Paul Léopold Dumaine was born in 1932 in Winnipeg, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts at Saint-Boniface College. He completed his studies with a Masters in Telecommunications at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He started a 35 year career with the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) in Winnipeg, and moved to Edmonton in 1979 when named Regional Director of French Services for Alberta. He retired from CBC in 1990.

Paul Dumaine was active in the Francophone Community in Alberta, sitting as president of the Richelieu Service Club and, as a consultant for Société éducative de l’Alberta, establishing a program to assist young adults in their search for employment.

Paul Dumaine married Alice on October 26, 1957 and they had three children: Robert, Marc, and Michelle. He died in Edmonton on October 13, 2001.