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Homes in Airdrie
Airdrie is a city of houses: of its 26,295 occupied homes, 65% are detached, 21% are semi-detached and row houses and 13% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Airdrie is new: 73% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 9% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 79% of homes.
Of the 22 Alberta cities we have census figures for, Airdrie has some of the newest homes. In nearby Rocky View County, 14 km away, 24% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier, so Airdrie's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Airdrie's homes are newer than in any other of the 167 Canadian cities we have census figures for.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Period of construction and tenure come from the 25% sample; counts are randomly rounded.
Shallow openings
73% of homes were built in 2001 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Semis and row houses
21% of homes share a wall with the next one. Their front windows face the street side by side with the neighbours', so many owners pick a louver size and a white or off-white finish that sit well beside the houses on either side. Bay windows on semis usually need a separate panel set for each face.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 79% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.
Whole-house orders
With 65% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street.
A whole house in Airdrie
The most common home in Airdrie has three bedrooms: 44% of homes. Large houses are common too: 33% have four bedrooms or more. Homes average 6.6 rooms.
Detached houses are the most common kind of home here. Across Canada, the middle home has 6 to 10 windows (NRCan, 2007). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $2,700 to $5,700 CAD. For scale, that's about 1.1% of the median home value here, $400,000 CAD (owners’ estimates, 2021).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (bedrooms, rooms and value from the 25% sample; counts randomly rounded); Natural Resources Canada, Survey of Household Energy Use 2007, Table 4.5a (windows). NRCan SHEU 2007, Table 4.5a
A typical home6–10 windows
All of them shuttered$2,700 to $5,700 CAD
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsYoung children at home
7.4% of people in Airdrie are under five, more than in any other of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. Canada has limited cord length on corded coverings since May 1, 2021; ours never had any.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 77% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for, and many owners do a house in stages. Start with the rooms where light and privacy matter most, usually bedrooms and the street-facing front, and keep the same louver size and colour so later rooms match. Your saved design keeps every size.
Pricing a whole house at once
33% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Airdrie weather and your shutters
At Calgary (Airport) (20 km away), July averages a high of 23.5 °C and January a low of −13.5 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from October to April.
About 5 days a year top 30 °C, 193 days drop to 0 °C or below and 445 mm of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in January.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 85% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 16 h 36 min on the longest day to 7 h 52 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 62° above the horizon in June and 15° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Calgary (Airport). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −1.5 °C | −13.5 °C | 10 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | −11.8 °C | 11.8 mm |
| Mar | 3.8 °C | −8.1 °C | 17.7 mm |
| Apr | 10.8 °C | −1.9 °C | 29.6 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | 3.4 °C | 61.1 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | 7.7 °C | 112.7 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | 10.2 °C | 65.7 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | 9.2 °C | 53.8 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | 4.7 °C | 37.1 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | −1.3 °C | 17.1 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | −7.5 °C | 16.3 mm |
| Dec | −0.4 °C | −12.1 °C | 12.5 mm |
Cold winters
With 193 days at or below freezing a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.
Fitting them in Airdrie
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Airdrie
- Rocky View County 14 km
- Calgary 28 km
- Chestermere 32 km
- Cochrane 33 km
- Okotoks 63 km
- Foothills County 75 km
More about shutters in Airdrie
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Airdrie’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Airdrie
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Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.