Auto locksmith service area: Winnipeg and southern Manitoba, $2/km past the Perimeter, Kenora booked ahead.
At RAXO Auto Locksmith, I'm Leo, a mobile automotive locksmith based in Winnipeg. I cover Winnipeg and southern Manitoba, and northwestern Ontario out to Kenora when it's booked ahead. Inside the Perimeter, travel is free; past it, $2/km, quoted in writing before I drive out. Text or call 204-599-5117 with your year, make, model and town.
Updated October 2026
Travel & range
- Inside the PerimeterTravel free
- Past the Perimeter$2/km
- Everyday rangesouthern Manitoba
- Car lockout$120 plus tax
I'm Leo. There's no storefront on purpose — car keys get cut and programmed at the vehicle, so the vehicle is where I work. Anywhere in Winnipeg, the trip to you is part of the deal; across southern Manitoba the travel line is always quoted up front. One written number by text before I start driving, automotive keys only. If the service-call fee applies to an out-of-town visit, you owe $45 + tax plus any mileage shown in your written quote, not the full job price.
Three zones, one rule
Inside the Perimeter, no travel charge. Past it, mileage — always in the quote.
Inside the Perimeter
Every Winnipeg neighbourhood. No travel charge — the price is the job, not the drive.
Perimeter-edge towns
Headingley, Oak Bluff, West St. Paul, Oakbank. Past the Perimeter, so a $2/km travel charge applies — named in the quote up front.
The rest of southern Manitoba
Stonewall, Selkirk, Steinbach, Portage la Prairie and on — $2/km past the Perimeter, quoted in writing first.
Inside the city
One mobile auto locksmith, every corner of Winnipeg.
No neighbourhood pages, no fake "local branches" — just me, my stocked equipment, and a city I cross daily. Wherever your car sits, the service is identical: written quote first, ID and ownership checked.
Downtown & central
Downtown · Osborne Village · West End · River Heights
Parkade levels, metered street spots, apartment-block lots — central calls are usually about access, so text me the level and stall along with the car's details and I'll find you. Condo visitor parking works fine as a meeting spot.
Northeast
Transcona · East Kildonan · North Kildonan
The Regent Avenue big-box lots and the long Henderson Highway corridor are regular ground for me — driveway spare-key bookings off Henderson, locked-cars-with-the-groceries along Regent. Searchers type "locksmith Henderson" for a reason; that stretch is covered.
South
St. Vital · Fort Garry · the Pembina corridor
From the St Vital Centre lot down the full length of Pembina Highway — strip-mall parking, dealership rows, rental-block lots. South Winnipeg generates more of my calls than any other quadrant, so I'm often already nearby.
West
St. James · Charleswood · Polo Park area
Airport-area hotel lots, the Polo Park retail ring, and the quiet Charleswood driveways past Roblin. If you're flying out and the key situation just went sideways, say so in the text — I'll be honest about whether I can beat your departure.
Not named above? North End, Tuxedo, Garden City, Windsor Park, St. Boniface, St. Norbert — if it has a Winnipeg postal code, it's in range. The list on this page is geography, not a boundary.
Past the Perimeter
The towns I'll drive out to — same day, quoted first.
Southern Manitoba towns are same day. Text me your location and situation, and I'll tell you the time window for today. The mileage travel charge is set in the written number up front — nothing extra ticks up en route.
Headingley
The west edge — practically Winnipeg with its own sign. Easiest town call on the list.
Oak Bluff
Just past the southwest corner of the Perimeter. A short hop off McGillivray.
West St. Paul
Where Main Street keeps going north. Minutes past the city limit.
Oakbank
East on Highway 15. Same day — text me the location first.
Stonewall
Northwest up Highway 7. Same day — text me the location first.
North on Highway 9. Same day: text me the vehicle for a written quote before I drive out. Selkirk & Interlake car keys →
Somewhere else in southern Manitoba — Niverville, Lorette, St. Andrews? Same day too. Text the location and the travel line goes into the written quote before I drive.
Heading up Highway 9 or into the Interlake? I've got a dedicated page for car keys in Selkirk & the Interlake — Lockport, Stonewall, Gimli and Beausejour included.
Beyond Manitoba, the one out-of-province run I plan for is east into Ontario — Kenora and the Lake of the Woods. That's about a two-hour drive, so it works on its own terms: booked ahead as a planned trip, with the whole visit in one written number by text before I drive.
Farther out — the genuinely long hauls — is past the range I serve reliably, and I won't pretend otherwise. I'll still look at it case by case: text me the town and the vehicle, and I'll tell you straight whether it's worth doing. When it is, it works as a scheduled run — booked ahead, one written number before the drive, and the drive itself covered in that same quote. What I can't do is get there today: hours each way makes it a planned trip, never a rescue. Stranded right now? The dealership for your make or a tow is the faster answer.
