Clair, Saskatchewan
title: "Clair, Saskatchewan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lakeview-no.-337,-saskatchewan", "unincorporated-communities-in-saskatchewan", "division-no.-10,-saskatchewan"] topic_path: "general/lakeview-no-337-saskatchewan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair,_Saskatchewan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Clair |
| settlement_type | Unincorporated community |
| image_skyline | ClairElevator.JPG |
| imagesize | 250px |
| mapsize | 250px |
| pushpin_map | Saskatchewan#Canada |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Saskatchewan##Location in Canada |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_type1 | Provinces and territories of Canada |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_name1 | Saskatchewan |
| subdivision_type2 | Census division |
| subdivision_name2 | 10 |
| subdivision_type3 | Rural Municipalities (R.M.) |
| subdivision_name3 | Lakeview No. 337 |
| leader_title | Reeve |
| leader_title1 | Governing body |
| leader_title2 | Federal Electoral District M.P. |
| leader_name2 | (2008) |
| leader_title3 | Provincial Constituency of M.L.A. |
| leader_name3 | (2007) |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_title1 | Post Office founded |
| established_date1 | 1906-04-01 |
| established_title2 | Incorporated (Village) |
| population_as_of | 2006 |
| population_total | 25 |
| timezone_DST | CST |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 2134 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| area_code | 306 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | Highway 5 |
| blank1_name | Railways |
| blank1_info | CNR, CPR |
| blank2_name | Waterways |
| blank2_info | Quill Lakes, Fishing Lake |
| footnotes | {{Citation |
| last | National Archives |
| first | Archivia Net |
| title | Post Offices and Postmasters |
| url | http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/ |
| }}{{Dead link | date |
| last | Government of Saskatchewan |
| first | MRD Home |
| title | Municipal Directory System |
| url | http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=10&mun=2447 |
| accessdate | 2008-10-28 }} |
| :: |
| official_name = Clair | settlement_type = Unincorporated community | image_skyline = ClairElevator.JPG | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Saskatchewan#Canada | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Saskatchewan##Location in Canada | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = Provinces and territories of Canada | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan | subdivision_type2 = Census division | subdivision_name2 = 10 | subdivision_type3 = Rural Municipalities (R.M.) | subdivision_name3 = Lakeview No. 337 | leader_title = Reeve | leader_name = | leader_title1 = Governing body | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = Federal Electoral District M.P. | leader_name2 = (2008) | leader_title3 = Provincial Constituency of M.L.A. | leader_name3 = (2007) | established_title = Founded | established_date = | established_title1 = Post Office founded | established_date1 = 1906-04-01 | established_title2 = Incorporated (Village) | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | population_as_of = 2006 | population_note = | population_total = 25 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = CST | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_m = 2134 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code = 306 | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = Highway 5 | blank1_name = Railways | blank1_info = CNR, CPR | blank2_name = Waterways | blank2_info = Quill Lakes, Fishing Lake | website = | footnotes = {{Citation | last =National Archives | first =Archivia Net | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title =Post Offices and Postmasters | date = | year = | url =http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/ | last =Government of Saskatchewan | first =MRD Home | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Municipal Directory System | date = | year = | url =http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=10&mun=2447 | accessdate =2008-10-28 }}
Clair is a community in Saskatchewan, Canada located north of the provincial capital city of Regina, Saskatchewan. Clair is home to the east west wall which once separated eastern and western Canada | last = | first = | title =Mapquest | work = | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.mapquest.com/maps | format = | doi = | accessdate =June 29, 2010 }} It is also 116.26 mi east of Saskatoon. Prince Albert is 132.68 mi north west of Clair and Yorkton is 101.93 mi south east of Clair. It is on Saskatchewan Highway 5. Clair is located in the Saskatchewan prairies.
History
Clair is a railroad town founded in the early 1900s. It was named after a train conductor's daughter. At one point Clair was home to 200 people, a general store, post office, and hotel as well as many small businesses.
Clair was also a grain hub in the 1900s up until the late 1990s when all the grain elevators in the area were either torn down or sold to private owners.
