Polar bear hunting in Newfoundland & Labrador between 2000 to 2025 is described in the chart above (download RAW data). In the first 10 years (2000-2009) a total of 52 polar bears were killed in the province, with an average of 5,2 kills annually. 18 (35%) of these polar bears were killed around the Nain community.

After a peak in polar hunting in 2012 with 14 polar bears, the hunting activity in the last 10 years (2016-2025) stabilized with an annual average of 11,4 kills. This hunting activity is more than double than in the first decade shown in the chart above. Only in 2021 with 7 kills and 2022 with 14 kills diverted from hunting in the range of 10–13 polar bears killed in the last  years. Again, the community of Nain had the most active hunters with 36 killed polar bears in this period.

A total of 233 polar bears were officially killed in Newfoundland & Labrador between 2000 to 2025, with a low in 2010 with 1 bear killed and highs in 2012 and 2022 with 14 bears killed. The communities of Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, Rigolet and Postville had the most active hunters, with Nain alone responsible for 29,6% of all kills.

The legal hunting quota for polar bears in Newfoundland & Labrador is based on the Wild Life Act and was increased from 6 to 11 tags in 2010 and from 2011 up to 12 bears annually, which is currently (in 2026) the allowed polar bear hunting level. From 2000 to 2025 the number of "License kill" was 189 (81,1%), "Problem / Defence" was 29 (12,4%) and"Unknown" was 15 (6,4%).

The monthly distribution shows polar bears are mainly killed in February, March and April. This is mainly due to the the Davis Strait distrubution of sea ice, which are pushed southward during the winter.