I regularly fish either Manitoba or Ontario, both have heavy bear populations. The locals consider bears a pest and they're numbers have to be controlled, they leave a considerable amount of damage in they're quest for food. You can't have a trash can unless you've bear proofed it, they'll break into anything containing food including your house. Plus theres that nasty little ability they have to kill and eat you. Bear hunting is big money for those area's, a much needed revenue. Everybody benefits from local Inuit tribes, hotels, grocery stores, air transportation and schools.
Just like in the US it is against the law in Canada to take a game animal and not attempt to consume the meat. Most of the meat taken ends up with local tribes, some is consumed while hunting and many times the animal is brought back processed packaged and frozen. None is wasted.