Ontario Trapper Harvest And License Counts By Species

Trapper harvests data from the Government of Ontario summarizes annual counts of licensed trappers and their harvest numbers for furbearing mammals and black bears. It reports harvests and license counts for a license year running from September 1 to August 31 of the following year. The data is provided by the Government of Ontario and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in black bear harvest numbers over successive license years.
• Model population dynamics of specific furbearing mammal species using annual harvest counts.
• Correlate the number of active licensed trappers with total harvest figures for a given year.
• Assess the impact of regulatory changes by comparing harvest data before and after a policy shift.

Strengths

• Data is updated regularly, with a last update recorded in March 2026.
• Provides a multi-year time series for longitudinal analysis of harvest trends.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and total record count is unknown.
• Data granularity is limited to annual provincial totals, lacking spatial or demographic breakdowns.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Summarized from provincially licensed trapper reports.

Time Range

License years (September 1 to August 31 annually).

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Province of Ontario, Canada.