How Much Do Custom Blinds Cost in Ontario? A Room-by-Room Breakdown

Living room

Standard windows: $180–$320 per window in zebra or roller shade. Most GTA living rooms have 2–4 windows, so budget $600–$1,300 for the room in a standard fabric.

Tall great-room or two-storey windows: $450–$900 per window. Motorization is almost always worth it here — reaching a chain 12 feet up is not a long-term plan.

Bedrooms

Standard bedroom windows in a blackout roller shade: $220–$360 per window. Side channels (which is what actually seals the edges for real blackout) add $40–$70 per window.

For a typical 3-bedroom GTA home that's roughly $700–$1,200 total for the bedroom floor if you go blackout throughout. Cordless is now standard for child safety and adds no extra cost.

Kitchen

Kitchen windows in a moisture-friendly roller shade: $170–$280 per window. Bay windows (2–3 separate panes) run $500–$800 for the whole bay because each pane is measured and mounted individually.

Skip the fabric vertical blinds in the kitchen — grease is not a friend of woven fabric. Vinyl vertical is fine on a slider door off the kitchen but not on a window above the sink.

Bathroom

Bathroom windows in a light-filtering roller with a moisture-resistant fabric: $180–$260 per window. Add a bottom-up option (blind rises from the bottom) for another $60–$90 — very popular for street-facing ground-floor bathrooms.

Home office and staircase

Home office: motorized rollers or motorized zebra, $400–$700 per window. Voice control makes the monitor-glare fight go away.

Staircase windows and foyer windows: this is where motorization stops being a luxury. Any window above 10 feet is $500–$900 per window with a hardwired or rechargeable motor — cheaper than the ladder you'll otherwise buy.

What pushes the price up

Blackout backing (adds $40–$80 per window), motorization (adds $180–$280), oversized windows (over 60" wide adds ~20%), and specialty fabrics (linen weaves, designer prints) can each move a $200 window into the $400–$500 range.

What doesn't cost extra: cordless operation, standard colours, matching valances, and a proper site measurement. Any quote that itemizes those is padding the invoice.

Whole-home real-world examples

2-bed condo in Pickering, zebra everywhere: $1,600–$2,400 installed.

3-bed detached in Ajax, zebra in the front, blackout roller in the bedrooms: $3,200–$4,800.

4-bed two-storey in Markham with motorized main floor: $6,500–$9,500.

Estate home in Vaughan with tall windows and full motorization: $14,000–$22,000.