (%)		Total approved^{Footnote 2 of Table 8} Number (%)		Total Refused^{Footnote 3 of Table 8} Number (%)		Total received	Total approved Number (%)		Total refused Number (%)		Total received	Total approved Number (%)		Total refused Number (%)
	All criminal and civil applications^{Footnote 1 of Table 8}						Criminal legal aid applications					Civil legal aid^{Footnote 4 of Table 8} applications
N.L.	642	100%	456	71%	186	29%	578	417	72%	161	28%	64	39	61%	25	39%
P.E.I.	68	100%	64	94%	4	6%	63	60	95%	3	5%	5	4	80%	1	20%
N.S.	2,507	62%	1,458	58%	105	4%	1,865	1,121	60%	42	2%	642	337	52%	63	10%
N.B.	379	100%	339	89%	40	11%	281	250	89%	31	11%	98	89	91%	9	9%
Que.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ont.	18,356	93%	17,110	93%	0	0%	14,690	13,444	92%	0	0%	3,666	3,666	100%	0	0%
Man.	14,745	91%	9,573	65%	3,887	26%	11,626	7,465	64%	2,772	24%	3,119	2,108	68%	1,115	36%
Sask.	13,102	100%	11,410	87%	1,692	13%	10,087	9,105	90%	982	10%	3,015	2,305	76%	710	24%
Alta.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
B.C.	7,965	100%	6,374	80%	1,591	20%	5,539	4,792	87%	747	13%	2,426	1,582	65%	844	35%
Yuk.	568	100%	568	100%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Canada	58,332	94%	47,352	81%	7,505	13%	44,729	36,654	82%	4,738	11%	13,035	10,130	78%	2,767	21%
Table 8 footnotes Notes of Table 8 – Refers to data that are not available, provided, or collected by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Counts of approved and received applications may not equal the total received because they could be received and approved or refused in different years. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Indigenous refers to an individual who self-identifies as First Nations (North American Indian), Inuk (Inuit), or Métis, whether they live on or off-reserve and whether or not they have Registered or Treaty Indian status. Footnote 1 of Table 8 An application for legal aid is a request for legal aid assistance that results in the provision of summary or full legal representation on behalf of the legal aid plan, or the denial of legal aid service. Summary services include the provision of legal advice, information, or any other type of minimal legal service granted to an individual. Full legal representation constitutes more extensive legal assistance. The total number of applications reported for the fiscal year includes all applications filed during that time, irrespective of when the application was approved or refused. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 8 Footnote 2 of Table 8 Approved legal aid application counts refer to full legal representation applications only. When aggregated, the total number of applications reflects the number of individual requests for assistance, rather than the total number of persons seeking assistance. Full legal representation (or “certificate”) refers to the provision of full legal aid representation by a private bar lawyer approved by the legal aid plan or by a staff lawyer. An approved application for full legal representation refers to an application for legal assistance which is granted as described in a certificate, referral, or any other authorization denoting that the applicant is entitled to legal aid services. Once an application is approved for full legal representation by the legal aid plan, the certificate may then be brought to a private bar lawyer who bills the legal aid plan once the service is completed, or the service may be provided by a legal aid staff lawyer. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 8 Footnote 3 of Table 8 Refused applications refer to all requests for legal aid that have been denied legal services. This total includes applications for which no services have been approved, as well as those applications denied for full legal representation that subsequently receive summary service. An application can be refused, appealed and still refused. Only the initial refusal is counted. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 8 Footnote 4 of Table 8 Other civil legal aid includes child protection matters; proceedings related to divorce, separation, maintenance, and all other matters of a family law nature; as well as all civil matters that are not of a family nature (e.g., landlord and tenant disputes, poverty law). This category also includes immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters. Note that I&R legal aid is available in seven provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.), Nova Scotia (N.S.), Quebec (Que.), Ontario (Ont.), Manitoba (Man.), Alberta (Alta), and British Columbia (B.C.). Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 8 Notes of Table 8 Notes In N.S., Ont., and Man., there is not a one-to-one relationship between applications received and applications approved or refused in a year so totals do not balance to 100%. Yuk. does not provide a breakdown of Indigenous clients for criminal or civil cases. Yukon only started collecting self-identifying information mid-way through the reporting year. Individuals in-custody are automatically deemed eligible and don’t always go through the standard applcation process. It’s during a thorough/full application process that Yukon Legal Services Society (YLSS) asks if someone identifies as Indigenous. YLSS is not currently collecting/recording that information for everyone in custody, therefore, the numbers reported for Indigenous individuals approved for representation will be understated.

Table 9 – Duty counsel services, by type of matter, 2022-23
	Total duty counsel services Number (%)		Total criminal duty counsel services Number (%)		Adult matters	Youth^{Footnote 3 of Table 9} matters	Provincial Statute Offences Number (%)		Total civil duty counsel services Number (%)		I&R^{Footnote 4 of Table 9}	Other civil matters^{Footnote 5 of Table 9}
	Total duty counsel services Number (%)		Criminal duty counsel services^{Footnote 1 of Table 9}				Provincial Statute Offences Number (%)		Civil duty counsel services^{Footnote 2 of Table 9}
N.L.^{Footnote P of Table 9}	12,279	100%	11,714	95%	11,457	257	0	0%	565	5%	0	565
P.E.I.	703	–	703	100%	703	0	0	0%	0	0%		0
N.S.^{Footnote A of Table 9}	17,822	100%	15,143	85%	14,875	268	370	2%	2,309	13%	0	2,309
N.B.^{Footnote A of Table 9}	21,707	100%	19,744	91%	19,100	644	764	4%	1,199	6%		1,199
Que.	18,056	100%	18,056	100%	18,056		0	0%	0	0%	0	0
Ont.^{Footnote A of Table 9}	993,122	100%	893,221	90%	879,995	13,226	0	0%	99,901	10%	122	99,779
Man.^{Footnote A of Table 9}	54,416	100%	50,964	94%	46,768	4,196	0	0%	3,452	6%	0	3,452
Sask.^{Footnote A of Table 9}	35,537	100%	34,753	98%	32,637	2,116	784	2%	0	0%		0
Alta.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
B.C.^{Footnote A of Table 9}	86,221	100%	63,751	74%	62,454	1,297		0%	22,470	26%	–	22,470
Yuk.	1,359	–	1,331	98%	1,301	30	3	0%	25	2%		25
N.W.T.^{Footnote A of Table 9}	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
Canada	1,241,222	100%	1,109,380	89%	1,087,346	22,034	1,921	0%	129,921	10%	122	129,799
Table 9 footnotes Notes of Table 9 – Refers to data that are not available, provided, or collected by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote P of Table 9 Count is by number of persons assisted. Return to footnote P referrer of Table 9 Footnote A of Table 9 Count is by number of assists – the number of times duty counsel was provided for each category of service provided for adult and youth criminal legal aid, provincial statute offences, I&R, and civil legal aid. Return to first footnote A referrer of Table 9 Footnote 1 of Table 9 Criminal duty counsel are legal services in criminal matters that are generally provided at a court or place of detention. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 9 Footnote 2 of Table 9 Civil duty counsel are legal services in civil matters that may additionally be provided at locations other than a court or place of detention (e.g., psychiatric hospital, senior citizens’ home). Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 9 Footnote 3 of Table 9 “Youth” are persons who are at least 12 years of age, but under 18 years of age and charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 9 Footnote 4 of Table 9 Immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters are proceedings of persons (individuals, or principal applicants and family) involved in the immigration and refugee determination system under the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). I&R legal aid covers the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation for immigration or refugee proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada, the Federal Court (FC), or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials on post-determination actions. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 9 Footnote 5 of Table 9 Other civil matters refer to all other civil proceedings including family matters. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 9 Notes of Table 9 Notes Yuk. duty counsel services data are an undercount as all data from private bar lawyers are not included. For N.S., duty counsel data do not include business hours telephone duty counsel services. In N.S. I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic. Legal Aid Manitoba does not track by matter type; therefore, for Brydges total assists, the service handles police custody calls throughout the province. For provincial statute offences, Legal Aid Manitoba does not track duty counsel assists by individual offences; the services rendered for provincial statute offences (if any) would be included in total criminal and youth matters. Legal Aid Manitoba does not track the number of persons assisted by duty counsel. For Man., civil includes all child protection and civil duty counsel matters. In Sask., duty counsel services are provided to individuals on remand at all court points including circuit points. There is a five hour limit on duty counsel so if the matter cannot be resolved immediately, then a full-service application is taken. Civil duty counsel services are not available in Sask.

