No. They are predominantly found on the sea ice covering the continental shelf so as to access their main food source, seals. Yellowknife is located well inland of any part of the Arctic Sea or Hudson Bay, well away from the traditional territory of the polar bear.
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No, however the Northwest Territories have Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east which are part of the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle is where polar bears naturally occur or hunt.
Yes, polar bears live in the yukon and occasionally as far south as Newfoundland but mostly the ice adjacent to shorelines throughout the circumpolar arctic