Dauphin is Manitoba's ninth largest community and serves as a hub to the province's Parkland Region.

[4] With the coming of the railway in 1896 – the line ran roughly halfway between the two villages – settlement shifted to the present site.

From 1974 to 1979, a federally funded pilot project called Mincome provided a Basic income guarantee to residents of Dauphin.

[7] A large part of Dauphin's economy is based on agriculture, with farms in this area of the province producing grains, oilseeds, honey and livestock.

Programs include business, agriculture, applied counseling, nursing and a range of apprenticeship courses.

The rail line is owned by Canadian National (CN) which also operates freight trains through the town.

Dauphin and the Kings hosted the Royal Bank Cup in 2010, the Canadian National Championship for Junior A Hockey.

The 1953–54 Dauphin Kings were inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame for winning the team's second Western Canadian Intermediate Championship in a decade and capturing the Edmonton Journal trophy.

They have won many awards and medals in volleyball, track and field, basketball, broomball, curling, football, and hockey.

A Dauphin rink composed of curlers Ab Gowanlock, Jim Williams, Art Pollon and Russ Jackman won the Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, in 1953.

[17] According to the 2021 Canadian census, Ukrainians constitute the largest ethnic group in the City of Dauphin, with 29.99% of the population.

[18] [19] Dauphin has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with cold winters and warm summers.