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Homes in Belleville
Belleville's 23,535 occupied homes are a mix: 59% detached houses, 29% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 11% semi-detached and row houses.
More homes here were built 1960 or earlier than in any later period we count: 33%. Only 19% date from 2001 or later. 63% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Quinte West, 18 km away, 15% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Belleville's homes are older than those in 88% 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.
Plaster walls and deep casings
33% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 64% 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.
Belleville weather and your shutters
At Trenton (20 km away), July averages a high of 26.5 °C and January a low of −11.2 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 8 days a year top 30 °C, 146 days drop to 0 °C or below and 940 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Daylight runs from 15 h 31 min on the longest day to 8 h 51 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 69° above the horizon in June and 22° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Trenton. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −1.6 °C | −11.2 °C | 78.4 mm |
| Feb | −0.7 °C | −10.6 °C | 59.9 mm |
| Mar | 4.4 °C | −5.5 °C | 64.4 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | 0.9 °C | 84.3 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | 7.3 °C | 81.4 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | 12.7 °C | 82.9 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | 15.4 °C | 75.1 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | 14.4 °C | 70.1 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | 10.1 °C | 91.6 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | 4.2 °C | 91.2 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | −1.5 °C | 84.2 mm |
| Dec | 1.4 °C | −6.9 °C | 76.9 mm |
Cold winters
With 146 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 Belleville
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 Belleville
- Quinte West 18 km
- Cobourg 71 km
- South Frontenac 75 km
- Kingston 76 km
- Peterborough 77 km
- Clarington 108 km
More about shutters in Belleville
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Belleville’s own figures.
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