Table 10 – Duty counsel service expenditures, by type of matter, 2022-23
			Total criminal duty counsel services Dollars (%)		Adult matters	Youth^{Footnote 4 of Table 10} matters	Provincial Statute Offences Dollars (%)		Total civil duty counsel services Dollars (%)		I&R^{Footnote 5 of Table 10}	Other civil matters^{Footnote 6 of Table 10}
	Total duty counsel services^{Footnote 1 of Table 10} Dollars (%)		Criminal duty counsel services^{Footnote 2 of Table 10}				Provincial Statute Offences Dollars (%)		Civil duty counsel services^{Footnote 3 of Table 10}
N.L.	197,220	100%	197,220	100%	196,636	584	–	–	–	–	–	–
P.E.I.	68,093	–	68,093	100%	68,093	–	–	–	–	–		–
N.S.	3,009,865	100%	2,594,263	86%	2,562,934	31,329	–	–	415,602	14%	–	415,602
N.B.	1,685,985	100%	1,495,068	89%	1,490,639	4,429	4,904	0%	186,013	11%		186,013
Que.	1,053,171	100%	1,053,171	100%	1,053,171	–	–	–	-	0%	–	–
Ont.	78,269,806	100%	56,062,618	72%	55,120,854	941,764	–	–	22,207,188	28%	10,536	22,196,652
Man.	3,011,615	100%	2,825,280	94%	2,597,429	227,851	–	–	186,335	6%	–	186,335
Sask.	5,789,836	100%	5,775,802	100%	5,553,170	222,632	7,784	0%	6,250	0%		6,250
Alta.	20,038,712	100%	20,038,712	100%	19,401,012	637,700	–	–	–	–	–	–
B.C.	16,173,045	100%	10,690,071	66%	10,214,366	475,705	693,060	4%	4,789,914	30%	325,926	4,463,988
Yuk.	133,715	100%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
Canada	129,431,063	100%	100,800,298	78%	98,258,304	2,541,994	705,748	1%	27,791,302	21%	336,462	27,454,840
Table 10 footnotes Notes of Table 10 – Refers to data that were not available, provided or collected by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 10 Duty counsel service expenditures are the actual gross dollars expended by the legal aid plan in a given fiscal year for duty counsel services. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 10 Footnote 2 of Table 10 Criminal duty counsel are legal services in criminal matters that are generally provided at a court or place of detention. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 10 Footnote 3 of Table 10 Civil duty counsel are legal services in civil matters that may additionally be provided at locations other than a court or place of detention (e.g., psychiatric hospital, senior citizens’ home). Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 10 Footnote 4 of Table 10 “Youth” are persons who are at least 12 years of age, but under 18 years of age and charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 10 Footnote 5 of Table 10 Immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters are proceedings of persons (individuals, or principal applicants and family) involved in the immigration and refugee determination system under the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). I&R legal aid covers the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation for immigration or refugee proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada, the Federal Court (FC), or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials on post-determination actions. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 10 Footnote 6 of Table 10 Other civil matters are all other civil proceedings including family matters. Return to footnote 6 referrer of Table 10 Notes of Table 10 Notes For Sask., the expenditures reflect the payments made to private bar and staff lawyers. Legal Aid Manitoba does not track by matter type; therefore, for Brydges total assists, the service handles police custody calls throughout the province. For provincial statute offences, Legal Aid Manitoba does not track duty counsel assists by individual offences; the services rendered for provincial statute offences (if any) would be included in total criminal and youth matters. Legal Aid Manitoba does not track the number of persons assisted by duty counsel. For Man., civil includes all child protection and civil duty counsel matters. In N.S., I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic. N.B. is unable to report adult/youth/provincial offences expenditures separately as this level of detail is not recorded in their accounting system or case management system. Brydges Program pro-rated based on number of calls received. Yuk. is not able to disaggregate duty counsel expenditure data.

Table 11 – Appeal applications, approved and refused, for legal aid services, by criminal and civil matters, 2022-23
	Total Approved and refused appeals^{Footnote 1 of Table 11} N (%)		Total Approved appeals N (%)		Total Refused appeals N (%)		Approved and refused appeals N (%)		Approved appeals N (%)		Refused appeals N (%)		Approved and refused appeals N (%)		Approved appeals N (%)		Refused appeals N (%)
	Total criminal and civil matters						Criminal matters (adult and youth)						Civil matters (including I&R)
N.L.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P.E.I.	2	100%	0	0%	2	100%	2	100%	0	0%	2	100%	0	100%	0	100%	0	100%
N.S.	84	101%	67	80%	17	20%	55	100%	46	84%	9	16%	29	100%	21	72%	8	28%
N.B.	32	102%	16	50%	16	50%	20	100%	13	65%	7	35%	12	100%	3	25%	9	75%
Que.	688	100%	431	63%	257	37%	269	100%	197	73%	72	27%	419	100%	234	56%	185	44%
Ont.	10,084	100%	9,872	98%	212	2%	881	100%	771	88%	110	12%	9,203	100%	9,101	99%	102	1%
Man.	142	100%	71	50%	71	50%	120	100%	66	55%	54	45%	22	100%	5	23%	17	77%
Sask.	4	125%	4	100%	0	0%	3	100%	3	100%	0	0%	1	100%	1	100%	0	0%
Alta.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
B.C.	1,164	100%	654	56%	510	44%	402	100%	117	29%	285	71%	762	100%	537	70%	225	30%
Yuk.	9	106%	5	56%	4	44%	9	100%	5	56%	4	44%	0	100%	0	100%	0	100%
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Canada	12,209	100%	11,120	91%	1,089	9%	1,761	100%	1,218	69%	543	31%	10,448	100%	9,902	95%	546	5%
Table 11 footnotes Notes of Table 11 – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 11 Appeal is an appeal of a lower court or administrative tribunal decision, not an appeal of a refused application. Each case is counted despite the fact that the matter may have been dealt with by the legal aid plan in the past. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 11

