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Homes in Quinte West
Quinte West is a city of houses: of its 19,055 occupied homes, 76% are detached, 7% are semi-detached and row houses and 15% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The biggest building period was 1961 to 1980, which accounts for 35% of homes standing today; 19% are from 2001 or later. Owners live in 75% of homes.
In Belleville, 18 km away, 29% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Quinte West's homes are older than those in 84% 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.
Out-of-square openings
With 62% of homes built in 1980 or earlier, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about 6 mm, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Plaster walls and deep casings
27% of homes date from 1960 or earlier, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
Whole-house orders
With 76% 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 75% 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.
Quinte West weather and your shutters
At Trenton (9 km away), July averages a high of 26.5 °C and January a low of −11.2 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 8 days a year top 30 °C, 146 days drop to 0 °C or below and 940 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Daylight runs from 15 h 31 min on the longest day to 8 h 52 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 69° above the horizon in June and 22° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Trenton. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −1.6 °C | −11.2 °C | 78.4 mm |
| Feb | −0.7 °C | −10.6 °C | 59.9 mm |
| Mar | 4.4 °C | −5.5 °C | 64.4 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | 0.9 °C | 84.3 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | 7.3 °C | 81.4 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | 12.7 °C | 82.9 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | 15.4 °C | 75.1 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | 14.4 °C | 70.1 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | 10.1 °C | 91.6 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | 4.2 °C | 91.2 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | −1.5 °C | 84.2 mm |
| Dec | 1.4 °C | −6.9 °C | 76.9 mm |
Cold winters
With 146 days at or below freezing a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.
Fitting them in Quinte West
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 Quinte West
- Belleville 18 km
- Cobourg 53 km
- Peterborough 61 km
- Clarington 90 km
- South Frontenac 93 km
- Kingston 94 km
More about shutters in Quinte West
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Quinte West’s own figures.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.