Data

The administrative coverage areas that serve as a land base for wildlife monitoring and management. Indicate the areas of Ontario where hunting open seasons and harvest quotas may apply. Boundaries are regulated under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act - Ontario Regulation 663/98, Part 6 as amended.

Calendar year. Within each calendar year hunting open seasons are defined for each Wildlife Management Unit.

Estimated number of black bear licence holders that hunted for black bears. Active hunter numbers are estimates based on replies received from a sample of hunters and are therefore subject to statistical error. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number. The estimate of the number of active hunters may vary from other values (e.g. total licence sales) as individual hunters may have been counted as active hunters in up to three Wildlife Management Units or in both spring and fall seasons, while others may have purchased a licence but decided not to hunt.

Estimated number of black bears harvested. Harvest numbers are estimates based on replies received from a sample of hunters and are therefore subject to statistical error. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number.