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Homes in Burlington
Burlington has an unusually large share of semi-detached and row houses: 23% of its 73,180 occupied homes, beside 50% detached houses and 27% apartments.
The biggest building period was 1961 to 1980, which accounts for 33% of homes standing today; 24% are from 2001 or later. Owners live in 75% of homes.
In nearby Oakville, 13 km away, 27% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier, so Burlington's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Burlington's homes are older than those in 60% 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.
Semis and row houses
23% of homes share a wall with the next one. Their front windows face the street side by side with the neighbours', so many owners pick a louver size and a white or off-white finish that sit well beside the houses on either side. Bay windows on semis usually need a separate panel set for each face.
Condo towers
18% of homes are in buildings of five storeys or more, where floor-to-ceiling window walls are common. Tier-on-tier panels let you open the top for light and keep the bottom closed for privacy, and a mounting frame gives the panels a square edge on glass that runs wall to wall. Many buildings ask you to book the elevator for deliveries and keep to set work hours, so check with management before install day.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 75% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 47% 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.
A whole house in Burlington
The most common home in Burlington has three bedrooms: 37% of homes. 29% have four bedrooms or more, and 11% have one or none. Homes average 6.7 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 0.5% of the median home value here, $900,000 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 windowsWorking from home
37% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, during the pandemic, more than in 94% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Older homes, high values
Owners here value their homes higher than in 80% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for, and 47% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier. If an older house still has good wood shutters, repair them before you replace them; if not, poplar painted to match the trim suits original casings.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Burlington weather and your shutters
At Hamilton (24 km away), July averages a high of 26.6 °C and February a low of −9.2 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 13 days a year top 30 °C, 139 days drop to 0 °C or below and 902 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 30 °C days than in 70% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 24 min on the longest day to 8 h 57 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 70° above the horizon in June and 23° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Hamilton. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −1.4 °C | −9.1 °C | 72.9 mm |
| Feb | −0.9 °C | −9.2 °C | 53.4 mm |
| Mar | 4.7 °C | −4.4 °C | 68.7 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | 1.3 °C | 81.3 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | 7.3 °C | 81 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | 12.8 °C | 77.6 mm |
| Jul | 26.6 °C | 15.2 °C | 97.5 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | 14.5 °C | 66.8 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | 10.5 °C | 73.5 mm |
| Oct | 14.5 °C | 4.8 °C | 84.2 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | −0.2 °C | 78.1 mm |
| Dec | 1.5 °C | −5.4 °C | 67.3 mm |
Summer sun
On the 13 days a year above 30 °C, closed louvers keep direct sun off the glass and out of the room. In a window that takes afternoon sun, white and light paint finishes stay cooler to the touch than dark stains.
Cold winters
With 139 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 Burlington
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, ask on your quote: we are building a list of independent installers across the GTA. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Burlington
- Oakville 13 km
- Milton 17 km
- Hamilton 20 km
- Mississauga 27 km
- Grimsby 28 km
- Halton Hills 31 km
More about shutters in Burlington
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Burlington’s own figures.
Talk to your rep in Burlington
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