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 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| City | Winnipeg |
| Incorporated (town) | January 24, 1913 |
| Amalgamated (Winnipeg) | January 1, 1972 |
| Founded by | Frederick W. Heubach |
| Government | |
| • MP | Winnipeg South Centre |
| • MLA | Carla Compton Tuxedo (electoral district) |
| • Councillor | Evan 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 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,560/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 778,489 |
| Forward Sortation Areas | R3P |
| Area codes | 204 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.