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Homes in Richmond
Richmond has an unusually large share of semi-detached and row houses: 22% of its 81,080 occupied homes, beside 30% detached houses and 48% apartments.
Much of Richmond is new: 39% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 26% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 71% of homes.
In Vancouver, 11 km away, 80% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Richmond's homes are newer than those in 85% 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.
Semis and row houses
22% 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.
Shallow openings
39% 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.
Condo towers
19% of homes are in buildings of five storeys or more, where floor-to-ceiling window walls are common. Tier-on-tier panels let you open the top for light and keep the bottom closed for privacy, and a mounting frame gives the panels a square edge on glass that runs wall to wall. Many buildings ask you to book the elevator for deliveries and keep to set work hours, so check with management before install day.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 71% 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 Richmond
The most common home in Richmond has two bedrooms: 29% of homes. Three-bedroom homes make up another 27%. Homes average 5.1 rooms.
Apartments are the most common kind of home here. No Canadian survey counts windows by type of home; in the US, the middle apartment in a building of five or more units has 3 to 5 (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $1,300 to $2,900 CAD. For scale, that's about 0.2% of the median home value here, $990,000 CAD (owners’ estimates, 2021).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (bedrooms, rooms and value from the 25% sample; counts randomly rounded); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (apartment windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home3–5 windows
All of them shuttered$1,300 to $2,900 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 windowsWorking from home
26% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, during the pandemic, more than in 75% 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.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Richmond weather and your shutters
At Vancouver International (Airport) (4 km away), July averages a high of 22.4 °C and December a low of 1.2 °C. No month averages a high above 29 °C or a low below freezing.
About 0 days a year top 30 °C, 40 days drop to 0 °C or below and 1,160 mm of precipitation falls, most of it around November and least in July.
Daylight runs from 16 h 14 min on the longest day to 8 h 12 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 64° above the horizon in June and 17° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Vancouver International (Airport). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | 1.4 °C | 174 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | 1.5 °C | 90.8 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | 3.3 °C | 106.4 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | 5.7 °C | 85.5 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | 9 °C | 59.1 mm |
| Jun | 19.6 °C | 11.9 °C | 51.1 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | 13.9 °C | 34.1 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | 14 °C | 36.1 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | 11.2 °C | 51.9 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | 7 °C | 123.9 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | 3.6 °C | 174.6 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | 1.2 °C | 172.2 mm |
Wet months
1,160 mm of precipitation a year keeps the air damp for long stretches. Steam and condensation are hard on any joint, so in kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms keep the air moving and wipe water off the sill before it sits.
Fitting them in Richmond
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 Richmond
- Vancouver 11 km
- Delta 12 km
- Burnaby 16 km
- West Vancouver 19 km
- New Westminster 19 km
- Surrey 25 km
More about shutters in Richmond
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Richmond’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Richmond
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Price your windows
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