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Homes in Woolwich
Woolwich is a city of houses: of its 9,360 occupied homes, 76% are detached, 14% are semi-detached and row houses and 9% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of Woolwich is new: 38% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 47% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 84% of homes.
In Waterloo, 12 km away, 35% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Woolwich's homes are older than those in 60% 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 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.
Shallow openings
38% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 84% 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.
Plaster walls and deep casings
23% 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.
A whole house in Woolwich
The most common home in Woolwich has three bedrooms: 46% of homes. Large houses are common too: 34% have four bedrooms or more. Homes average 7.4 rooms.
Detached houses are the most common kind of home here. Across Canada, the middle home has 6 to 10 windows (NRCan, 2007). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $2,700 to $5,700 CAD. For scale, that's about 0.6% of the median home value here, $755,000 CAD (owners’ estimates, 2021).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (bedrooms, rooms and value from the 25% sample; counts randomly rounded); Natural Resources Canada, Survey of Household Energy Use 2007, Table 4.5a (windows). NRCan SHEU 2007, Table 4.5a
A typical home6–10 windows
All of them shuttered$2,700 to $5,700 CAD
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsYoung children at home
6.6% of people in Woolwich are under five, more than in 93% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. Canada has limited cord length on corded coverings since May 1, 2021; ours never had any.
Working from home
29% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, during the pandemic, more than in 84% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Pricing a whole house at once
34% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Woolwich weather and your shutters
At KITCHENER/WATERLOO (18 km away), July averages a high of 26.6 °C and January a low of −10.3 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.
About 11 days a year top 30 °C, 156 days drop to 0 °C or below and 851 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 30 °C days than in 65% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 15 h 26 min on the longest day to 8 h 56 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 70° above the horizon in June and 23° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, KITCHENER/WATERLOO. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −2.3 °C | −10.3 °C | 66.3 mm |
| Feb | −1.4 °C | −10.3 °C | 46.1 mm |
| Mar | 4.1 °C | −5.6 °C | 57 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | 0.1 °C | 81.2 mm |
| May | 19 °C | 6.2 °C | 80.2 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | 11.5 °C | 80.5 mm |
| Jul | 26.6 °C | 13.7 °C | 96.2 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | 12.7 °C | 67.2 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | 8.7 °C | 75.2 mm |
| Oct | 14.1 °C | 3.4 °C | 71 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | −1.6 °C | 74.9 mm |
| Dec | 0.7 °C | −6.3 °C | 54.9 mm |
Cold winters
With 156 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.
Summer sun
On the 11 days a year above 30 °C, closed louvers keep direct sun off the glass and out of the room. In a window that takes afternoon sun, white and light paint finishes stay cooler to the touch than dark stains.
Fitting them in Woolwich
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.
More about shutters in Woolwich
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Woolwich’s own figures.
For designers, contractors and stores in Woolwich
Interior designers, contractors, window covering stores, realtors and property managers in Woolwich can sell or refer Shutter Boys shutters: dealers buy at trade pricing with a protected area; referral partners earn a fee on each client they send. No fee to join.
Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.