Table 12 – Legal aid clients, by age, gender, and type of matter, Canada, 2022-23
	Criminal Number %		I&R^{Footnote 1 of Table 12} Number %		Civil Number %		Criminal and Civil (combined)^{Footnote 2 of Table 12} Number %		Total Number %
	Type of matter								Total Number %
Male 17 and under	10,214	7%	207	1%	15,715	30%	856	4%	26,992	11%
Male 18-34	65,738	44%	12,995	55%	10,900	21%	8,712	41%	98,345	40%
Male 35-49	50,942	34%	8,263	35%	14,595	28%	8,555	40%	82,355	33%
Male 50+	21,974	15%	2,238	9%	10,961	21%	3,055	14%	38,228	16%
Total Males	148,868	100%	23,703	100%	52,171	100%	21,178	100%	245,920	100%
Female 17 and under	3,248	8%	183	2%	16,642	19%	630	5%	20,703	13%
Female 18-34	20,322	47%	5,550	49%	31,045	35%	5,067	42%	61,984	40%
Female 35-49	14,708	34%	3,984	35%	28,651	32%	5,317	44%	52,660	34%
Female 50+	4,625	11%	1,691	15%	12,696	14%	1,076	9%	20,088	13%
Total Females	42,903	100%	11,408	100%	89,034	100%	12,090	100%	155,435	100%
Other 17 and under	163	10%	*	0%	140	8%	92	62%	396	11%
Other 18-34	637	40%	131	64%	661	39%	34	23%	1,463	41%
Other 35-49	443	28%	58	28%	314	19%	19	13%	834	23%
Other 50+	336	21%	15	7%	563	34%	*	3%	918	25%
Total Other^{Footnote 3 of Table 12}	1,579	100%	205	100%	1,678	100%	149	100%	3,611	100%
Total 17 and under	13,625	7%	391	1%	32,497	23%	1,578	5%	48,091	12%
Total 18-34	86,697	45%	18,676	53%	42,606	30%	13,813	41%	161,792	40%
Total 35-49	66,093	34%	12,305	35%	43,560	30%	13,891	42%	135,849	34%
Total 50+	26,935	14%	3,944	11%	24,220	17%	4,135	12%	59,234	15%
Canada	193,350	100%	35,316	100%	142,883	100%	33,417	100%	404,966	100%
Table 12 footnotes Notes of Table 12 Rounding may impact totals balancing. *cell count under 5 supressed. Footnote 1 of Table 12 I&R legal services are only available in seven provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia. Many provinces only collect data related to the principal claimant, so these figures do not capture age/gender for all family members accessing I&R legal aid. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 12 Footnote 2 of Table 12 Criminal and civil (combined) are cases where a legal aid client received summary and/or full legal aid representation for both criminal and civil legal aid. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 12 Footnote 3 of Table 12 The other categories could include gender diverse people, as well as unknown responses; data for the other category are not included for Quebec and Yukon. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 12 Notes of Table 12 Note Prince Edward Island data are not included due to missing data.

Table 13 – Indigenous legal aid clients receiving full legal representation and summary services, by gender and type of matter, 2022-23
			Total criminal adult Number (%)		Adult			Youth^{Footnote 2 of Table 13}			Total criminal youth Number (%)		Civil^{Footnote 3 of Table 13}
	Total criminal and civil^{Footnote 1 of Table 13} Number (%)		Criminal										Civil^{Footnote 3 of Table 13}
			Total criminal adult Number (%)		Male	Female	Other	Male	Female	Other	Total criminal youth Number (%)		Male	Female	Other	Total civil Number (%)
N.L.	642	100%	571	2%	440	131	0	6	*	0	7	0%	26	38	0	64	1%
N.B.	603	100%	384	1%	280	104	0	34	*	0	38	2%	50	131	0	181	2%
N.S.	1681	100%	1214	4%	863	342	9	61	16	0	77	3%	108	280	*	390	4%
Ont.	17,110	100%	12,751	38%	9,395	3,265	91	448	241	*	693	28%	1,279	2,315	72	3,666	36%
Man.	9,583	100%	6,981	21%	5,287	1,653	41	368	121	5	494	20%	702	1,395	11	2,108	21%
Sask.	10,943	100%	7,735	23%	5,576	1,815	344	628	231	44	903	37%	547	1,636	122	2,305	23%
B.C.	5,958	100%	4,257	13%	3,174	1,079	*	177	68	0	245	10%	427	1,028	*	1,456	14%
Yuk.	568	100%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Canada	47,088	100%	33,893	72%	25,015	8,389	489	1,722	682	53	2,457	100%	3,139	6,823	208	10,170	100%
Table 13 footnotes Notes of Table 13 – Refers to data that were not available or that were not provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. *cell count under 5 suppressed. Indigenous legal aid clients are those who self-identify as First Nations (North American Indian), Inuk (Inuit), or Métis whether they live on or off-reserve and whether or not they have Registered or Treaty Indian status. Footnote 1 of Table 13 Indicates the number of recipients of summary and full services, and excludes duty counsel. Recipients may be counted more than once if they are entitled to receive more than one type of legal aid service. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 13 Footnote 2 of Table 13 “Youth” are persons who are at least 12 years of age, but under 18 years of age and charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 13 Footnote 3 of Table 13 Civil legal aid includes all types of civil legal aid excluding immigration and refugee legal aid. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 13 Note of Table 13 Note: Yukon only started collecting self-identifying information mid-way through the reporting year. Individuals in-custody are automatically deemed eligible and don’t always go through the standard application process. It’s during a thorough/full application process that YLSS asks if someone identifies as Indigenous. YLSS is not currently collecting/recording that information for everyone in custody, therefore, the numbers reported for Indigenous individuals approved for representation will be understated.

Table 14 – Criminal legal aid cases by type of offence and in-year expenditures, adults, Canada, 2022-23
List of Offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 14} and Appeals	Total cases^{Footnote 2 of Table 14} Number (%)		Total in-year expenditures (fees and disbursements) Dollars (%)
Homicide	2,172	1%	42,127,056	13%
Sexual Assault	9,496	4%	26,176,753	8%
Robbery	6,826	3%	14,160,230	4%
Kidnapping	1,563	1%	3,710,644	1%
Arson	838	0%	1,316,772	0%
Narcotics	16,623	7%	27,157,587	8%
Theft, Break and Enter, Possession of Stolen Property	40,268	17%	40,346,731	12%
Impaired Driving	6,470	3%	7,060,763	2%
Other Driving Offences	2,636	1%	3,404,894	1%
Assault	49,986	22%	54,019,767	17%
Breach of Probation	21,954	10%	13,124,249	4%
Administration of Justice	11,312	5%	15,889,534	5%
Proceedings under Part XX.1 Criminal Code (Mental Disorder)	499	0%	671,353	0%
Proceedings under the Extradition Act	3	0%	36,974	0%
Other Offences^{Footnote 3 of Table 14}	59,018	26%	74,899,744	23%
Subtotal – Offences	229,664	100%	324,707,745	99%
Appeals:^{Footnote 4 of Table 14}
a. Crown	95	0%	944,084	0%
b. Eligible Person Requested	312	0%	1,373,409	0%
c. Proceedings under Part XX.1 Criminal Code (Mental Disorder)	2	0%	257	0%
d. Proceedings under the Extradition Act	1	0%	33,296	0%
Subtotal – Appeals	410	0%	2,351,046	1%
Total – Criminal Legal Aid	230,074	100%	327,058,791	100%
Table 14 footnotes Note of Table 14 Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 14 The list of offences for which criminal legal aid was provided is similar to the one contained in the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics classification system for reporting offences. The offences are those that generally carry a risk of incarceration upon conviction. The categories do not refer to specific offences under the Criminal Code. Rather they represent groupings of similar offence types. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 14 Footnote 2 of Table 14 Includes cases approved in 2022-23, as well as cases carried over from previous years that were completed or ongoing in 2022-23, but incurred expenditures to the legal aid plan in 2022-23. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 14 Footnote 3 of Table 14 Other offences includes all other data not captured in the broad offence categories. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 14 Footnote 4 of Table 14 Excludes Ontario. For Ontario, appeals are counted within the offence, so they are not included in the appeals section. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 14 Notes of Table 14 Notes Yuk. not included due to incomplete data. For Ont., the total volume of adult approved formal applications includes 1,868 for legal aid clinics and the total in-year expenditures includes $1,952,500 for the delivery of criminal legal aid services by legal aid clinics. Adult legal aid clinic data are not available by offence type. P.E.I. expenditures by Criminal Code provision or offence categories are not available for staff lawyer case loads. Only aggregate totals are reported. An adjustment to record the aggregate cost has been included N.S expenditures are calculated by taking total expenses and deducting costs for private bar, duty counsel and administration. The remaining amount is the staff lawyer costs. Costs that can be directly attributable to an area of law are allocated in that way. The remaining expense is then allocated between Criminal Adult, Criminal Youth and Civil/Family. The allocation is done by using the percentage of the staff lawyers’ claimable time. Once the totals for criminal adult and youth were determined, the expenditures were allocated to the offences based on the percentage of hours spent by staff lawyers on full service averages for cases completed during the year. Federal Court ordered counsel cases are not included. Given the legal complexities of each case, not all costs are included in the “Total in-year expenditures” column; therefore, the above data should not be used to calculate cost per case.

