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Homes in East Hants
East Hants is a city of houses: of its 9,390 occupied homes, 82% are detached, 6% are semi-detached and row houses and 8% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 32% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 41% are older than that and 27% newer. Owners live in 81% of homes.
Of the 5 Nova Scotia cities we have census figures for, East Hants has the newest homes and the third-highest share of apartments. In Halifax, 50 km away, 40% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, East Hants's homes are newer than those in 53% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 82% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 81% 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.
East Hants weather and your shutters
At Halifax Stanfield (Airport) (30 km away), July averages a high of 24.2 °C and January a low of −10.1 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to April.
About 3 days a year top 30 °C, 151 days drop to 0 °C or below and 1,393 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 51% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 38 min on the longest day to 8 h 45 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 68° above the horizon in June and 21° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Halifax Stanfield (Airport). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −1.2 °C | −10.1 °C | 125.9 mm |
| Feb | −0.6 °C | −9.7 °C | 111 mm |
| Mar | 3.5 °C | −5.4 °C | 120.2 mm |
| Apr | 9.2 °C | −0.3 °C | 106.4 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | 4.6 °C | 109.7 mm |
| Jun | 20.5 °C | 9.8 °C | 89.8 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | 14.2 °C | 86.7 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | 14.1 °C | 90.5 mm |
| Sep | 20 °C | 10.2 °C | 107.3 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | 4.7 °C | 139.8 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | 0 °C | 159.1 mm |
| Dec | 2.1 °C | −5.8 °C | 146.9 mm |
Wet months
1,393 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.
Cold winters
With 151 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.
Fitting them in East Hants
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 East Hants
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using East Hants’s own figures.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.