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Homes in Paradise
Paradise is a city of houses: of its 8,810 occupied homes, 66% are detached, 2% are semi-detached and row houses and 32% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Paradise is new: 65% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 10% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 78% of homes.
Of the 4 Newfoundland and Labrador cities we have census figures for, Paradise has the newest homes and the third-highest share of apartments. In nearby Mount Pearl, 6 km away, 45% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier, so Paradise's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Paradise's homes are newer than those in 98% 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.
Shallow openings
65% 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 78% 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 66% 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.
A whole house in Paradise
The most common home in Paradise has three bedrooms: 46% of homes. Large houses are common too: 31% have four bedrooms or more. Homes average 7.2 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 1.2% of the median home value here, $348,000 CAD (owners’ estimates, 2021).
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 84% 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.
Young children at home
5.4% of people in Paradise are under five, more than in 71% 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.
Pricing a whole house at once
31% 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.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Paradise weather and your shutters
At St. John's (West) (8 km away), July averages a high of 21.3 °C and February a low of −7.7 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from December to April.
About 0 days a year top 30 °C, 154 days drop to 0 °C or below and 1,381 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Newfoundland and Labrador cities we have climate normals for, Paradise has the most hot days, the most freezing days and the most precipitation.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 52% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 59 min on the longest day to 8 h 26 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 66° above the horizon in June and 19° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, St. John's (West). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.1 °C | −7.2 °C | 139.6 mm |
| Feb | −0.3 °C | −7.7 °C | 130.7 mm |
| Mar | 1.8 °C | −5.2 °C | 128.7 mm |
| Apr | 6.3 °C | −1.4 °C | 105.1 mm |
| May | 11.5 °C | 2.3 °C | 82.9 mm |
| Jun | 16.4 °C | 6.8 °C | 73.4 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | 11.7 °C | 85.7 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | 12.6 °C | 89.3 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | 9.1 °C | 116.9 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | 4.7 °C | 130.3 mm |
| Nov | 7 °C | 0.5 °C | 137.8 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | −3.5 °C | 161.1 mm |
Cold winters
With 154 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.
Wet months
1,381 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 Paradise
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 Paradise
- Mount Pearl 6 km
- St. John's 9 km
- Conception Bay South 10 km
More about shutters in Paradise
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Paradise’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Paradise
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Paradise 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.
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Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.