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Homes in Collingwood
Collingwood's 11,175 occupied homes are a mix: 56% detached houses, 24% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 19% semi-detached and row houses.
Much of Collingwood is new: 38% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 40% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 73% of homes.
In Wasaga Beach, 18 km away, 6% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Collingwood's homes are newer than those in 59% 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
19% 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.
Shallow openings
38% of homes were built in 2001 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 73% 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.
A whole house in Collingwood
The most common home in Collingwood has three bedrooms: 40% of homes. 26% have four bedrooms or more, and 10% have one or none. Homes average 6.3 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 0.6% of the median home value here, $700,000 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
24% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, during the pandemic, more than in 67% 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.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Collingwood weather and your shutters
At Egbert (47 km away), July averages a high of 26 °C and January a low of −11.3 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 9 days a year top 30 °C, 155 days drop to 0 °C or below and 793 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 57% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 33 min on the longest day to 8 h 49 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, Egbert. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −2.9 °C | −11.3 °C | 54.7 mm |
| Feb | −2 °C | −10.8 °C | 44.7 mm |
| Mar | 3.2 °C | −5.9 °C | 47.9 mm |
| Apr | 10.9 °C | 0.3 °C | 61.6 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | 6.2 °C | 73.9 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | 11.5 °C | 83 mm |
| Jul | 26 °C | 14.2 °C | 77.9 mm |
| Aug | 25 °C | 13.3 °C | 82.6 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | 9.5 °C | 72.3 mm |
| Oct | 13.6 °C | 4.1 °C | 65.4 mm |
| Nov | 6.4 °C | −1.1 °C | 71.8 mm |
| Dec | 0.3 °C | −6.6 °C | 57.6 mm |
Cold winters
With 155 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 Collingwood
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 Collingwood
- Wasaga Beach 18 km
- Springwater 31 km
- Essa 45 km
- Barrie 47 km
- Oro-Medonte 51 km
- Owen Sound 55 km
More about shutters in Collingwood
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