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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.
A whole house in Yellowknife
The most common home in Yellowknife has three bedrooms: 44% of homes. 19% have four bedrooms or more, and 15% have one or none. Homes average 5.5 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 0.9% of the median home value here, $448,000 CAD (owners’ estimates, 2021).
Homes here are smaller than in 93% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for: many orders are a few rooms, not a whole house.
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 windowsYoung children at home
6.7% of people in Yellowknife are under five, more than in 94% 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.
One room at a time
Homes here cost less than in 70% 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.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
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 any other 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.
For designers, contractors and stores in Yellowknife
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Yellowknife 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
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