Climax ( 2016 population: ) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in the Canadian province of

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within the

Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18 The Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 4 and Division No. 3. Located in the southwest portion of the province, it is so ...

and Census Division No. 4. The village is located in the southwestern region of the province, just north of the U.S. border, situated on Highway 18 between Frontier and

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and on Highway 37 between Shaunavon and the

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History

Climax incorporated as a village on December 11, 1923. The community was named after

Climax, Minnesota Climax is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks, ND- MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 243 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a ...

, the home town of early homesteader Christ Fuglestad.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Climax had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Climax recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people

* Willie Desjardins, former head coach of the

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. * Gord Kluzak, former NHL ice hockey player (1982-1991)

References

Villages in Saskatchewan Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan Division No. 4, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision4-geo-stub

History

Demographics

Notable people

See also

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