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Homes in Prince George
Prince George's 31,795 occupied homes are a mix: 58% detached houses, 24% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 10% semi-detached and row houses.
The biggest building period was 1961 to 1980, which accounts for 51% of homes standing today; 13% are from 2001 or later. 68% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 33 British Columbia cities we have census figures for, Prince George has the second-highest share of older homes. Nationally, Prince George's homes are older than those in 84% 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.
Manufactured homes
7% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes, whose windows usually sit in thin walls with little depth inside the opening. An outside mount on a frame is the reliable choice there, fixed into the framing around the window rather than the thin wall panel.
Replacement windows
51% of homes went up between 1961 and 1980, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
Out-of-square openings
With 62% of homes built in 1980 or earlier, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about 6 mm, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
A whole house in Prince George
The most common home in Prince George has four or more bedrooms: 39% of homes. Large houses are common too: 39% have four bedrooms or more. Homes average 6.7 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).
Homes here are larger than in 78% 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 windowsOne 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
39% 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.
Young children at home
5% of people in Prince George are under five, more than in 62% 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.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Prince George weather and your shutters
At Prince George (5 km away), July averages a high of 22.6 °C and January a low of −11.7 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from October to April.
About 4 days a year top 30 °C, 184 days drop to 0 °C or below and 590 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 84% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 17 h 8 min on the longest day to 7 h 23 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, Prince George. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −3.9 °C | −11.7 °C | 49.5 mm |
| Feb | −0.7 °C | −10 °C | 30.5 mm |
| Mar | 4.8 °C | −6.2 °C | 29.2 mm |
| Apr | 11.1 °C | −1.3 °C | 37.4 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | 3.3 °C | 45.4 mm |
| Jun | 20.2 °C | 7.2 °C | 68.2 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | 9.1 °C | 64.4 mm |
| Aug | 22.2 °C | 8 °C | 47.1 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | 4 °C | 54.8 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | −0.6 °C | 66.4 mm |
| Nov | 1.3 °C | −5.5 °C | 56.7 mm |
| Dec | −3 °C | −10.3 °C | 40.8 mm |
Cold winters
With 184 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 Prince George
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.
More about shutters in Prince George
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Prince George’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Prince George
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Prince George 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.