Tuxedo, Winnipeg

Tuxedo
Suburb
Tuxedo skyline
Motto: 
"Winnipeg's Suburb Beautiful"
Tuxedo
Coordinates: 49°51′43″N 97°13′19″W / 49.86194°N 97.22194°W / 49.86194; -97.22194
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
CityWinnipeg
Incorporated (town)January 24, 1913 (1913-01-24)
Amalgamated (Winnipeg)January 1, 1972 (1972-01-01)
Founded byFrederick W. Heubach
Government
 • MPWinnipeg South Centre
 • MLACarla Compton Tuxedo (electoral district)
 • CouncillorEvan Duncan
Area
 • Suburb
11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
 • Metro
5,306.79 km2 (2,048.96 sq mi)
Elevation
234 m (768 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Suburb
7,145
 • Density600/km2 (1,560/sq mi)
 • Metro
778,489
Forward Sortation Areas
R3P
Area codes204 and 431

Tuxedo is a residential suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) southwest of downtown Winnipeg. It borders the Assiniboine River and Assiniboine Park to its north, Shaftesbury Boulevard to its west, Route 90 to its east, and McGillivray Boulevard to its south. Before 1972, the community was incorporated as the "Town of Tuxedo". Tuxedo is part of the city ward of Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood. It also belongs to the provincial electoral district of Tuxedo and the federal electoral district of Winnipeg South Centre.