Shutter BoysInterior shutters in Ottawa
Ottawa's seasons, indoors
Indoors, the season shapes how you use each room. Ottawa's warmest month is July, at an average high of 27 °C, and its coldest nights come in January, at an average low of −14.3 °C.
Highs stay at 25 °C or more from July to August: the months when west and south rooms need shade in the afternoon.
Clarence-Rockland, 34 km away, has much the same number of days a year at 30 °C or more (15).
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.
Bedrooms on hot summer evenings
With 15 days a year at 30 °C or more, close the louvers on sunny afternoons so the bedroom isn't holding the day's heat at night, then tilt them open for air once the sun is off the glass.
Living rooms on winter evenings
154 nights a year fall at or below 0 °C. Closing the shutters after dark puts a layer of still air between the room and the cold glass; open them again in the morning so the window dries out.
Early light in June
Around the longest day the sun is up for 15 h 40 min here, so east-facing bedrooms get light very early. Full-height panels with the louvers closed keep most of it out; a mounting frame closes the gaps around the edges.
Room by room in Ottawa
The average home in Ottawa has 6.3 rooms, and the most common has 3 bedrooms. Most owners start with the bedrooms, then the rooms that face the street. In Clarence-Rockland, 34 km away, the figure is 6.8 rooms.
44% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, more than in any other of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. A home office is often the next room shuttered. In Clarence-Rockland, 34 km away, 28% worked from home, fewer than here.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population; Natural Resources Canada, Survey of Household Energy Use 2007, or U.S. EIA RECS 2020 where stated (windows). Prices from our price list.
The bedrooms of a three-bedroom home (3 windows)$1,390 – $1,710 CAD
36 × 48 in each, flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers, before tax and shipping.
Price your own windows| Feature | What matters | What we suggest |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | Darkness, privacy, airflow | Full-height panels, 3½ or 4½ in louvers |
| Living room | View, daylight, glare | Wide louvers, or tier-on-tier on the street side |
| Kitchen | A wipe-clean finish | Painted poplar, café style over the sink |
| Bathroom | Steam and privacy | Painted poplar with a fan, out of shower spray |
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. Add each room in the designer; every window can have its own style if it needs one.
The designer shows the price of each window as you add it, in Canadian dollars.
More about shutters in Ottawa
Interior shutters near Ottawa
- Clarence-Rockland 34 km
- Cornwall 75 km
- Brockville 82 km
- South Frontenac 116 km
- Kingston 132 km
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.