Census Division No. 17 (Dauphin) is a census division located within the Parklands Region of the province of

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. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own. The economic base of the area is primarily

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with some

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and food processing. The population of the division at the 2006 census was 22,358. The division is geographically centred on the city of Dauphin and

Dauphin Lake Dauphin Lake is located in western Manitoba near the city of Dauphin, Manitoba. The lake covers an area of and has a drainage basin of about . The Mossy River drains the lake into Lake Winnipegosis. The basin is drained by seven major streams and ...

, and contains most of

Riding Mountain National Park Riding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. The park is located within Treaty 2 Territory and sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment. Consisting of a protected area , the forested parkland stands in sharp contrast to the sur ...

. Also included in the division is the

Ebb and Flow First Nation Ebb and Flow First Nation (Ojibwe: ''Gaa-gwekwekejiwang'') is an Anishinaabe First Nations community in Manitoba. It is located on the eponymous Ebb and Flow Lake, northeast of Riding Mountain National Park. It is about 180 km from Winnipeg, ...

.This region in located in central Manitoba.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 17 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Cities

* Dauphin

Unincorporated communities

* Ethelbert * Gilbert Plains * Grandview * McCreary * Ste. Rose du Lac * Winnipegosis

Municipalities

* Alonsa * Dauphin * Ethelbert * Gilbert Plains * Grandview * Lakeshore * McCreary * Mossey River * Ste. Rose

Reserves

* Ebb and Flow 52

Unorganized areas

* Unorganized Division No. 17

References

External links

Manotba Community Profiles: Dauphin
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