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Homes in Springwater
Springwater is a city of houses: of its 7,520 occupied homes, 93% are detached, 1% are semi-detached and row houses and 5% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Springwater is new: 32% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 38% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 90% of homes.
In nearby Wasaga Beach, 13 km away, 24% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier, so Springwater's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Springwater's homes are newer than those in 61% 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 93% 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 90% 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
32% 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.
Springwater weather and your shutters
At Egbert (30 km away), July averages a high of 26 °C and January a low of −11.3 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 9 days a year top 30 °C, 155 days drop to 0 °C or below and 793 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more days at or below freezing than in 57% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 33 min on the longest day to 8 h 49 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, Egbert. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −2.9 °C | −11.3 °C | 54.7 mm |
| Feb | −2 °C | −10.8 °C | 44.7 mm |
| Mar | 3.2 °C | −5.9 °C | 47.9 mm |
| Apr | 10.9 °C | 0.3 °C | 61.6 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | 6.2 °C | 73.9 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | 11.5 °C | 83 mm |
| Jul | 26 °C | 14.2 °C | 77.9 mm |
| Aug | 25 °C | 13.3 °C | 82.6 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | 9.5 °C | 72.3 mm |
| Oct | 13.6 °C | 4.1 °C | 65.4 mm |
| Nov | 6.4 °C | −1.1 °C | 71.8 mm |
| Dec | 0.3 °C | −6.6 °C | 57.6 mm |
Cold winters
With 155 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 Springwater
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 Springwater
- Wasaga Beach 13 km
- Barrie 19 km
- Oro-Medonte 22 km
- Essa 27 km
- Innisfil 31 km
- Collingwood 31 km
More about shutters in Springwater
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Springwater’s own figures.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.