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Homes in Grimsby
Grimsby is a city of houses: of its 11,395 occupied homes, 64% are detached, 25% are semi-detached and row houses and 10% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Grimsby is new: 35% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 42% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 83% of homes.
Its housing is much like Lincoln's, 13 km away. Nationally, Grimsby's homes are newer than those in 51% 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
25% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 83% 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.
Shallow openings
35% 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.
Whole-house orders
With 64% 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.
A whole house in Grimsby
The most common home in Grimsby has three bedrooms: 45% of homes. 27% have four bedrooms or more, and 10% have one or none. Homes average 6.9 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, $780,000 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
28% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, during the pandemic, more than in 83% 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 75% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for, and 42% 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.
Grimsby weather and your shutters
At Vineland (13 km away), July averages a high of 27.1 °C and January a low of −6.8 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from December to March.
About 18 days a year top 30 °C, 117 days drop to 0 °C or below and 838 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 30 °C days than in 91% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 23 min on the longest day to 8 h 59 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, Vineland. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.2 °C | −6.8 °C | 71.1 mm |
| Feb | 0.8 °C | −6.4 °C | 52.4 mm |
| Mar | 5.3 °C | −2.6 °C | 62.1 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | 2.4 °C | 82.8 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | 8 °C | 69.8 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | 14 °C | 78.1 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | 17.2 °C | 74.2 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | 16.6 °C | 68.7 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | 12.9 °C | 68.7 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | 7.1 °C | 76.7 mm |
| Nov | 8.9 °C | 1.5 °C | 71.8 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | −3 °C | 61.6 mm |
Summer sun
On the 18 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.
Fitting them in Grimsby
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 Grimsby
- Lincoln 13 km
- St. Catharines 26 km
- Burlington 28 km
- Thorold 31 km
- Haldimand County 32 km
- Oakville 32 km
More about shutters in Grimsby
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Grimsby’s own figures.
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Price your windows
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