Legislative Authorities
Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to:
- $20 per day for the first 10 days of the trial;
- $60 per day for the 11th to the 49th day of
the trial;
- $100 per day for the 50th and each
succeeding day of the trial.
Compensation for Care
Jurors are entitled to up to $50 per day
per child for child care costs to attend a sitting or trial if:
- a receipt is provided to the sheriff; and
- the child care was arranged solely to attend a
sitting or trial and would not otherwise have been provided.
Compensation for Meals
n/a (Jurors are responsible for all meals,
except when the jury is sequestered.)
Compensation for Travel
Jurors are entitled to the following allowances (to travel to
and from the courthouse to attend a sitting or trial):
- parking costs: $20 per day (if receipt is provided to the
sheriff);
- use of private vehicle by the juror: $0.50 per kilometre for
travel costs in excess of 32 km per day;
- taxi costs: up to $15 per day (if receipt is provided to the
sheriff);
- public transportation: up to
$10 per day.
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Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to:
- $50 per day or part of day.
Compensation for Care
According to the testimony of Ms. Shauna Jobagy, Deputy
Clerk of the Court, Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta Juror Support Program,
babysitting and day care are covered if supported by a receipt.
Compensation for Meals
Jurors are entitled to the following allowances:
- reasonable meal expenses actually incurred (if
the juror is not resident in the vicinity of the place of trial or proceedings
or if the juror is resident in the vicinity of the place of trial or
proceedings but is required to go to a restaurant for meals);
- if the claim is not supported by receipts or
other proof, it shall be paid in accordance with the Public Service
Subsistence, Travel and Moving Expenses Regulation:
- breakfast: $9.20;
- lunch: $11.60;
- dinner: $20.75.
Compensation for Travel
Jurors are entitled to the following allowances:
- when travelling by railway, bus or other public
carrier: the actual fare paid in going to or returning from the place of trial
or proceedings;
- when travelling by private automobile: $0.505
per kilometre.
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Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to:
- no fee for the first 10 days of trial;
- $30 per day or part of day after the tenth day
of trial;
- where a trial is
of unusual length, or where, in the opinion of the presiding judge, a juror has
suffered undue hardship by reason of the juror’s attendance at court, the
presiding judge may recommend to the sheriff that additional fees (the
additional fee cannot exceed $10 for each day in excess of 10 days) be paid to
a juror.
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
Jurors are entitled to:
- reasonable expenses necessarily incurred for
meals. The claim for meals has to be supported by receipts or proof of expenses
incurred. If not, expenses are paid in accordance with the rates provided for
in the Travel and Related Expenses (s. 25 of the General Manual of
Administration).
Compensation for Travel
If the juror’s usual residence or place of
business is not within the limits of the city or town in which court is held
is, he or she is entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses:
- for public carrier: the actual necessary and
reasonable return fare;
- for privately owned vehicle: rates allowed from
time to time in the General Manual of Administration for privately owned
automobiles.
Saskatchewan
Legislative Authorities
Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to:
- $80 per day or part of a day (unless the person
is receiving income from his or her employer while serving as a juror).
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
Jurors are entitled to:
- their meal expenses that the sheriff considers
reasonable.
Compensation for Travel
A juror is entitled to receive a payment for his or her travel expenses that the sheriff considers reasonable:
- when travelling by a private vehicle, $0.4255
per kilometre (North of the 54th Parallel: $0.4582);
- the actual parking expenses;
- when jurors use public transportation, at the
rate established for travel expenses incurred by members of the public service
when using public transportation.
Ontario
Legislative Authorities
Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to:
- no fee for the first 10 days of trial;
- $40 per day of service after the 10th day of service and up to the 49th day of service;
- $100 per day of service after the 49th day of service.
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
n/a
Compensation for Travel
A juror is entitled to a travel allowance (payable from the
day on which the trial commences) only if his or her usual place of residence
is not in the city or town where the trial is held:
- when travelling by private automobile:
- $0.305 per kilometre in northern Ontario;
- $0.30 per kilometre in southern Ontario;
- when travelling by other mode of transport than
by private automobile:
- the actual necessary and reasonable amount paid
for travel.
