Figure 3. GDP of economic activities that may affect polar bears in the area where polar bears are likely to be present and for all the territories

Figure 3 plots the activities that could have an impact on the polar bear population against the GDP (in millions of dollars) of activities in the area where polar bears are likely to be present and for all the territories. Exploration and mining activities produced the highest GDP in the area where polar bears were likely to be present, nearly $1.4 billion, followed by electrical power generation, $853M of GDP (in northern Quebec and Manitoba, in particular) and oil and gas drilling ($10M in the area where polar bears were likely to be present).