1. Revenues refer to 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.

2. It is important to note that some limitations on coverage of the survey do exist. While the Legal Aid Survey is intended to be a national survey, there has been no coverage for Newfoundland and Labrador since 1998/99. Also, some legal aid plans are unable to report all of the survey data elements collected by the Legal Aid Survey.

3. Data from Newfoundland and Labrador have not been available since 1998-1999.

4. Most of the civil legal aid services formerly provided by New Brunswick Justice are now administered by Legal Aid New Brunswick. Although there has been little change in the level of legal aid service overall, these administrative changes mean that 2001-2002 figures are not comparable with previous years.

5. Although Nunavut officially became a Canadian territory April 1, 1999, Northwest Territories Legal Aid Services Board remained the provider of legal aid services in Nunavut until June 30, 2000. Additionally, separate survey figures for Nunavut did not become available until 2000-2001. Thus, for 1999-2000, the figures for Northwest Territories include data for Nunavut.