Lost your only car key near Kenora — or out at the lake?
At RAXO Auto Locksmith, I make car keys at your vehicle in Kenora and Keewatin, booked ahead. Falcon Lake and West Hawk, on the Manitoba side, are same day.
Same floors as my Winnipeg pricing page for the work — lockout $120, spare keys $90+, lost-all-keys $280+, plus tax. One written number before I drive, and that’s the number you pay.
Room for about five vehicles on a run day — more or fewer depending on what the jobs are. Kenora and Keewatin: text me the vehicle and where it sits for the next run date.
Waiting on the next run? Text me NEXT TRIP and your town — I’ll message you when the next run out is set, so you’re not watching for a post.
Put me on the listI'm Leo, and I do every job myself: no call centre, no dispatcher. On planned trips to Kenora and Lake of the Woods, I match your photo ID to the registration or proof of insurance before I cut a key, and I test the key at your car before I leave.
Same prices as Winnipeg for the work: lockout $120, spare key $90+, all-keys-lost $280+ plus tax ($350+ for push-to-start). Whatever the visit involves, you get one written number by text before I drive — that number is the agreement. 12-month warranty.
Updated October 2026 · Registered in Ontario and Manitoba
Before you text — what to know
Kenora is roughly two hours from my door in Winnipeg, so this works differently than a city call. Read it before you book:
What you get
Dealer-level access to your vehicle's key data — the same programming a dealership uses, done at the car.
The newer and higher-end ones
Cadillac, Infiniti, Lexus, and most BMW and MINI — proximity and push-to-start fobs, all-keys-lost included (BMW all-keys-lost quoted individually; a few late-model BMWs I confirm by text first). Spare keys on pre-2018 Jaguars too. Most shops won’t take these on — they’re a far more involved job.
What it isn't
A drop-everything call-out. Kenora runs are planned ahead — text me and I'll tell you the next realistic window.
One hard line
Car keys only — not cabin doors, padlocks, or boat locks.
The drive out, honestly
Winnipeg to the lake — and exactly how far I'll go.
There's no shop near you; there's me, driving out from Winnipeg. Here's the route I drive and where I stop.
The corridor — the run I drive
Winnipeg → Falcon Lake & West Hawk ≈1.5 h → the border towns → Kenora & Keewatin ≈2 h
Highway 17 east through the Whiteshell and into Ontario. Through the Whiteshell, on the Manitoba side, it's same day; past the Ontario border, a car anywhere along this stretch lines up with the run — text me where it sits and the one written number comes back before I drive.
Past the corridor — still served
Highway 71 down the lake → Sioux Narrows ≈3 h → Nestor Falls
I still come out this far — the written quote covers the whole visit, agreed by text before I commit to the drive. Nestor Falls is about as far as I commit; past that I'll say so honestly.
Close to the route but not on it? Text the location anyway — worst case I say it's too far and point you somewhere nearer. Somewhere far in another direction entirely? Runs in other directions happen too — here's how my scheduled runs work — and if it's genuinely past what a run can reach, I'll tell you straight.
Why people text me from out here
What job is worth a two-hour drive?
Most often it's a full set of lost keys rebuilt from scratch — no dealer nearby, no tow needed. But everything travels: a spare key before the long weekend, fob programming, a key cut from the lock with no original left, or a plain car lockout.
Automotive only — no cabin doors, padlocks, boathouse locks, or safes. If the lock isn't on a vehicle, I'll point you to someone who does buildings.
To quote a Kenora-area trip
- ✓Year / make / model + what's wrong, and the address — by text
- ✓Where the car sits — town, cottage, or highway marker
- ✓A photo of your key, if you still have one
That’s the whole ask. The written quote comes straight back — the same work floors as my pricing page, with the whole visit in one written number.
If I need the VIN to pin down the exact key, I’ll ask for it then — here's what it does and doesn't reveal.
What it costs out here
Winnipeg prices for the work, done where the car sits.
The key work itself costs the same as it does in Winnipeg — the pricing-page floors don't change because the car is on a lake. Before I drive, you get one written number for the whole visit — the point of a planned trip is the service at your location, without hauling the car into the city. That number is agreed by text before I commit to the drive, and it's what you pay.
