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Homes in Yellowknife
Yellowknife's 7,515 occupied homes are a mix: 44% detached houses, 34% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 15% semi-detached and row houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 43% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 31% are older than that and 26% newer. 57% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Nationally, Yellowknife's homes are newer 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.
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.
Yellowknife weather and your shutters
At Yellowknife (Airport) (4 km away), July averages a high of 21.5 °C and January a low of −29.4 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from October to April.
About 0 days a year top 30 °C, 222 days drop to 0 °C or below and 294 mm of precipitation falls, most of it around August and least in February.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 100% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 20 h on the longest day to 4 h 57 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 51° above the horizon in June and 4° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Yellowknife (Airport). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −21.6 °C | −29.4 °C | 15 mm |
| Feb | −18 °C | −27.4 °C | 11 mm |
| Mar | −10.6 °C | −22.5 °C | 14.1 mm |
| Apr | 0.3 °C | −11.3 °C | 11.6 mm |
| May | 10.4 °C | 0.1 °C | 16.3 mm |
| Jun | 18.6 °C | 9 °C | 28.9 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | 12.6 °C | 40.4 mm |
| Aug | 18.4 °C | 10.5 °C | 44 mm |
| Sep | 10.9 °C | 4.2 °C | 43 mm |
| Oct | 1.5 °C | −3.6 °C | 28.8 mm |
| Nov | −9 °C | −16.2 °C | 25.8 mm |
| Dec | −18 °C | −25.6 °C | 15.1 mm |
Deep cold
January nights average −29.4 °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 Yellowknife
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 Yellowknife
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Yellowknife’s own figures.
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