Dauphin is a rural municipality in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. The municipality surrounds the separately administered city of Dauphin, and lies just north of Riding Mountain National Park, part of which extends into the RM. Communities Keld North Junction Paulson Sifton Trembowla Valley River Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 Via Rail 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 Manitoba Hydro Natural gas 3" Natural Gas Line (49,560 mcf ) Provided by Manitoba Hydro Communications Digital tower, DSL High-Speed Internet Provided by MTS Allstream, I-Netlink and Xplornet WCGtv provided by Westman Communications Group 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 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: Assiniboine Community College (Dauphin) varies Campus Manitoba (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 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 24-hour service Rural Crime Watch program Post office Full Service 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,