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Homes in Strathcona County
Strathcona County is a city of houses: of its 37,125 occupied homes, 80% are detached, 10% are semi-detached and row houses and 8% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Strathcona County is new: 38% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 33% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 87% of homes.
In Fort Saskatchewan, 18 km away, 17% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Strathcona County's homes are newer than those in 71% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 80% 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
38% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 87% 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.
A whole house in Strathcona County
The most common home in Strathcona County has four or more bedrooms: 47% of homes. Large houses are common too: 47% have four bedrooms or more. Homes average 7.5 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 0.9% of the median home value here, $452,000 CAD (owners’ estimates, 2021).
Homes here are larger than in 92% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for, so a whole-house order runs to more windows than most.
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 windowsPricing a whole house at once
47% 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.
Working from home
22% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, during the pandemic, more than in 61% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 67% 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.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Strathcona County weather and your shutters
At Fort Saskatchewan (18 km away), July averages a high of 23.6 °C and January a low of −17.8 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from October to April.
199 days drop to 0 °C or below and 473 mm of precipitation falls, most of it around July and least in February.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 91% 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, Fort Saskatchewan. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −6.4 °C | −17.8 °C | 30.3 mm |
| Feb | −3.1 °C | −15.2 °C | 14.4 mm |
| Mar | 1.9 °C | −9.5 °C | 22.3 mm |
| Apr | 10.9 °C | −1.9 °C | 26.9 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | 4.1 °C | 48.9 mm |
| Jun | 21.3 °C | 8.6 °C | 78 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | 11 °C | 81.9 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | 9.7 °C | 55.6 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | 4.5 °C | 39 mm |
| Oct | 10.4 °C | −1.4 °C | 23.2 mm |
| Nov | 0.9 °C | −9.6 °C | 29.4 mm |
| Dec | −5 °C | −15.4 °C | 22.9 mm |
Deep cold
January nights average −17.8 °C. Closed shutters trap a layer of still air against the glass, which keeps the room warmer, but the glass behind them gets colder too, and frost can form on the inside of older windows. Tilt the louvers open in the morning to let room air reach the glass, and wipe the sill if water collects.
Fitting them in Strathcona County
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 Strathcona County
- Fort Saskatchewan 18 km
- Edmonton 29 km
- Beaumont 34 km
- St. Albert 37 km
- Sturgeon County 40 km
- Leduc 47 km
More about shutters in Strathcona County
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Strathcona County’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Strathcona County
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Strathcona County can sell or refer Shutter Boys shutters: dealers buy at trade pricing with a protected area; referral partners earn a fee on each client they send. No fee to join.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.