Farther out
How far past Winnipeg will you drive?
Past the close-in towns, I still go — Portage la Prairie, Steinbach, Gimli, Morden, Winkler and anywhere else in southern Manitoba — that's the everyday range; farther out I book ahead. Every town in southern Manitoba is same day: text the location and time first. Travel past the Perimeter is $2/km, written into the quote before I dispatch — nothing sprung on arrival.
Handled a car lockout out here recently — well inside my range. Text the location and time, and the travel charge goes in the quote before I head out.
Steinbach
Southeast of the city and comfortably in range. Text the location first — travel past the Perimeter is quoted with the job price.
Gimli
North along Lake Winnipeg — in range. Same day: text the location and time first.
Also in range: Beausejour, Morris, Carman, Morden, Winkler, Teulon, Lac du Bonnet. Somewhere else in southern Manitoba? Text the location — that's same day. Farther afield, I book it ahead.
Same locksmith, same services, any address
What shows up when I do.
Every job on this site travels: car key replacement in all its forms — a spare key cut and programmed in your driveway, a full lost-all-keys rebuild in a grocery-store lot, fob programming at your office, or a car lockout opened kerbside for $120 plus tax. Prices don't change by neighbourhood — the floors on the pricing page hold across Winnipeg and southern Manitoba.
And the boundary that doesn't move: automotive only. No house locks, no commercial doors, no safes — not downtown, not in Selkirk. If your problem isn't on wheels, I'll point you to someone good rather than pretend.
Before I dispatch — any address
- ✓Year / make / model + what's wrong, by text
- ✓Where the car sits — lot, stall, driveway, town
- ✓Written quote back, trip included
- ✓Photo ID + ownership proof at the car, then I start
Faster quote: add a photo of the VIN and your key — here's why I ask.
Coverage questions, answered straight.
The travel-and-territory questions I actually get. Service questions live on the full FAQ page. Want to check I'm legitimate before texting? The about page and my scam-spotting guide show how to verify me in about a minute.
Do you charge extra to come to me in Winnipeg?
Inside the Perimeter Highway, no — travel is built into the standard price. Past the Perimeter, a mileage travel charge applies, and it goes into the written quote before I drive anywhere. The number you accept is the number you pay; the trip never shows up as a surprise line on arrival.
Can you meet me somewhere that isn't my home?
Yes — I go to the car, wherever the car is. Work parking lots, mall lots, a friend's driveway, an impound yard (with the yard's permission). The only things that travel with you are the same two I'd ask for at your house: government photo ID and proof of ownership, since every key job gets verified no matter the address.
Do you really come out to Selkirk or Stonewall?
Yes. Selkirk and Stonewall are both same day: text me the location first. You get one written number that already includes the mileage travel charge — set up front, no meter running on the side.
Why is there no shop I can visit?
Because for car keys, the shop would be a waiting room. Modern keys are programmed to the vehicle's immobilizer, so the work happens at the car no matter who does it. I built the business mobile from day one — the cutting and programming equipment travels with me, and you skip the tow a storefront or dealer visit would force.
Do you do house lockouts in Winnipeg or out of town?
No — automotive only, everywhere I go. No house locks, no business doors, no safes, in Winnipeg or out of town. If you're standing outside your front door, I'll happily point you to a residential locksmith; if you're standing outside your car, that's exactly my call.
Check me before you text
A registered business — not a van and a guess.
Anyone can buy a key cutter and drive across the city. So before you let someone near your car, it's worth knowing who they are. I make that easy: I'm a Winnipeg-registered business, and the record is public — look it up before you ever message me.
Beyond the paperwork, the things that actually protect you: commercial general liability insurance, dealer-level access to manufacturer key and immobilizer data, and a firm rule that I check photo ID against proof of ownership before I cut a single key. More about who I am, and how to spot a locksmith you shouldn't trust.
Registered in Manitoba
Public recordRAXO Locksmiths — a trade name of RAXO Group Inc., the Winnipeg corporation behind everything I run.
Corp #10249209 · Business Name Registry #10259548
Dealer-level key data
Verified accessSecure, dealer-level access to manufacturer key and immobilizer data — the legitimate way modern keys get made.
The registry is searchable in under a minute. Real locksmiths register; that's the point of showing you the numbers.
Wherever the car sits, that's the shop.
Winnipeg corner to corner, southern Manitoba as my everyday range, Kenora booked ahead. Written quote with the trip included; if the service-call fee applies to an out-of-town visit, you owe $45 + tax plus any mileage shown in your written quote, not the full job price.