About our Clients*

• About 37% of our clients are female, 63% are male.
• In criminal matters, 75% are male and 25% female.
• In family matters, 25% are male and 75% are female.
• About 59.6% of applicants are receiving social assistance.
• About 76% of full service applicants have identified themselves as of Aboriginal descent (62% are Status Indian, 2.6% Non-status Indian, 11% Metis, and .04% Inuit).

About our Caseloads*

• We served more than 39,000 people in 2006-7.
• Most of the 19,206 full service applications were for federal criminal adult matters (12,043, or 62.7%), followed by family matters (3,963or 20.6%) and then federal criminal youth matters (3,192, or 16.6%).
• The number of full service applications decreased by 5.9% compared to the previous year (2005-6).
• Duty Counsel Project Services in Regina & Saskatoon resulted in 3,133 individuals being represented. Duty Counsel (Brydges) Service resulted in 11,509 instances of temporary advice by phone to arrested or detained people  
• Summary Service incidents of brief general phone advice totaled 5,236.
• Compared to the previous year, the family law area decreased by 864 cases (-18%) while service for criminal law (both adult and youth and the duty counsel pilot project) matters decreased by 307 cases, or -1.6%.

*Statistics are from 2006-7 Annual Report