Quebec
Legislative Authorities
Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to:
- $103 per day or part of day;
- $160 as of the 57th day of jury
selection;
- an additional $52
where there are evening hearings or deliberations (the indemnity is fixed at
$103 where the deliberations continue until the following day);
- if hearings, deliberations or confinement to
premises falls on a holiday, a Saturday, 26 December or 2 January,
jurors are entitled to an additional $103 (or $160 as of the 52nd day
following jury selection).
Compensation for Care
Jurors are entitled, on order of a judge, to an
allowance for the care of children or other dependents (payable on a weekly
basis):
- $131 (for one person);
- $172 (for two persons);
- $220 (for three
persons);
- $260 (for four or more persons).
Compensation for Meals
Jurors
are entitled to an allowance of $46.25 per complete day. Meal allowances are as
follows:
- breakfast: $10.40;
- lunch: $14.30;
- dinner: $21.55.
Compensation for Travel
Jurors are entitled to:
- when travelling by public transport, the amount paid for travel;
- when travelling by private vehicle (the minimum
amount paid for the use of the private vehicle cannot be under $10.75):
- $0.430 per kilometre for the first 8,000
kilometres;
- $0.380 per kilometre after 8,000 kilometres;
- parking costs.
New Brunswick
Legislative Authorities
Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to the
following fees:
- if a trial lasts less than 10 sitting days:
- $20 per one half-day;
- $40 for a full day;
- if a trial lasts
10 days or more sitting days:
- for attendance before the tenth day of trial:
- - $20 per one half-day;
- - $40 for a full day;
- for attendance on or after the tenth day of the
trial:
- - $40 per one half-day;
- - $80 for a full day.
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
A
juror shall be paid compensation for meals if the juror is not entitled to
reimbursement for meals from any other source and his or her attendance has not
concluded before twelve o’clock or five o’clock in the afternoon:
- breakfast: $7.50;
- lunch: $10.50;
- dinner: $19.50.
Compensation for Travel
Jurors are entitled to a travel allowance for each day of attendance for every kilometre that they necessarily
travel for one round trip from their residence to the Court or other place for
the hearing of a proceeding:
- for each of the first 8,000 kilometres: $0.41
per kilometre;
- for each of the next 8,000 kilometres: $0.38 per
kilometre.
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Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to:
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
n/a
Compensation for Travel
Jurors are entitled to:
- $0.20 per kilometre in travelling to and from
the place of the trial from the juror’s residence within
the jury district.
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Fees in General
Jurors are entitled to:
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
n/a
Compensation for Travel
Jurors are entitled to the following
allowances:
- within city or town limits: $6;
- within province: $0.24 per kilometre
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Fees in General
Employers have the legal obligation to continue to pay the same wages and benefits to jurors in their absence.
Compensation for Care
Except where
such expenses would ordinarily be incurred by the juror, where a juror
ordinarily has the care of a child or children under the age of 12 or the
care of an aged, infirm or mentally incompetent person, the juror is entitled
to, upon production of receipts:
- the amount of expenses actually incurred in
respect of that care; or
- the prevailing minimum wage rate of the province
multiplied by the number of hours of jury service.
However, the sheriff may, in certain
circumstances, authorize the payment to the juror of a higher amount that the
sheriff considers just.
Compensation for Meals
n/a
Compensation for Travel
A juror may be paid reasonable travel
expenses for:
- the fare paid in travelling to and from the
place of the trial from the juror’s home;
- mileage at the rate payable to a person employed as a public
servant by the province travelling on government business (rates vary monthly
[i.e., 1 October 2017 to 31 December 2017: $0.3619 per kilometre], see rates.)
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Fees in General
Jurors
are entitled to:
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
Jurors are entitled to:
- up to $25 per day if the juror resides 50
kilometres or more from the courthouse where the trial is held.
Compensation for Travel
Jurors are entitled to:
- $0.10 per kilometre for the use of their
personal vehicle if they reside at least 50 kilometres from the courthouse
where the trial is held.
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Fees in General
Jurors
are entitled to:
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
n/a
Compensation for Travel
n/a
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Fees in General
Jurors
are entitled to:
- $100 per day for the first five days of trial;
- $150 per day for the sixth and subsequent days
of trial.
Compensation for Care
n/a
Compensation for Meals
n/a
Compensation for Travel
n/a