Climax, Saskatchewan

Climax
Climax
Village
	Village of Climax
	Grain elevators along the railway tracks in Climax
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	Coordinates: 49°12′23″N 108°23′10″W / 49.2064°N 108.386°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southwest
Census division	4
Rural Municipality	Lone Tree
Post office Founded	1913
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Governing body	Climax Village Council
• Mayor	Dennis Klein
• Administrator	Marla Shirley
• MP	Jeremy Patzer
• MLA	Doug Steele
Area
• Village	1.00 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Village	195
• Density	137/km2 (350/sq mi)
• Metro	137
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code	S0N 0N0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 18; Highway 37
Railways	Great Western Railway

Climax (2016 population: 195) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18 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 Canuck and on Highway 37 between Shaunavon and the Port of Climax.

History

Climax incorporated as a village on December 11, 1923.^[3] The community was named after Climax, Minnesota, the home town of early homesteader Christ Fuglestad.^[1]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	293	—
1986	268	−8.5%
1991	226	−15.7%
1996	206	−8.8%
2001	206	+0.0%
2006	182	−11.7%
2011	182	+0.0%
2016	195	+7.1%
2021	137	−29.7%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics^[4]^[5]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Climax had a population of 137 living in 72 of its 102 total private dwellings, a change of -29.7% from its 2016 population of 195. With a land area of 0.94 km² (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 145.7/km² (377.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Climax recorded a population of 195 living in 93 of its 113 total private dwellings, a 6.7% change from its 2011 population of 182. With a land area of 1 km² (0.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 195.0/km² (505.0/sq mi) in 2016.^[7]