Lost your only car key near Kenora — or out at the lake?

Yes, but be clear-eyed about what that means: I'm based in Winnipeg, and Kenora is roughly a two-hour drive east on Highway 17. It's a planned trip, not a call-out — text me the vehicle, what's wrong, and where it sits, and I'll book a time, usually a day or two out. Twenty-minute promises aren't coming from Winnipeg.

That's the job I'm built for out here. With no key to copy, I decode the locks at the vehicle, cut a fresh key to that code, and program it to your car through dealer-level access — the same information a dealership would use — so the car starts and locks again. It happens right where the car is parked: a cabin driveway, a boat-launch lot, the side of the highway. I need government photo ID and proof you own the vehicle before I cut anything, and a deposit to lock in the trip out.

The work itself is priced the same as it is in the city — the floors on my pricing page hold whether the car is in Winnipeg or on the lake. All-keys-lost starts at $280+ plus tax for most transponder and remote-head keys, or $350+ for a push-to-start smart key. A second key made the same visit is half price, so two keys run $420+ (transponder) or $500+ (smart). What's added for a Kenora-area job is travel: a flat $1.20 per kilometre beyond the Winnipeg Perimeter, taken up front as a deposit to schedule the trip. It goes in the written quote before I commit to the drive, so the number you agree to is the number you pay — no surprise distance line when I arrive.

Because the deposit is the mileage — the cost of the drive — taken up front and sized by how far you are from Winnipeg. It's non-refundable — once I've made the drive, that time and distance are real whether or not the job finishes. The key work itself you pay only when it works, same as in Winnipeg.

No — Ontario doesn't require a provincial locksmith licence. Locksmith is a non-compulsory trade here, so no licence stands between someone and your car — worth checking who you trust. What I can show instead: registration in Ontario and Manitoba, liability insurance, dealer-level access to manufacturer key data, and ID plus ownership checks before I cut a key.

Registered in both. In Manitoba I operate as RAXO Locksmiths, a trade name of RAXO Group Inc. (Corp #10249209). In Ontario, RAXO LOCKSMITHS is registered with the Ontario Business Registry under Business Identification Number 1001625465, active since May 2026. Both are public records you can look up before you ever text me — which is the whole point of registering rather than just driving across the border and hoping nobody asks.

The route runs through the Whiteshell — Falcon Lake and West Hawk Lake on the Manitoba side — and those are on my way out, so a stranded car along that stretch can sometimes line up with a trip. Text me your location and the vehicle. If I'm already booked to head east, it may slot in; if not, I'll give you an honest window rather than leave you waiting on a maybe. Either way you'll get a real answer, not a dispatcher's guess.

No — car keys only, everywhere I work. No cabin or cottage doors, no padlocks, no boathouse or boat locks, no safes. It's the same boundary I keep in Winnipeg: if it's not an automotive key or a car lockout, it's not my call, and I'll point you to someone who handles building locks rather than pretend it is.

Yes — RAXO Locksmiths runs planned trips from Winnipeg into Kenora and Lake of the Woods, registered in both provinces. Local lock shops lean residential; modern car keys and fobs need dealer-level access, which is what I bring. Booked visits, written quote and travel named up front.