Table 15 – Criminal legal aid cases by type of offence and in-year expenditures, youth, Canada, 2022-23
List of Offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 15} and Appeals	Total volume of cases^{Footnote 2 of Table 15} Number (%)		Total in-year expenditures (fees and disbursements) Dollars (%)
Homicide	144	1%	1,832,396	8%
Sexual Assault	1,946	10%	3,210,053	14%
Robbery	1,357	7%	1,684,066	7%
Kidnapping	69	0%	136,208	1%
Arson	109	1%	109,007	0%
Narcotics	518	3%	1,179,882	5%
Theft, Break and Enter, Possession of Stolen Property	2,165	11%	2,166,173	9%
Impaired Driving	137	1%	216,470	1%
Other Driving Offences	106	1%	176,603	1%
Assault	5,707	29%	5,454,349	23%
Breach of Probation	632	3%	339,186	1%
Administration of Justice	450	2%	962,600	4%
Proceedings under Part XX.1 Criminal Code (Mental Disorder)	4	0%	3,662	0%
Proceedings under the Extradition Act	0	0%	0	0%
Other Offences^{Footnote 3 of Table 15}	6,073	31%	6,115,060	26%
Subtotal – Offences	19,417	100%	23,748,545	100%
Appeals:
a. Crown	3	0%	9,249	0%
b. Eligible Person Requested	2	0%	20,290	0%
c. Proceedings under Part XX.1 Criminal Code (Mental Disorder)	0	0%	0	0%
d. Proceedings under the Extradition Act	0	0%	0	0%
Subtotal – Appeals	5	0%	29,539	0%
Total – Criminal Legal Aid – Youth	19,422	100%	23,778,084	100%
Table 15 footnotes Notes of Table 15 Rounding may impact totals balancing. Youth refers to persons who are at least 12 years of age, but under 18 years of age. Footnote 1 of Table 15 The list of offences for which criminal legal aid was provided for are similar to those contained in the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics classification system for reporting offences. The offences are those that generally carry a risk of incarceration upon conviction. The categories do not refer to specific offences under the Criminal Code. Rather, they represent groupings of similar offence types. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 15 Footnote 2 of Table 15 Includes cases approved in 2022-23, as well as cases carried over from previous years that were completed or ongoing in 2022-23 but incurred expenditures to the legal aid plan in 2022-23. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 15 Footnote 3 of Table 15 Other offences includes all other data not captured in the broad offence categories. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 15 Notes of Table 15 Notes N.W.T, Yukon, and Nunavut not included due to incomplete data. For Ont., appeals are counted within the offence, so they are not included in the appeals section. For Ont., the total volume of youth approved formal applications includes 181 files by legal aid clinics and the total in-year expenditures includes $162,146 for the delivery of criminal legal aid services by legal aid clinics. Youth legal aid clinic data are not available by offence type. N.S expenditures are calculated by taking total expenses and deducting costs for private bar, duty counsel and administration. The remaining amount is the staff lawyer costs. Costs that can be directly attributable to an area of law are allocated in that way. The remaining expense is then allocated between Criminal Adult, Criminal Youth and Civil/Family. The allocation is done by using the percentage of the staff lawyers’ claimable time. Once the totals for criminal adult and youth were determined, the expenditures were allocated to the offences based on the percentage of hours spent by staff lawyers on full service averages for cases completed during the year. Federal Court ordered counsel cases are not included. Given the legal complexities of each case, not all costs are included in the ‘Total in-year expenditures’ column; therefore, the above data should not be used to calculate cost per case.

Table 16 – Immigration and refugee legal aid certificates and expenditures, by province and type of lawyer, 2022-23
Alberta
	Certificates^{Footnote 1 of Table 16} issued in the fiscal year Number (%)		Expenditures for certificates issued in the fiscal year Dollars	Certificates carried over from previous fiscal year Number (%)		Expenditures for certificates issued in a previous fiscal year Dollars	Total number of certificates (previous and current fiscal year) Number (%)		Total expenditures Dollars (%)
Private Bar	195	58%	170,318	60	55%	58,532	255	57%	228,850	34%
Staff Lawyer	140	42%	128,251	49	45%	319,026	189	43%	447,277	66%
Specialized Clinics	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Totals	335	100%	298,569	109	100%	377,558	444	100%	676,127	100%
British Columbia
Private Bar	2,251	100%	3,856,934	1,319	100%	2,636,284	3,570	100%	6,493,218	100%
Staff Lawyer	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0%
Specialized Clinics	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0%
Totals	2,251	100%	3,856,934	1,319	100%	2,636,284	3,570	100%	6,493,218	100%
Manitoba
Private Bar	148	71%	54,338	36	55%	33,917	184	67%	88,255	50%
Staff Lawyer	60	29%	14,970	30	45%	74,694	90	33%	89,664	50%
Specialized Clinics	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0%
Totals	208	100%	69,308	66	100%	108,611	274	100%	177,919	100%
Nova Scotia
Private Bar	21	66%	44,315	–	–	–	21	8%	44,315	5%
Staff Lawyer	–	0%	–	–	–	–	0	0%	0	0%
Specialized Clinics	73	78%	792,436	164	100%	–	237	92%	792,436	95%
Totals	94	100%	836,751	164	100%	0	258	100%	836,751	100%
Newfoundland and Labrador
Private Bar	–	0%	–	–	–	–	0	0%	0	0%
Staff Lawyer	32	100%	–	–	–	28,552	32	100%	28,552	100%
Specialized Clinics	–	0%	–	–	–	–	0	0%	0	0%
Totals	32	100%	0	0	0%	28,552	32	100%	28,552	100%
Ontario
Private Bar	23,683	71%	11,686,766	0	0%	15,742,093	23,683	71%	27,428,859	69%
Staff Lawyer	1,782	5%	4,677,015	0	0%	0	1,782	5%	4,677,015	12%
Specialized Clinics	8,062	24%	7,465,238	0	0%	0	8,062	24%	7,465,238	19%
Totals	33,527	100%	23,829,019	0	0%	15,742,093	33,527	100%	39,571,112	100%
Quebec
Private Bar	8,343	85%	1,099,121	2,813	100%	2,851,358	11,156	89%	3,950,479	49%
Staff Lawyer	32	0%	68,853	–	–	–	32	0%	68,853	1%
Specialized Clinics	1,411	14%	4,074,755	0	0%	0	1,411	11%	4,074,755	50%
Totals	9,786	100%	5,242,729	2,813	100%	2,851,358	12,599	100%	8,094,087	100%
Canada
Private Bar	34,641	75%	16,911,792	4,228	98%	21,322,184	38,869	77%	38,233,976	68%
Staff Lawyer	2,046	4%	4,889,089	79	2%	422,272	2,125	4%	5,311,361	10%
Specialized Clinics	9,546	21%	12,332,429	0	0%	0	9,710	19%	12,332,429	22%
Totals	46,233	100%	34,133,310	4,307	100%	21,744,456	50,540	100%	55,877,766	100%
Table 16 footnotes Notes of Table 16 Rounding may impact totals balancing. – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Footnote 1 of Table 16 Certificate refers to the number of principal claimants receiving legal aid services for each stage of the process. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 16 Notes of Table 16 Notes In N.S. 73 represents new client intakes, but the total number of clients is 237. In N.S. I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic. Ontario did not report on certificates cases carried over from previous fiscal years, so the number of these applications does not reflect the true count.

