Northwest Territories
4000 to 5000 Brown Bears with a stable population.
Population estimates have been summarized by Servheen (1990).

Banci et. al. evaluate grizzly populations in 12 distinct biogeoclimatic zones, "grizzly bear zones"
in:

Banci, V. D.A. Demarchi, and W.R. Archibald. 1994
Evaluation of the population status of grizzly bears in Canada.
Proc. Int. Conf Bear Res. and Manage. 9(1) 129-142

The authors estimate 280 square kilometers per grizzly bear in the Arctic Coastal Plains;

560 square kilometers per bear in the Taiga Shield;

420 square kilometers per bear in the Taiga Plains;

and 200 square kilometers per bear in the Subarctic Mountains.

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