Window shutters in Ottawa

Shutters made to fit the windows in Ottawa's homes: how old they are, how to measure them, and whether to mount inside or outside the opening.

Design your shutters

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

The windows in Ottawa's homes

By age, 16% of Ottawa's homes went up in 1960 or earlier, 28% between 1961 and 1980, 27% between 1981 and 2000 and 29% in 2001 or later.

In Clarence-Rockland, 34 km away, 29% of homes are built in 1980 or earlier, 15 points fewer than here.

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.

Low winter sun through south windows

In December the midday sun is only 21° above the horizon here, so it reaches deep into rooms through south-facing windows. Louvers tilted with the room-side edge up send that light toward the ceiling instead of across a screen or a sofa.

Deep sills and wide casings

16% of homes are older still (in 1960 or earlier), and older walls are often thicker. A deep opening lets an inside-mounted shutter sit flush with the wall and take the widest 4½ in louvers.

Choosing a louver size

Wide windows split into sections

31% of homes are apartments or condos, where windows are often wide. A wide opening is split into several panels joined by T-posts at the window's own mullions, so the shutter lines up with the glass behind it.

Shutters in condos

How many windows a Ottawa home has

The most common home in Ottawa is a three-bedroom (37% of homes), and the most common kind is a detached house. Nationally, the middle Canadian home has 6 to 10 windows.

27% of homes have four bedrooms or more and 16% one or none, so most orders sit near the middle of that range. Large homes are less common here than in 62% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. In Clarence-Rockland, 34 km away, it's about the same: 25% of homes have four bedrooms or more.

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.

6 to 10 windows, all shuttered$2,700 to $5,700 CAD

Each priced as a 36 × 48 in window, flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers, before tax and shipping.

Price your own windows

Ways to mount window shutters in Ottawa
Feature	Inside mount	Outside mount	On a mounting frame
Sits	Within the opening	On the wall or casing	Within or over the opening
Needs depth for the louvers	Yes	No	Some
Hides an uneven opening	No	Yes	Yes
Look	Built in	Framed, like trim	Finished edge all round

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. You choose the mount for each window in the designer, and we check the depth against the louver you pick.

The designer shows the price of each window as you add it, in Canadian dollars.

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Window shutters near Ottawa

Price your windows

Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.