Table 17 – Legal aid service delivery by private bar, staff, and other lawyers, 2022-23
			Private bar lawyers^{Footnote 1 of Table 17}						Staff lawyers^{Footnote 2 of Table 17}						Other lawyers (e.g., Executive Director)^{Footnote 3 of Table 17}
	Total lawyers providing legal aid services Number (%)		Type of lawyer providing legal aid services
			Criminal	I&R^{Footnote 4 of Table 17}	Other Civil	Criminal and Civil	Total Number (%)		Criminal	I&R	Other Civil	Criminal and Civil	Total Number (%)		Criminal	I&R	Other Civil	Criminal and Civil	Total Number (%)
N.L.	87	100%	0	0	0	13	13	15%	0	0	0	70	70	80%	0	0	0	4	4	5%
P.E.I.	29	100%	8		6	6	20	69%	3		4	1	8	28%	0		0	1	1	3%
N.S.	326	100%	0	0	0	216	216	66%	0	3	0	103	106	1%	0	1	0	3	4	0%
N.B.	146	100%	30		46	31	107	73%	24		12	0	36	25%	1		1	1	3	2%
Que.	2,212	100%	–	–	–	1,752	1,752	79%	–	–	–	392	392	18%	–	–	–	68	68	3%
Ont.	3,352	100%	1,225	280	958	480	2,943	88%	155	21	65	142	383	11%	0	0	0	26	26	1%
Man.	344	100%	0	0	0	286	286	83%	23	0	17	12	52	15%	0	0	0	6	6	2%
Sask.	212	100%	0		0	118	118	56%	0		0	83	83	39%	0		0	11	11	5%
Alta.	2,709	100%	702	325	1,567	0	2,594	96%	0	0	0	115	115	2%	0	0	0	0	0	0%
B.C.	1,091	100%	438	75	384	159	1,056	97%	4	1	24	3	32	3%	0	0	0	3	3	0%
Yuk.	25	100%	14		0	0	14	56%	0		0	10	10	40%	0		0	1	1	4%
N.W.T.	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–		–	–	–	–			–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–
Canada	10,533	100%	2,417	680	2,961	3,061	9,119	87%	209	25	122	931	1,287	12%	1	1	1	124	127	1%
Table 17 footnotes Notes of Table 17 – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 17 Private bar lawyers are those who were active members of the private bar who delivered legal services and billed the legal aid plan during the fiscal year. Active bar members include the total number of lawyers certified and insured to practice in the jurisdiction. Government-employed and legal aid staff lawyers are excluded. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 17 Footnote 2 of Table 17 Staff lawyers are lawyers employed by legal aid plans who provide legal aid services to clients. They include duty counsel, staff lawyers at legal clinics, and others. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 17 Footnote 3 of Table 17 Other lawyers are personnel who are designated as counsel, but not performing in this capacity (e.g., Executive Director). For N.B., other lawyers includes Executive Director and Public Trustee & Director of Family Law Services. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 17 Footnote 4 of Table 17 Immigration and Refugee (I&R) matters are proceedings of persons (individuals, or principal applicants and family) involved in the immigration and refugee determination system under the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). I&R legal aid covers the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation for immigration or refugee proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada, the Federal Court (FC), or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials on post-determination actions. I&R legal aid is available in 7 provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.), Nova Scotia (N.S.), Quebec (Que.), Ontario (Ont.), Manitoba (Man.), Alberta (Alta.), and British Columbia (B.C.). Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 17 Notes of Table 17 Notes N.S. operates under a staff lawyer model and private bar lawyers are not included under personnel. Private bar handle only 25% of cases with 75% being done by staff lawyers. Breakdown of legal aid service delivery by type of lawyer is not available from the province and legal aid. Only aggregate totals are reported. Breakdown also includes data from the legal clinic. In N.S. I&R legal aid is delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic. For N.B., Public Trustee Services staff are listed separately under "Other Civil" as their caseloads are not included in civil statistics reported elsewhere. For Man., civil includes all staff lawyers taking I&R, children and family services, as well as domestic and civil matters; private bar lawyers accept cases in all identified categories. For Sask., the breakdown between private bar and staff lawyers does not reflect the percentage of work done by private bar lawyers compared to staff lawyers. This number reflects the private bar lawyers on Legal Aid Saskatchewan Panel of Private Bar Lawyers only. Yuk. operates a staff lawyer model and does not retain private bar lawyers for family matters.

Table 18 – Legal aid plan personnel as of March 31, 2023
	Total legal aid plan personnel N (%)		Total lawyers N (%)		Private bar lawyers^{Footnote 1 of Table 18}	Staff lawyers^{Footnote 2 of Table 18}	Other lawyers^{Footnote 3 of Table 18}	Total non-lawyers N (%)		Intake worker^{Footnote 4 of Table 18}	Support Staff^{Footnote 5 of Table 18}	Para-legal^{Footnote 6 of Table 18}	Legal assistant^{Footnote 7 of Table 18}	Articling student^{Footnote 8 of Table 18}	Other^{Footnote 9 of Table 18}
	Total legal aid plan personnel N (%)		Lawyers providing legal aid					Non-lawyers
N.L.	158	100%	87	55%	13	70	4	71	45%	13	18	3	27	9	1
P.E.I.	36	100%	29	81%	20	8	1	7	19%	0	7	0	0	0	0
N.S.	418.2	100%	326	78%	216	106	4	92.2	22%	0	12	3	73.2	2	2
N.B.	190	100%	146	77%	107	36	3	44	23%	14	8	0	8	0	14
Que.	2,803	100%	2,212	79%	1,752	392	68	591	21%	73	475	0	26	17	0
Ont.	4,028	100%	3,352	83%	2,943	383	26	676	17%	121	537	15	3	0	0
Man.	444	100%	344	77%	286	52	6	100	23%	22	24	5	35	13	1
Sask.	303	100%	212	70%	118	83	11	91	30%	7	64	0	9	2	9
Alta.	2,892	100%	2,709	94%	2,594	115	0	183	6%	73	56	0	51	3	0
B.C.	1,261	100%	1,091	87%	1,056	32	3	170	13%	37	123	10	0	0	0
Yuk.	0	0%	0	0%	–	–	–	0	0%	–	–	–	–	–	–
N.W.T.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nvt.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Canada	12,533	100%	10,508	84%	9,105	1,277	126	2,025	16%	360	1,324	36	232.2	46	27
Table 18 footnotes Notes of Table 18 – Refers to data that were not available, collected, or provided by the jurisdiction as reported in the Final Annual Report. Rounding may impact totals balancing. Footnote 1 of Table 18 Private bar lawyers are those active members of the private bar who delivered legal services and billed the legal aid plan during the fiscal year. Active bar members include the total number of lawyers certified and insured to practice in the jurisdiction. Government-employed and legal aid staff lawyers are excluded. Return to footnote 1 referrer of Table 18 Footnote 2 of Table 18 Staff lawyers are lawyers employed by legal aid plans who provide legal aid services to clients. They include duty counsel, staff lawyers at legal clinics, and others. Return to footnote 2 referrer of Table 18 Footnote 3 of Table 18 Other lawyers refers to personnel who are designated as counsel, but not performing in this capacity (e.g., Executive Director). For N.B., Other Lawyers includes Executive Director and Public Trustee & Director of Family Law Services. Return to footnote 3 referrer of Table 18 Footnote 4 of Table 18 Intake workers are staff employed by the legal aid plan who provide intake services, assess clients’ needs, make appropriate referrals, prepare and review letters and documents, maintain records and perform other duties as required. Return to footnote 4 referrer of Table 18 Footnote 5 of Table 18 Support staff are staff employed by the legal aid plan who provide support in assisting clients but do not provide legal assistance. For example, a receptionist, an administrative person, human resource staff, an IT specialist, etc. Return to footnote 5 referrer of Table 18 Footnote 6 of Table 18 Paralegals are legal staff who have the ability to represent clients on many matters, including all provincial offences and summary criminal cases, as well as work for provincial tribunals and boards. Paralegals are non-lawyers providing legal services in specified areas of practice. Return to footnote 6 referrer of Table 18 Footnote 7 of Table 18 Legal assistants are staff who work under the supervision of a lawyer, qualified through education, training or work experience to perform substantive legal work. They help lawyers deliver legal services but are prohibited from practicing law independently. Return to footnote 7 referrer of Table 18 Footnote 8 of Table 18 Articling students are students-at-law. Under the supervision of a senior lawyer, they can assist with legal advice, duty counsel, legal research, etc. Articling students must complete the articling program and be called to the bar before becoming a lawyer. For the purpose of this survey, articling students are classified as non-lawyers regardless of jurisdictional rules. Return to footnote 8 referrer of Table 18 Footnote 9 of Table 18 Other (e.g., managers) are personnel who are not performing tasks directly associated with support, paralegal, legal assistants or articling. For N.B., "Other Non-lawyers" includes and is not limited to HR Manager, Chief Financial Officer, Manager of Trust Accounting and Taxation, Guardian Officers, etc. Return to footnote 9 referrer of Table 18 Notes of Table 18 Notes For N.S., I&R legal aid services are delivered by a separate organization, the Halifax Refugee Clinic. Private bar lawyers are not included under personnel. They handle only 25% of cases with 75% being done by staff lawyers. The total numbers of staff lawyers and non-lawyers includes data from Nova Scotia Legal Aid and the Halifax Refugee Clinic. Legal assistants includes 14 service specialists and 59.2 legal assistants. For N.B., Public Trustee Services staff listed separately under "Civil" as their caseloads are not included in civil statistics reported elsewhere. For Man., civil includes all staff taking immigration, children and family services, domestic and civil matters. Private bar accepts cases in all identified categories. For Sask., private bar lawyers vary in taking files; therefore, the number reported can be a private bar lawyer taking anything from one certificate to a full caseload like a staff lawyer. For B.C., support staff include Public Legal Information services delivery.

