Dauphin is a

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in the

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, Canada. The municipality surrounds the separately administered city of Dauphin, and lies just north of

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, part of which extends into the RM.

Communities

* Keld * North Junction * Paulson * Sifton *

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Dauphin had a population of 2,136 living in 896 of its 1,023 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,298. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Transportation

Air

Dauphin Municipal Airport * Regional airport * Paved runways of 2,750 and long * Daily service to Winnipeg * Perimeter Airlines * Night and all-weather facilities * Avgas and aircraft maintenance * Capable of landing 737 and Hercules Transport

Rail

* Canadian National Rail Secondary Mainline *

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passenger service

Road

* Provincial Trunk Highways #5, #10, and #20 * Gardewine North trucking, Purolator & Loomis courier * Local short/long-distance trucking companies

Energy & communications

Hydro electricity * 3-phase power supply * Provided by

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Natural gas * 3" Natural Gas Line (49,560 mcf ) * Provided by

Communications * Digital tower,

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* Provided by

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, I-Netlink and

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* WCGtv provided by

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Water & waste management

Water supply source * Edwards Lake/Creek System and Vermillion Reservoir Waste management * Total capacity of storage site is * Currently operating at 75% capacity * $2.5 million upgrading 2003 and 2005 * 2 landfills (one at Sifton; one shared with City of Dauphin) * Recycling program

Industrial park

* Fully Serviced * Land available in Sifton, Dauphin and other areas

Education

*Serviced by the

Mountain View School Division Mountain View School Division is in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, bordering the shores of Lake Winnipegosis to the North, stretching from Lake Dauphin in the east to the Saskatchewan border in the west and bordering the Riding Mountains to the ...

*Total K-12 School Enrollment: 1,769 (as of February 2009) * Ecole MacNeill K-6 School: 149 * Henderson Elementary: 239 * Barker K-6 School 269 * Smith-Jackson K-6 School 95 * Whitmore K-6 School 127 * Mackenzie Middle 7-8 School 274 * Dauphin Regional Comprehensive School 616 Post-secondary schools: *

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(Dauphin) varies *

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(Dauphin) varies

Services

Fire department : * Total of 35 member volunteers * 1 rural tanker * 4 pumper trucks * 1 aerial ladder * 3 rescue wagons * 1 portable trailer * 1 kodiak rescue boat * 1 snowmobile rescue sleigh * jaws-of-life Ambulance * 4 ambulances * 24-hour service * Advanced life support service Police *

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(RCMP) * 24-hour service * Rural Crime Watch program Post office * Full Service

Local media

* ''

Dauphin Herald Dauphin (french: "dolphin", links=no, plural ''dauphins'') may refer to: Noble and royal title * Dauphin of Auvergne * Dauphin of France, heir apparent to the French crown * Dauphin of Viennois People * Charles Dauphin (c. 1620–1677), French ...

'' newspaper (weekly) * ''Parkland Shopper'' newspaper (weekly) * 730 CKDM radio (Dauphin)

Health

Dauphin Regional Health Centre: * 107 beds * Laboratory testing, x-ray, EKG, CT scanner, hemodialysis, ultra-sound, fluoroscopy, medical and surgical wards * Intensive Care Unit * Parkland Family Medicine Residency Program * Community Health Services * 911 emergency services Special care services * Doctors: 21 and visiting medical staff available * Dentists: 8 * Optometrists: 3 * Chiropractors: 4 * Personal Care Home: 70 beds * Other Services: Handi-van * Home Care & Meals on Wheels * Telehealth

Recreation

* Parkland Recreation Complex: * Curling rink - 6 sheets of ice * Indoor leisure & waved pool, waterslide, 2 indoor arenas, * 1 outdoor arena * 18-hole golf course (RM of Ochre River) * Beach and campgrounds * Vermillion Park Sportsplex (baseball & soccer) * Selo Ukraina amphitheatre (10,000 seats) * International festivals: National Ukrainian Festival, Countryfest, and Dauphin's Christian Music Festival (Jesus Manifest) * Historical sites and district museums * Dauphin Bible Camp

References

External links

Map of Dauphin R.M. at Statcan
* RM of Dauphin Fact Shee

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