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2002 April Report of the Auditor General of Canada

April 2002 Report—Chapter 4

Exhibit 4.2—Estimated expenditures by governments on the criminal justice system, 1996-97

Area of spending

Total
($ billion)

Federal
(%)

Provincial/
territorial
(%)

Police

5.86

20

80

Courts

0.86

9

91

Prosecutions

0.26

17

83

Adult corrections

1.97

49

51

Youth corrections

0.51

29

71

Legal aid

0.50

17

83

Total

9.96

25

75

 

Source: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics and the Department of Justice. Total and provincial and territorial legal aid expenditures may be underestimated.