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Homes in Lakeshore
Lakeshore is a city of houses: of its 14,385 occupied homes, 92% are detached, 4% are semi-detached and row houses and 2% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Lakeshore is new: 34% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 41% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 92% of homes.
In nearby Kingsville, 16 km away, 56% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier, so Lakeshore's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Lakeshore's homes are newer than those in 56% 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 92% 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 92% 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
34% 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.
Lakeshore weather and your shutters
At Windsor Riverside (22 km away), July averages a high of 29.2 °C and January a low of −6.3 °C. Average highs reach 29 °C in July and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to March.
About 33 days a year top 30 °C, 113 days drop to 0 °C or below and 935 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 30 °C days than in 99% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 16 min on the longest day to 9 h 5 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 71° above the horizon in June and 24° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Windsor Riverside. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.5 °C | −6.3 °C | 70.2 mm |
| Feb | 2.3 °C | −5.6 °C | 61.7 mm |
| Mar | 7.8 °C | −1.6 °C | 65.1 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | 4 °C | 88.1 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | 10.1 °C | 94.1 mm |
| Jun | 27 °C | 16 °C | 80.3 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | 18.4 °C | 86.5 mm |
| Aug | 28 °C | 17.8 °C | 90.7 mm |
| Sep | 24.3 °C | 13.9 °C | 93.6 mm |
| Oct | 17 °C | 7.7 °C | 69.1 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | 1.9 °C | 70.7 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | −2.9 °C | 64.8 mm |
Months of hard sun
With 33 days a year above 30 °C, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Fitting them in Lakeshore
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 Lakeshore
- Kingsville 16 km
- Tecumseh 20 km
- Leamington 20 km
- Essex 25 km
- Windsor 26 km
- LaSalle 30 km
More about shutters in Lakeshore
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Lakeshore’s own figures.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.