Climate
Clair experiences dry and cold winters with temperatures reaching -40 degrees Celsius or colder, and summers with temperatures reaching 20 degrees Celsius or hotter.
|collapsed = Y |location = Clair (Clair, Saskatchewan, normals 1981–2010) |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan maximum humidex = 5.9 |Feb maximum humidex = 7.6 |Mar maximum humidex = 19.2 |Apr maximum humidex = 30.6 |May maximum humidex = 36.0 |Jun maximum humidex = 42.7 |Jul maximum humidex = 43.9 |Aug maximum humidex = 42.0 |Sep maximum humidex = 38.7 |Oct maximum humidex = 30.0 |Nov maximum humidex = 18.6 |Dec maximum humidex = 10.7 |year maximum humidex = 43.9 |Jan record high C = 10.0 |Feb record high C = 12.8 |Mar record high C = 22.8 |Apr record high C = 33.3 |May record high C = 37.2 |Jun record high C = 40.6 |Jul record high C = 40.0 |Aug record high C = 38.6 |Sep record high C = 35.3 |Oct record high C = 32.2 |Nov record high C = 21.7 |Dec record high C = 14.4 |year record high C = 40.6 |Jan high C = −10.1 |Feb high C = −7.2 |Mar high C = −0.3 |Apr high C = 11.2 |May high C = 18.2 |Jun high C = 22.4 |Jul high C = 25.3 |Aug high C = 24.9 |Sep high C = 18.3 |Oct high C = 10.2 |Nov high C = −1.2 |Dec high C = −8.0 |year high C = 8.6 |Jan mean C = −15.5 |Feb mean C = −12.5 |Mar mean C = −5.4 |Apr mean C = 4.7 |May mean C = 11.2 |Jun mean C = 15.8 |Jul mean C = 18.5 |Aug mean C = 17.6 |Sep mean C = 11.4 |Oct mean C = 4.0 |Nov mean C = −6.0 |Dec mean C = −13.2 |year mean C = 2.6 |Jan low C = −20.7 |Feb low C = −17.8 |Mar low C = −10.5 |Apr low C = −1.9 |May low C = 4.1 |Jun low C = 9.2 |Jul low C = 11.6 |Aug low C = 10.3 |Sep low C = 4.5 |Oct low C = −2.3 |Nov low C = −10.7 |Dec low C = −18.3 |year low C = −3.5 |Jan record low C = −48.9 |Feb record low C = −50.0 |Mar record low C = −43.3 |Apr record low C = −28.3 |May record low C = −12.8 |Jun record low C = −3.3 |Jul record low C = −0.6 |Aug record low C = −2.8 |Sep record low C = −11.1 |Oct record low C = −25.6 |Nov record low C = −39.4 |Dec record low C = −43.9 |year record low C = −50.0 |Jan chill = -60.9 |Feb chill = -59.0 |Mar chill = -50.1 |Apr chill = -38.3 |May chill = -16.2 |Jun chill = -7.7 |Jul chill = 0.0 |Aug chill = -4.8 |Sep chill = -14.5 |Oct chill = -33.4 |Nov chill = -46.4 |Dec chill = -57.6 |year chill = -60.9 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 14.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 8.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 15.6 |Apr precipitation mm = 22.7 |May precipitation mm = 43.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 65.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 60.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 42.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 35.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 18.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 13.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 12.9 |year precipitation mm = 353.7 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 0.9 |Feb rain mm = 0.6 |Mar rain mm = 3.3 |Apr rain mm = 15.5 |May rain mm = 40.2 |Jun rain mm = 65.8 |Jul rain mm = 60.3 |Aug rain mm = 42.6 |Sep rain mm = 34.1 |Oct rain mm = 10.6 |Nov rain mm = 1.7 |Dec rain mm = 1.1 |year rain mm = 276.7 |snow colour = |Jan snow cm = 17.5 |Feb snow cm = 10.2 |Mar snow cm = 14.6 |Apr snow cm = 8.0 |May snow cm = 2.3 |Jun snow cm = 0.0 |Jul snow cm = 0.0 |Aug snow cm = 0.0 |Sep snow cm = 1.2 |Oct snow cm = 8.3 |Nov snow cm = 13.4 |Dec snow cm = 15.9 |year snow cm = 91.3 |Jan humidity = 73.7 |Feb humidity = 73.8 |Mar humidity = 68.4 |Apr