MINISTÈRE DE LA JUSTICE DU QUÉBEC

$166,415,936.00 CAD

≈ $4.02 for every person in Canada ≈ 2,151 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Department of Justice Canada
Program
Legal Aid
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2017-2018
Agreement period
April 1, 2017 – March 31, 2022
Reference
jus:119-2021-2022-Q3-00011

Published purpose

Five-year cost-shared agreement between Canada and the Province of Québec for the delivery of criminal, and immigration and refugee legal aid. Québec's five-year allocation for criminal legal aid will be $130,747,154. Québec will also receive a portion of the $62,900,000 five-year federal allocation for immigration and refugee legal aid, which will be calculated on an annual basis. In addition, Quebec may receive further increases to its immigration and refugee legal aid funding allocation to address pressures.

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This is a five-year cost-shared agreement between Canada and Quebec for the delivery of criminal, immigration, and refugee legal aid, with Quebec receiving a fixed allocation for criminal legal aid and a calculated share of federal immigration and refugee legal aid funding.

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