Table 19 – Criminal legal aid funding for innovations, 2022-23
Name of Innovation / Initiative(s)	Objective	Timeline	Beneficiary	Expected Outcome
Newfoundland and Labrador – Technological
Laptops to support remote work	Building on the success with upgrading laptops for solicitors in the previous year, during 2022-23 all support staff were migrated from desktops to laptops.	2022-23 Permanent	Support staff	Enhanced ability of support staff to work remotely, reducing absenteeism and minimizing interruptions to administrative services and supports.
Modernize IT Infrastructure	Investments towards faster internet services, modern telephone system, and new equipment to support virtual conferences and meetings.	2022-23 Permanent	All staff	Greater employee participation and higher productivity.
Virtual Training and Development	More training and development programs delivered virtually and made available permanently on the intranet for future reference.	2022-23 Permanent	All staff	Enhanced learning and development environment.
Newfoundland and Labrador – Service delivery
Online applications and virtual risk assessments	Online application portal and technology to facilitate virtual risk assessments was rolled out to all Legal Aid offices across the province.	2022-23 Permanent	Clients and Staff Lawyers	Faster application processing timelines for clients. Reduced travel time and costs for Legal Aid staff.
Nova Scotia – Technological
Laptops for Lawyers	To upgrade hardware for lawyers.	3 months Permanent	Lawyers/clients	Providing laptops has created a better remote work-life balance and enabled support staff to participate in required teams/web meetings. Upgraded computer equipment created efficiencies for lawyers.
Nova Scotia – Service delivery
Lawyers to ease Jordan delay and backlog	Additional duty counsel lawyer to reduce backlog and ease Jordan delay.	2022-23 Temporary	Justice system, clients and Nova Scotia Legal Aid (NSLA) staff.	Reduction in pressure on staff lawyers and ensured clients received representation in a timely manner. That also assisted the justice system overall.
Increased criminal certificates issued to private lawyers to deal with Covid backlogs in courts	To assist with backlogs where staff lawyers were at max capacity.	2022-23 Temporary	Justice system and clients	Reduction in pressure on staff lawyers and ensured clients received representation as matters proceeded. That also assisted the justice system overall.
Increased per diem duty counsel coverage	Additional duty counsel lawyer to reduce backlog and ease Jordan delay.	2022-23 Temporary	Justice system, clients and NSLA staff	Reduction in pressure on staff lawyers and ensured clients received representation in a timely manner. That also assisted the justice system overall.
Virtual professional development, including annual general meeting	To ensure staff received appropriate professional development in order to satisfy bar requirements and maintain high level of competency.	2022-23 Temporary and permanent	Staff were able to receive the necessary training.	Staff received training safely.
New Brunswick – Service delivery
Private bar criminal certificate	To meet the increased number of certificates.	2022-23 Permanent	Clients	Consistency in service delivery.
Criminal contact lawyer	To cover staff shortages (sick leaves and vacancies).	2022-23 Permanent	Clients	Consistency in service delivery.
Prince Edward Island – Technological
Cell phones, cases, and additional laptop for staff lawyers.Technological	To ensure each criminal legal aid staff lawyer has the capacity to work outside the office setting, facilitating communication with clients, and courts as required.	Permanent	Lawyers, clients, and the criminal justice system generally.	Improved communication facilitating more efficient operation of the courts and the justice system, including probation services and the corrections system.
Prince Edward Island – Service delivery
Additional lawyer positions and administrative staffing to increase operational capacity and engaging the assistance of the private bar.	To deal with increased complexity of criminal law cases due to significant backlogs, social stressors, lack of correctional capacity, prior significant adjournments causing delays particularly in Provincial Courts.	Permanent	All participants in the criminal justice system including offenders, corrections, police, probation services, victims, and support workers.	Fewer delays, more efficient processing of cases through the justice system, decreased incarcerations, lower costs, less stress on justice participants at every level. Improved long term efficiency through development and participation in new court technology including court appearances via phone and video.
Quebec – Technological
Programme eMAJ	Digital transformation of the legal aid network	2025-03-31 (4 year investment)	Clients and staff and private bar lawyers.	Service improvements.
Acquisition of computer hardware	Upgrading of equipment and staff mobility	2023-03-31 Permanent	Staff and clients.	Service improvements.
Quebec – Service delivery
Itinerant court (Grand Nord)	Legal representation services.	2023-03-31 Permanent	Indigenous clients.	Service improvements.
Virtual appearances on weekends and holidays	Reduce court delays.	2023-03-31 Permanent	Clients.	Service improvements.
Projet Centaure	Gun control.	2023-03-31 Permanent	Citizens.	Fighting gun violence.
Ontario – Technological
Service Integration (SI) – Duty Counsel (DC) Worksheets	Deploy and continue to improve online worksheet to capture client information to improve client services and record-keeping, ensure continuity of client files, and improve data collection and reporting to better understand client needs and services delivered. Obtain better data and understanding of issues related to bail and delays in criminal Courts.	Permanent	Clients: improved services and record-keeping. Justice system partners: more accurate records; reduced appearances; more accurate reports resulting in better allocation of scarce resources.	Have system available at all court sites. Have all duty counsel services recorded through the system.
Remote appearances, disclosure review and summary legal advice	LAO adapted to remote services due to the pandemic and to ensure clients could have access to legal advice remotely; developed processes and invested in technology to ensure staff had access to equipment and software necessary to assist clients.	Permanent	Clients: improved services and record-keeping. Access to legal advice and counsel for remote and hybrid court hearings. Justice system partners: more accurate records; reduced appearances; more accurate reports resulting in better allocation of scarce resources.	Ensure that the most vulnerable clients have access to services during and following the pandemic. Assist the courts by ensuring that bail supports are available, and that duty counsel continue to assist eligible clients with disclosure reviews, pre-trials and resolutions.
Dedicated phone lines for Summary Legal Advice – Criminal and Family (SLAC and SLAF)	Through the use of these phone lines, LAO offered more summary legal advice in family and criminal law matters, temporarily waiving financial eligibility testing requirement.	Permanent	Clients: Increased access to legal advice.	LAO aimed to ensure clients had easy access to legal advice during the pandemic.
Return to in-person services (Hybrid)	LAO conducted site surveys to ensure compliance with health and safety protocols and public health safety requirements for staff and clients attending court locations. In addition to these assessments, LAO updated equipment and wireless infrastructure.	On-going Permanent	Clients: Improved access to service; Justice system partners: reduced and more meaningful appearances.	Provide safe and reliable access to legal advice to promote access to justice and facilitate court appearances.
Improvements to LAO’s client portal	LAO introduced the ability for clients to apply for Legal Aid online in May of 2021. Ongoing improvements to client portal, which allows potential clients to apply for legal aid certificates online.	Ongoing Permanent	Clients: Easier access to apply for Legal Aid; Justice system partners: reduction in administrative appearances for legal aid applications.	Increase access points and simplify the application process for clients.
Lawyer portal changes – outcome reporting	To improve data collection on all certificate matters, including bail and outcome data. This data will also assist with analyzing racial disparities in bails and sentences.	Came into effect April 2023 Permanent	Collecting these data is expected to benefit LAO clients, LAO lawyers, roster lawyers, and the criminal justice system as a whole in the long run.	Better outcome reporting for block and hourly matters – better data collection and ability to analyze, including analysis of racial disparities in outcomes of legally-aided criminal law matters.
Added "chat" function to LAO website	LAO introduced the chat function to LAO’s public website for general inquiries – https://www.legalaid.on.ca/news/expansion-of-live-chat-feature-for-general-inquiries/	On-going Permanent	Client: fast and improved access to LAO for general inquiries	For website users to get answers to common questions about legal aid services.
Development of service location finder	Tool enables staff to determine which services to refer clients to by answering a series of simple one-click questions. Tool also enables offices to add and update information, such as hours of operation, languages offered and accessibility services, in real time.	On-going Being tested internally Permanent	Client: better referrals, improved interaction with LAO	Improve triaging by LAO staff.
Ontario – Service delivery
Continuation of criminal COVID measures for in-custody individuals: Coverage for block fee bail hearings, increased hours for bail, waiver of financial eligibility testing for in-custody criminal accused, coverage for Myers detention reviews, etc.	To continue assisting individuals in custody in a timely manner (post-COVID environment presents challenges to accessing individuals in custody, and remand rates are very high).	Ongoing Temporary, with some of the measures to continue as part of tariff reform (see below)	Clients: improved services and access to justice, reduction in in-custody population, reduction in unnecessary court appearances; Justice system partners: reduced and more meaningful appearances, fewer in-custody appearances, fewer adjournments for administrative purposes, increased representation and efficiency.	Ensure that the most vulnerable clients have access to services during the pandemic. Keep assisting the courts by ensuring that bail supports are available and that clients are afforded legal representation at the earliest opportunity.
Support for Judge-led Intensive Case Management Court (JICMC) and Lawyer applications for JICMC	LAO supports the Judge-Led Intensive Case Management Court (JICMC) with time-limited certificates for accused individuals without retained counsel whose matters are more than twelve months old and who have had their cases adjourned to the JICMC. Clients do not need to contact LAO directly; their lawyer will initiate and complete the application on their behalf. No financial testing is applied to these certificates.	October 2021 and ongoing Temporary	Clients: ensure limited but timely representation is available in JICMC courts without the need for eligibility testing and without submitting an application to LAO.	Increased access to representation and increased efficiency in JICMC courts.
