Shutter BoysCalifornia shutters in St. Albert
Homes in St. Albert
St. Albert is a city of houses: of its 25,935 occupied homes, 70% are detached, 14% are semi-detached and row houses and 15% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 33% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 35% are older than that and 32% newer. Owners live in 83% of homes.
In Edmonton, 14 km away, 33% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, St. Albert's homes are newer than those in 66% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 83% 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 70% 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.
Shallow openings
32% 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.
St. Albert weather and your shutters
At Edmonton (City) (10 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 4 min on the longest day to 7 h 26 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 St. Albert
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 St. Albert
- Edmonton 14 km
- Spruce Grove 21 km
- Sturgeon County 21 km
- Fort Saskatchewan 28 km
- Beaumont 34 km
- Strathcona County 37 km
More about shutters in St. Albert
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using St. Albert’s own figures.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.