Most of the funding for Legal Aid Ontario is included in the provincial budget. It includes a significant transfer from the federal government pursuant to a contribution agreement.
There was a three-year funding agreement; it expired on March 31, 2006, and it was extended on precisely the same terms and conditions for the year, without any increase or reduction in the amount of federal funding. The programs that are cost-shared by the federal government are adult criminal legal aid, young offender criminal legal aid, and the refugee services provided by the certificate bar.