When you say bear country, do you mean grizzlies? Or black bear?

Grizzlies you want to avoid.

Black bear wanders into your camp, make noise, throw things at it, it typically leaves. There are times when black bear will become used to humans, but they are rare. And recently in the news in USA there was a woman killed by a black bear, but that is extremely rare. Last year I found out that there were two problem bears where I planned to go on a canoe trip, I changed my plans the night before the trip to go elsewhere. More on that one example here:
https://queticosuperior.org/black-be...t-trail-lakes/

I use an Ursack, it is legal everywhere I go. I put a dry bag inside it to reduce odor. Mine is the XL size, I think about 15 liters. The problem with Ursack is that a bear can crush anything in it, and that of course is most inconvenient. But, they can't open it if you tied it right. So, they get frustrated and leave, they therefore should ignore Ursacks in the future. The bigger hazards are mice, racoons, chipmunks, etc. And they can't crush an Ursack.

That said, before I bought the Ursack, I almost always hung my food. But, sometimes there are no convenient trees for hanging.

There was a very long thread on this topic a couple years ago at:
Bear canisters

My Ursack in the photos below, they usually are black, when I bought mine they were black or white, mine is white. These are in black bear country, not grizzly:



In this case I hung my Ursack.



To answer your question, leave the cooking gear out if it has been washed and is clean. Leave clothes out of the container. Some people put things like toothpaste that may have an odor related to flavor in a bear container.

I see you answered the question, Quebec is black bear country. But if you do cross Canada, that includes grizzlies. So behavior there is different.