Virtual Case Management Court services (VCMC)	LAO continues to provide representation across most locations in Virtual Case management court (VCMC). Duty counsel continues to attend VCMC and will assist clients in a breakout room as required.	Ongoing Temporary	Client: provided easier access to legal aid.	Ensure clients have access to legal aid in response to the pandemic and the lack of in-person services availble.
Training & continuing professional education initiatives	Defending youth (YCJA) and the unment legal needs of individuals in custody To improve quality of services to LAO clients, LAO put on a three-part series on defending youth charged with criminal offences in early 2023. A three-part series on the unmet legal needs of individuals in custody took place in 2022. Youth series – webinars took place in March/April 2023. Series recorded and available for viewing to LAO staff and roster lawyers.	Recording available on a permanent basis.	Roster lawyers, LAO staff and LAO clients.	Improve quality of service to LAO clients – youth charged with criminal offences.
Manitoba – Technological
Increase bandwidth to service move to paperless environment	Reduce use of paper while increasing efficiency.	Ongoing Permanent	Staff, clients, stakeholders.	Increased productivity and reduced paper consumption.
Increase availability of video and other technology	Better contact with clients.	Ongoing Permanent	Staff, clients, stakeholders.	Increased productivity and reduced travel.
Manitoba – Service delivery
Increase in demand following lifting of restrictions
Increase court capacity to address backlog
Funding Winnipeg counsel to travel to the north to manage shortage of local counsel	Provide service to northern clients.	2022 to 2025 Temporary	Clients	Clients receive representation in a timely manner.
Equipment and supplies related to covid mitigation measures	Provide a safe working environment.	2022-23 Temporary	Staff and Clients	Risk of contracting covid is reduced.
Saskatchewan – Technological
Hire IT Manager and IT Support Officer	Modernise and digitize Legal Aid Saskatchewan’s (LAS) IT infrastructure in order to meet the demands.	October 2021 to no end date Permanent	Applicants and staff. Clients/applicants will benefit with an individual managing the IT for LAS.	Improved IT services with someone directly responsible for managing IT.
IT cloud processing and migration. Implement O365 and Support (License and Contract); includes costs of eTicket and setup	Modernise and digitize the IT infrastructure in order to meet the demands.	June 2021 to no end date Permanent	Applicants and staff. Clients /applicants will benefit with better access with staff through better IT.	This initiative is intended to move the organization from processes that are either paper or hybrid paper/electronic to more electronic-based processes.
Private bar modernisation	Modernise private bar process and technology to better serve clients; provide portal for efficient billing and payment; and to allow for comparative data analysis.	April 2022 to ongoing	Private bar lawyers; staff; clients.	An efficient and effective private bar billings and payment technological system.
Saskatchewan – Service delivery
Hire Term Lawyer Positions	To reduce waitlists and backlogs for criminal legal aid services.	September 2021 to March 2024 Temporary	Clients/applicants will benefit with more prompt legal services.	Reduced wait times and backlogs.
Contract Private Bar (PB) to assist with backlogs due to Covid	To reduce waitlists and backlogs for criminal legal aid services.	April 2021 to March 2024 Temporary		Reduced wait times and backlogs.
Restructuring of head office staff for administrative support of improved service delivery	To improve management, oversight and risk management.	April 2021 to no end date Permanent	Applicants and staff/private bar. Clients/applicants will benefit with additional support from head office for the service delivery by staff and private bar lawyers.	Improved overall management of the legal aid system.
Gladue Database	Hired Gladue Database Coordinator to focus on enhancing practical application for staff and connections with Indigenous Community	July 2022 to ongoing.	Staff and private bar lawyers; justice stakeholders; Indigenous clients.	Improved Gladue submissions and improved outcomes sentencing for Indigenous clients.
Glaude Report Partnership	Develop partnership with IJS and FASD Network to improve access to Gladue Reports	April 2022 to March 2023	Indigenous clients.	Gladue reports for all clients who need them; improved sentencing outcomes for Indigenous clients.
Alberta – Technological
Modernize and enhance systems and equipment – including client record and case management	Simplify systems, enhance capabilities – including improved support for remote/virtual work.	Ongoing Permanent	Clients, private bar, and staff.	A modernized and enhanced system and equipment that better supports client record and case management, and remote/virtual work.
Alberta – Service delivery
Improved client access to legal aid services	Allow clients better access to services – wherever they live in Alberta.	Ongoing Permanent	Clients.	Allow clients better access to services – wherever they live in Alberta.
British Columbia – Technological
Online Application for Criminal Clients – Legal Aid British Columbia (LABC)	Allow lawyers to submit legal aid applications on behalf of criminal clients through an online portal. Applications are assessed automatically, speeding up the approval process, which creates efficiencies for lawyers and LABC staff and benefits the clients.	2022-23, 2023-24 Permanent	Legal aid lawyers, legal aid clients	Lawyers can submit applications online, reduced timeline for application approval, reduced staff time for relevant applications.
Duty Counsel Scheduling (LABC)	Modernize the process of scheduling Duty Counsel lawyers across the province by adopting scheduling software. The proejct was initiated in 22/23 and will be completed in 23/24.	2022-23, 2023-24 Permanent	Legal aid lawyers, LABC, legal aid clients	Automating a mostly manual duty counsel scheduling process has increased LABC’s ability to achieve efficiencies and adapt to new court processes. This has also supported duty counsel scheduling for the expansion of virtual bail.
Criminal Justice Navigators (LABC)	Criminal Justice Navigators assist clients with time-sensitive matters in accessing help more quickly, and give Intake workers space to focus on assessing applications and providing contracts for clients who are more likely to be eligible for legal aid. By providing clients with ongoing assistance for complex issues outside the responsibility of Intake workers and legal aid lawyers, Criminal Justice Navigators can address each client’s underlying needs and connect them to support organizations in their communities, along with helping them through their entire journey via regular check-ins and general support. This improves client legal outcomes which are often strongly correlated with issues like addictions, housing, and mental health. The project was initiated in 22/23 and completed in 23/24.	2022-23, 2023-24 Temporary	Criminal legal aid clients, mainly those engaged in the bail system.	Providing additional supports for those with criminal matters who need information or support in accessing supplemental social services (e.g., mental health community services, treatment centre options, how and where to apply for social assistance).
BC First Nations Justice Council Technology Projects (BCFNJC)	"Implementation of technology projects to enhance case management and communication systems for client services within the BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) and BC Indigenous Justice Centres (IJCs). This includes: Microsoft Teams Enhancement Strategic Information Management Review Case Management Requirements for Future Legal Aid Services VOIP Service Transition	2022-23, 2023-24 Permanent	Indigenous Legal Aid Clients / BC First Nation Justice Council.	Improving current service delivery to Indigenous clients while also expanding BCFNJC’s capacity for increased service delivery in the future.
British Columbia – Service delivery
Virtual Bail (LABC)	Support Provincial Court to transition to remote bail hearings province-wide: introduction of regional duty counsel.	2022-2023 Permanent	Criminal legal aid clients in the bail system.	Improved service delivery for virtualized bail services.
One-time grants for West Coast Prison Justice Society (WCPJS) (prison) law program (LABC)	On behalf of LABC, the West Coast Prison Justice Society operates PLS, a legal clinic for federal and provincial prisoners in BC; this includes assisting with issues that affect people’s liberty rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In recent years, the demand for representation has exceeded the clinic’s capacity with a significant increase following COVID-19 health restrictions in correctional facilities. This grant was used to support some temporary staffing and increased hours for roster lawyers.	2022-2023 Temporary	Criminal legal aid clients in custody in federal / provincial correctional centres.	This grant supplemented core funding to help these organizations meet critical demand, process and staffing challenges that intensified through the pandemic.
One-time grants for Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) (mental health) law program (LABC)	On behalf of LABC, the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) provides legal representation for clients who have been involuntarily detained pursuant to the Mental Disorder Provisions of the Criminal Code. The pandemic has acted as a multiplier on the factors leading to individuals being involuntarily detained under the BC Mental Health Act. This grant was provided to assist CLAS to provide more support for clients and advocates including some temporary staffing and increased hours for roster lawyers.	2022-2023 Temporary	Criminal legal aid clients involuntarily detained under Mental Disorder Provisions of the Criminal Code.	This grant supplemented core funding to help these organizations meet critical demand, process and staffing challenges that intensified through the pandemic.
Establishment of Legal Services Transition Project Team (BCFNJC)	Strategy 5 of the BC First Nations Justice Strategy commits to the establishment of a newly created First Nations Legal Services agency under the control of the BCFNJC to ensure more effective access to justice for Indigenous people. A to design legal aid services for Indigenous people that are better, more effective, and more culturally informed, a Legal Services Transition Project Team was established to develop the architecture for this new model. This work has included: Community Engagement and Stakeholder Consultation; Legislation/Policy Research and Analysis; Service Design.	2022-2023 to 2023-2024 Temporary	Indigenous Legal Aid Clients / BC First Nation Justice Council.	Guided by the work completed by the Project Team a workplan will be developed to transition legal aid services from LABC to the BCFNJC and implement a new for legal aid service model for Indigenous people.
Yukon – Technological
Continued development of a customized File Management System (database).	To increase organizational efficiency and employee productivity, and gain the ability to capture and report statistics related to service delivery.	2020-21 to 2024-25	Clients, organization (YLSS), employees, and territorial and federal governments.	Organized data.

