Tuxedo, Winnipeg

Tuxedo
Suburb
Tuxedo skyline
Tuxedo skyline
Motto: 
"Winnipeg's Suburb Beautiful"[1]
Tuxedo is located in Winnipeg
Tuxedo
Tuxedo
Coordinates: 49°51′43″N 97°13′19″W / 49.86194°N 97.22194°W / 49.86194; -97.22194
Incorporated (town)January 24, 1913 (1913-01-24)
Amalgamated (Winnipeg)January 1, 1972 (1972-01-01)
Founded byFrederick W. Heubach
Government
 • MPBen Carr
 • MLACarla Compton
 • CouncillorEvan Duncan
Area
 • Suburb11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
 • Metro
5,306.79 km2 (2,048.96 sq mi)
Elevation248 m (814 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Suburb7,145
 • Density600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
 • Metro
778,489
Forward Sortation Areas
R3P
Area code(s)Area codes 204 and 431

Tuxedo is a residential suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is located about 7 kilometres (4.5 miles) southwest of downtown Winnipeg, and borders the Assiniboine River and Assiniboine Park on the north, Shaftesbury Boulevard on the west, Route 90 on the East and McGillvary Boulevard on the South. Prior to 1972, the community was incorporated as the Town of Tuxedo.

Tuxedo is part of the city ward of Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood,[3] and also belongs to the provincial electoral district of Tuxedo, and the federal electoral district of Winnipeg South Centre.

  1. ^ "The Heubach Park Section". Winnipeg Free Press. October 3, 1928. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Elevation of Tuxedo". earthtools.org.
  3. ^ "Charleswood - Tuxedo - Westwood Ward | Electoral Wards". winnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-28.