"You may use a paralegal, a lawyer, a consultant or yourself in front of an administrative tribunal..."

Yes, and this was a development encouraged and largely designed by lawyers.  In Ontario, a large number of ticket-fighting paralegals are retired traffic cops 'grandparented' into the role.

No, CanadaBob2, I don't think Ontario is the centre of the universe, nor did I when I worked in a Canadian legal system located considerably further west than you are.  But when you're talking about the "vast majority of paralegals in Canada", you should take into account a province that has more population than all 4 provinces to the west of it combined.