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Table 1 – Legal aid plan revenues, by type of revenue, annual, 2022-23

Table 2a – Legal aid plan expenditures, by type of expenditure, 2022-23

Table 2b – Total administrative and other costs, 2022-23

Table 3 – Legal aid applications received, by type of matter, 2022-23

Table 4 – Legal aid applications approved for full legal representation, by staff and private bar lawyers, annual, 2022-23

Table 5 – Refused legal aid applications, by reason for refusal, all legal aid matters, 2022-23

Table 6 – Refused legal aid applications, by reason for refusal, criminal matters, 2022-23

Table 7 – Refused legal aid applications, by reason for refusal, civil matters, 2022-23

Table 8 – Applications for full legal representation, approved and refused, by self-identified Indigenous population, criminal and civil, and province/territory, 2022-23

Table 9 – Duty counsel services, by type of matter, 2022-23

Table 10 – Duty counsel service expenditures, by type of matter, 2022-23

Table 11 – Appeal applications, approved and refused, for legal aid services, by criminal and civil matters, 2022-23

Table 12 – Legal aid clients, by age, gender, and type of matter, Canada, 2022-23

Table 13 – Indigenous legal aid clients receiving full legal representation and summary services, by gender and type of matter, 2022-23

Table 14 – Criminal legal aid cases by type of offence and in-year expenditures, adults, Canada, 2022-23

Table 15 – Criminal legal aid cases by type of offence and in-year expenditures, youth, Canada, 2022-23

Table 16 – Immigration and refugee legal aid certificates and expenditures, by province and type of lawyer, 2022-23

Table 17 – Legal aid service delivery by private bar, staff, and other lawyers, 2022-23

Table 18 – Legal aid plan personnel as of March 31, 2023

Table 19 – Criminal legal aid funding for innovations, 2022-23