Exterior shutters in Ottawa

Exterior shutters are decorative or functional and live outside in Ottawa's weather. Interior wood shutters control light and privacy from the room. What each does, compared.

Design your shutters

Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

Ottawa's weather and homes

In Ottawa, July averages a high of 27 °C and January a low of −14.3 °C, about 15 days a year reach 30 °C, 154 nights fall at or below 0 °C, and 930 mm of precipitation falls in a typical year. That's wetter than 61% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate figures for.

42% of homes are detached houses; 44% were built in 1980 or earlier.

Clarence-Rockland, 34 km away, gets much the same rain and snow in a year.

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population; Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Sun on the outside

With 15 days at 30 °C or more, functional exterior shutters that close over the glass can keep sun off it. Decorative ones that don't close only frame the window.

Freeze and thaw

154 freezing nights a year put anything outside through freeze and thaw. Exterior shutters need materials and fixings made for that; interior shutters never see it.

Multi-unit buildings

31% of homes are in multi-unit buildings, whose outside walls aren't the owner's to change. Interior shutters are the option there.

Shutters in condos

Exterior and interior shutters compared for Ottawa
Feature	Interior poplar shutters (ours)	Functional exterior	Decorative exterior
Closes over the glass	Yes, from the room	Yes, from outside	No
Weather	Stays indoors	Out in all of it	Out in all of it
Light and privacy control	Tilt the louvers	Open or closed	None
Approval	None needed	Often HOA or city	Often HOA or city

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Ottawa for you to fit. For the inside of your windows, solid poplar is what we make.

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