Dauphin is a rural municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

 in Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada

Canada

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. It is located in the Parkland Region

Parkland Region, Manitoba

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 of Manitoba, and lies just north of Riding Mountain National Park

Riding Mountain National Park

Riding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. The park sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment. Consisting of a protected area , the forested parkland stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding prairie farmland. The park is home to wolves, moose, elk, black bears, hundreds of...

. The municipality surrounds the separately administered city of Dauphin

Dauphin, Manitoba

Dauphin is a small city in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 7,906 as of 2006. The nearby lake was given the name "Dauphin" by the explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 in honour of the heir to the French throne...

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Air:

Dauphin Municipal Airport

• Regional airport
• Paved runways of 2,750 and 5000 feet (1,524 m) long
• Daily service to Winnipeg
• Perimeter Airlines
• Night and all-weather facilities
• Avgas and aircraft maintenance
• Capable of landing 737 and Hercules Transport

Road:

• Provincial Trunk Highways #5, #10 and #20
• Greyhound Bus Lines
• Gardewine North trucking, Purolator & Loomis Courier
• Local short/long-distance trucking companies

Communications:

• Digital tower, DSL High Speed Internet
• Provided by MTS Allstream, I-Netlink and

Xplornet

• WCGtv provided by Westman Communications Group
  Westman Communications Group
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Waste Management:

• Total capacity of storage site is 196 million impgals (891,033.6 m³)
• 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

PLANNING & CONSERVATION DISTRICT MEMBER

• Member of Dauphin Planning District
• Member of Intermountain Conservation District
• TOTAL REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT - 2009
• Rural Municipality of Dauphin $212,181,200

EDUCATION

• Total K-12 School Enrollment: 1,769

(source: Mountain View School Division, 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 School:

• Assiniboine Community College (Dauphin) varies
• Campus Manitoba (Dauphin) varies
• College & University available through Continuing Education & Distance Education

Fire Department (2003):

• 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

Police:

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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   (RCMP)
• 24-hour service
• Rural Crime Watch program

Local Media:

• Dauphin Herald 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

External links

• Map of Dauphin R.M. at Statcan
• RM of Dauphin Fact Sheet http://www.parklandmanitoba.ca/pdf/brochures2009/PARC_factsheet_Dauphin.pdf