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Homes in Brandon
Brandon's 21,205 occupied homes are a mix: 52% detached houses, 31% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 12% semi-detached and row houses.
The biggest building period was 1961 to 1980, which accounts for 32% of homes standing today; 25% are from 2001 or later. 61% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Nationally, Brandon's homes are older than those in 75% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 56% 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.
Plaster walls and deep casings
24% of homes date from 1960 or earlier, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
Manufactured homes
5% 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.
Brandon weather and your shutters
At Brandon (7 km away), August averages a high of 25.1 °C and January a low of −21.9 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from October to April.
About 9 days a year top 30 °C, 205 days drop to 0 °C or below and 490 mm of precipitation falls, most of it around June and least in February.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 96% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 16 h 21 min on the longest day to 8 h 6 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, Brandon. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −11.4 °C | −21.9 °C | 18.3 mm |
| Feb | −8.5 °C | −19.7 °C | 13.9 mm |
| Mar | −1.6 °C | −12.5 °C | 23.9 mm |
| Apr | 9.6 °C | −3.3 °C | 26.6 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | 3.2 °C | 64.5 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | 9.7 °C | 97.7 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | 11.8 °C | 71.8 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | 10.2 °C | 56.2 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | 4.9 °C | 43 mm |
| Oct | 10.1 °C | −2.2 °C | 32.1 mm |
| Nov | −0.3 °C | −10.3 °C | 20 mm |
| Dec | −8.6 °C | −18.5 °C | 21.5 mm |
Deep cold
January nights average −21.9 °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 Brandon
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 Brandon
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Brandon’s own figures.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.