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Homes in Spruce Grove
Spruce Grove is a city of houses: of its 14,275 occupied homes, 63% are detached, 19% are semi-detached and row houses and 16% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Spruce Grove is new: 60% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 20% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 76% of homes.
In nearby St. Albert, 21 km away, 35% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier, so Spruce Grove's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Spruce Grove's homes are newer than those in 92% 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
60% 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
19% 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 76% 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 63% 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.
Spruce Grove weather and your shutters
At Edmonton (City) (25 km away), July averages a high of 23.5 °C and January a low of −14.7 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from October to April.
About 4 days a year top 30 °C, 179 days drop to 0 °C or below and 423 mm of precipitation falls, most of it around July and least in February.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 82% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 17 h 3 min on the longest day to 7 h 27 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 60° above the horizon in June and 13° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Edmonton (City). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −5.8 °C | −14.7 °C | 19.6 mm |
| Feb | −3 °C | −12.7 °C | 11.8 mm |
| Mar | 1.7 °C | −7.8 °C | 16.8 mm |
| Apr | 10.4 °C | −0.7 °C | 28.6 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | 5.6 °C | 44.2 mm |
| Jun | 21 °C | 10.2 °C | 69.9 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | 12.6 °C | 82.7 mm |
| Aug | 22.6 °C | 11.3 °C | 60.7 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | 6.2 °C | 38.5 mm |
| Oct | 10 °C | −0.1 °C | 20.5 mm |
| Nov | 0.6 °C | −7.5 °C | 17.5 mm |
| Dec | −4.7 °C | −13.2 °C | 11.8 mm |
Cold winters
With 179 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 Spruce Grove
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 Spruce Grove
- St. Albert 21 km
- Edmonton 27 km
- Parkland County 38 km
- Sturgeon County 39 km
- Beaumont 39 km
- Leduc 40 km
More about shutters in Spruce Grove
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Spruce Grove’s own figures.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.