humidity = 47.0 |May humidity = 42.3 |Jun humidity = 48.9 |Jul humidity = 50.6 |Aug humidity = 47.0 |Sep humidity = 48.0 |Oct humidity = 53.6 |Nov humidity = 69.5 |Dec humidity = 73.7 |year humidity = 58.0 |unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan precipitation days = 10.3 |Feb precipitation days = 7.1 |Mar precipitation days = 8.2 |Apr precipitation days = 8.3 |May precipitation days = 9.5 |Jun precipitation days = 12.1 |Jul precipitation days = 11.2 |Aug precipitation days = 9.4 |Sep precipitation days = 8.4 |Oct precipitation days = 7.4 |Nov precipitation days = 8.0 |Dec precipitation days = 9.7 |year precipitation days = 109.7 |unit rain days = 0.2 mm |Jan rain days = 0.74 |Feb rain days = 0.56 |Mar rain days = 1.9 |Apr rain days = 5.9 |May rain days = 9.2 |Jun rain days = 12.1 |Jul rain days = 11.2 |Aug rain days = 9.4 |Sep rain days = 8.1 |Oct rain days = 5.3 |Nov rain days = 1.3 |Dec rain days = 1.0 |year rain days = 66.7 |unit snow days = 0.2 cm |Jan snow days = 11.7 |Feb snow days = 8.4 |Mar snow days = 8.0 |Apr snow days = 3.7 |May snow days = 0.78 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.56 |Oct snow days = 3.0 |Nov snow days = 8.5 |Dec snow days = 10.9 |year snow days = 55.4 |Jan sun = 106.2 |Feb sun = 131.1 |Mar sun = 173.1 |Apr sun = 222.0 |May sun = 263.0 |Jun sun = 266.8 |Jul sun = 308.8 |Aug sun = 269.6 |Sep sun = 192.5 |Oct sun = 157.0 |Nov sun = 91.3 |Dec sun = 86.5 |year sun = 2267.8 |Jan percentsun = 41.2 |Feb percentsun = 46.9 |Mar percentsun = 47.1 |Apr percentsun = 53.3 |May percentsun = 54.1 |Jun percentsun = 53.4 |Jul percentsun = 61.4 |Aug percentsun = 59.3 |Sep percentsun = 50.5 |Oct percentsun = 47.4 |Nov percentsun = 34.4 |Dec percentsun = 35.6 |year percentsun = 48.7 |source 1 = Environment Canada{{cite web | publisher = Environment Canada | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=3328&lang=e&dCode=1&province=SASK&provBut=Go&month1=0&month2=12 | title = Clair INT'L A | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 | accessdate = May 12, 2014}}{{cite web | publisher = Environment Canada | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=3333&lang=e&dCode=0&province=SASK&provBut=Go&month1=0&month2=12 | title = Clair SRC | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 | accessdate = May 12, 2014}} |date=November 2011}}
Industry
Clair is located in the Saskatchewan prairies and has a huge industry in grain farming. Wheat, canola and oats are some of the most common types of grains grown in the area. Livestock farms are also present in the area around Clair. A major railway line runs parallel to Clair and carries grain and other materials across the Canadian prairies. Highway 5 also runs parallel to Clair. Highway 5 connects Clair with Saskatoon (largest city in Saskatchewan).
Train crash
On October 7, 2014, A CN train hauling dangerous goods derailed. Three westbound locomotives heading to Saskatoon from Winnipeg were hauling 100 cars of mixed freight when 26 went off the tracks, six carrying dangerous goods. Provincial hazardous materials crews were dispatched to work with first responders already at the scene. Approximately 50 residences of Clair and surrounding farms were evacuated and Highway 5 was shut down. No one was hurt when the train crashed.
| Northwest = | North = Fosston | Northeast = Kelvington | West = Watson, Saskatoon | Centre = Clair | East = Kuroki, Wadena | Southwest = Wynyard, Kandahar | South = Elfros | Southeast = Fishing Lake Resort Beaches (Chorney Beach), Foam Lake
References
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