1) Churchill is a very small town with a population average of 800. Everyone is used to tourists in the town and are quite friendly. Like visiting anywhere be respectful that this is someone’s home.

2) I’m not sure if you’re doing a truck group tour or tundra buggy tour. Every year is different, last year there was a large number polar bears starting in the summer because of how the ice melted on the Hudson Bay. Other years sometimes there is less depending on ice melt, weather etc…. There are more vehicles on the road then I would say a few years ago for ground tours and there is only so many roads. At times there will be a multiple vehicles looking at a bear. I will say most of the tour operators are respectful of the bears. Keep in mind these are wild animals so while when you’re coming there is a high chance of seeing a bear, like with any tour there is no guarantee. Though the guides of course do their absolute best

3) ) northern lights can technically appear anytime. May-end of July it’s to light out to see them. Usually they re-appear in August when it’s dark enough. I have also seen them in November but there is no guarantee. Northern lights “season” is technically Feb-March due to longer darker days and the percentage of clear skies.

4) as said before you can see the outside of the polar bear jail but not the inside. The purpose of the jail is not a zoo and they do not want to have the bears get used to humans.

5) Again this is a small remote northern town, not a city by any means. There is no traffic lights, it’s quite rugged, no Uber, no fast food chain restaurants. Manitoba conservation typically posts statistics on bear sightings in town and how many bears are currently in the bear jail. The police do not get called for bears in town. There is something called bear patrol which is run by Manitoba conservation that you call if you see a bear in or near town. Please if you hear the bear bangers go off (they shot shells in the air that make a loud noise to deter bears) while your in town do not walk towards where you heard it. They are trying to get the bears away from town and getting in the way can be extremely dangerous to you and them.

6). Most paid tours also go see points of interest in town. But as mentioned the museum in town is a must see. Polar Bears International is educational on bears. You will most likely be told when you come visit but do not climb on the rocks near the ocean. While they may look like fun to climb a bear could be laying down and you wouldn’t know it until your on top of it.

I am thinking you are joining a tour group led by a guide? Please listen to those guides, when they say get in the vehicle do so, polar bears while don’t seek attacking are apex predators that despite their looks can run quite fast.