Dauphin is the eighth largest city in the province of Manitoba, and is located in the Prairie Mountain region, with around 8,500 people (2016).

Understand

Watson Arts Centre

Ukrainians constitute the largest ethnic group in the City of Dauphin, with 41% of the population (1996). Almost 26% of the population can speak Ukrainian.

Dauphin has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers.

Get in

By car

From Winnipeg, it is 325 km, or about 4 hr 40 min by car west on the Trans-Canada Highway to Neepawa, north and west on Provincial Highway 5, then north and west on Provincial Highway 20.

By bus

• Maple Bus Lines, toll-free: +1-833-339-4197. 3 times a week from Winnipeg (4 hr, $40-120), and Swan River. (updated Nov 2019)

By train

• Via Rail, ☏ +1-888-842-7245. Departing daily at 12:05PM, a driving at 4:56PM (4 hr 51 min). $45-150. (updated Jan 2018)

By plane

• 1 Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker, VC Airport (YDN  ^IATA) (is 3 nautical miles (5.5 km) from Dauphin). It no longer has any scheduled passenger flights.  

Get around

• Dauphin Taxi +1 204-638-3315
• Dauphin Handi Van +1 204-638-8884

See

Canadian Northern Railway Station

• Historic Dauphin Canadian Northern Railway Station. Built in 1912, it is a Manitoba Provincial Heritage Site. 

Do

• Canada's National Ukrainian Festival (14 km south on Highways 5 and 10), ☏ +1 204-622-4600, toll-free: +1-877-474-2683. First weekend in August. A three-day event held annually since 1965 to showcase of Ukrainian culture: food, dance, music, ceremonies, arts, and crafts. The Selo Ukraina site, home to the festival, takes place in a natural amphitheatre set into the side of Riding Mountain National Park. The site also has examples of early Ukrainian settler architecture: settler's home, the first church. etc. Day pass $40-60, children 12 and under free. (updated Jan 2018)
• Dauphin's Countryfest, The Selo Ukraina site, ☏ +1 204-622-3700, toll-free: +1-800-361-7300. The largest outdoor country music festival in Manitoba, and Canada's longest-running country music festival. End of HJune, beginning of July. One day $99, 3 days $249. (updated Jan 2018)
• 1 Duck Mountain Provincial Park (120 km west and north from Dauphin). (updated Jan 2018)

Buy

• Dauphin Marketplace Mall, 1450 Main St S. M-F 9AM-9PM, Sa Su 10AM-6PM. Walmart, Safeway. (updated Jan 2018)

Eat

• Adelina's Pizzeria, 11 2nd Ave NE, ☏ +1 204-638-6888. Tu-F 10AM-8PM, Sa noon-8PM. (updated Jan 2018)
• Corrina's on Main, 28 Memorial Boulevard, ☏ +1 204-701-1100. M-F 8AM-8PM, Sa 8AM-7PM, Su 8AM-2PM. Breakfast $7-12.50, sandwiches $5-13, burgers $8-12, pasta $13-16, steaks $15-23. (updated Jan 2018)
• Hong Kong Cafe, 123 Main St S, ☏ +1 204-638-5800. Sa Su 11AM-9PM, Tu-F 9:30AM-9PM. Also serving sandwiches, burgers, Canadian dishes. Chinese dishes $8-12. (updated Jan 2018)

Sleep

• Canway Inn & Suites, 1601 Main St S, ☏ +1 204-638-5102. 66 rooms. 27" TVs with cable, coffee maker, electronic in-room safe, climate control (heat & air conditioning), and bathroom amenities. Internet connections are available in all rooms. Smoking and non-smoking rooms are available. From $112. (updated Jan 2018)
• Prairie Mountain Inn, 1501 Main St S, ☏ +1 204-638-4233. A ground level facility with outside entries, all non smoking and pet-free. BBQs, guest laundry and ice machine available. All rooms are equipped with fridge, microwave, in room Keurig coffee maker, free wi-fi and hi-speed internet and cable TV. For hunters and fishermen, running hot & cold water, freezer, and cleaning tables are available. From $88. (updated Jan 2018)

Go next

Routes through Dauphin

Churchill ← Canora ←	N  S	→ Portage la Prairie → Winnipeg
Yorkton ← becomes ← Roblin ←	W  S	→ Neepawa → → becomes → ENDS at N S
Flin Flon ← Swan River ←	N  S	→ Riding Mountain N.P. → Brandon