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[[Image:Canadian-Light-Source-Entrance.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Canadian Light Source Entrance]]
[[Image:CLS-UofS.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Canadian Light Source rear view of building]]
The '''Canadian Light Source''' ('''CLS''') is a third-generation 2.9 [[GeV]] [[synchrotron]] lightsource located in [[Saskatoon, Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]]. It opened on October 22, 2004 after three years of construction and cost C$173.5 million. One of forty-two such facilities in the world, it occupies a footprint the size of a football field on the grounds of the [[University of Saskatchewan]]. The CLS, which is the only synchrotron lightsource in Canada, is operated by CLS Inc. a not-for-profit corporation owned by the University of Saskatchewan.
 
==Overview==