The work — same as the city
- Lost all keys — transponder / remote-head$280+
- Lost all keys — push-to-start smart key$350+
- Spare / extra key — transponder$90+
- Remote head / flip key$160+
- Proximity smart key$220+
- Key fob programming$90+
- Car lockout (keys locked inside)$120
- Service call — only if I can’t complete the job$45
That $45 + tax applies only when I drive out and can’t finish because of something about the vehicle I wasn’t told about beforehand — a broken ignition behind what looked like a key problem, say — or if the job is cancelled after I’m on the road, or no one’s there when I arrive. It is never added on top of a finished job. How the service-call fee works.
The trip — the only extras
Travel — in the written quote
From Winnipeg out through Falcon Lake, West Hawk, the border towns, Kenora and Keewatin, out to Sioux Narrows and Nestor Falls — wherever the car sits, travel — when it applies — goes into the same written quote, agreed by text before I drive.
After hours — flat $120
My set hours are 5 a.m.–7 p.m. every day, and inside them there’s no weekend rate, no holiday rate, no rush rate. If the work lands between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m., a flat $120 after-hours fee is added on top of the job’s regular starting price, plus tax — named in the same written quote.
Plus applicable tax
Tax is added to the total and itemized on your receipt. Every cost is in the written quote first — no surprise line when I pull up.
The number you agree to by text is the number you pay. If you'd rather not send the VIN before booking, that's fine — the quote just comes back as a small range until I see the car.
Registered to work here — not just visiting
An Ontario business, not just a plate from across the border.
Ontario doesn't require a locksmith licence, so it's on you to check who you trust. I make it easy: registered in both provinces, public records, liability insurance, and photo ID checked against proof of ownership before I cut a single key. More about who I am.
Ontario
ActiveRAXO LOCKSMITHS — registered with the Ontario Business Registry as a sole proprietorship.
BIN 1001625465 · active and in good standing
Manitoba
Home baseRAXO Locksmiths — a trade name of RAXO Group Inc., the Winnipeg corporation behind everything I run.
Corp #10249209 · Registry #10259548
Both searchable in the provincial registries in under a minute.
Kenora-area questions, answered straight.
The out-of-town ones I actually get. General service questions live on the full FAQ page.
Do you actually drive out to Kenora?
Yes — as a planned trip, not a call-out. Kenora is about two hours east of Winnipeg on Highway 17. Runs out are booked ahead: text me the vehicle and where it sits, and I'll come back with the date of the next run out your way and fit you into it. The Whiteshell — Falcon Lake and West Hawk — is on the Manitoba side, and that's same day.
I lost my only key at a cottage on Lake of the Woods — can you still make one?
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, and program it through dealer-level access — right where the car is parked. I need photo ID and proof of ownership before I cut anything, and the run out is booked ahead rather than same-day.
How much does it cost compared to Winnipeg, and is there a travel charge?
Same as the city — the floors on my pricing page hold on the lake: all-keys-lost $280+ plus tax, $350+ for a push-to-start smart key. Travel, when it applies, goes into the same written quote — you see one number by text before I ever drive, and that number is the answer.
How much notice do you need for a Kenora trip?
Kenora trips are planned ahead, not same-day — text me and I'll get you the next date out. The one written number you get by text before I drive is the whole agreement.
Are you really registered to work in Ontario, not just visiting from Manitoba?
Registered in both. Manitoba: RAXO Locksmiths, a trade name of RAXO Group Inc. (Corp #10249209). Ontario: Business Identification Number 1001625465, active and in good standing. Both are public records you can look up before you ever text me.
Do you do cabin doors, padlocks, or boat locks while you're out there?
No — car keys only, everywhere I work. No cabin doors, padlocks, boat locks, or safes. If it's not an automotive key or a car lockout, I'll point you to someone who handles buildings.
Is there an auto locksmith in Kenora, Ontario?
Yes — RAXO Locksmiths runs planned trips from Winnipeg into Kenora and Lake of the Woods, registered in both provinces. Local lock shops lean residential, and modern car keys and fobs are a much more complex job — the work I specialize in, with dealer-level access for most makes on the road. Booked visits, written quote and travel named up front.
Stuck near Kenora or at the lake? Text me for a written quote.
Text me the vehicle and where it sits near Kenora or on Lake of the Woods. I reply with the next run date and one written number before I drive out, and that number is the agreement.