During the 1950 and 1960s Economy Home Builders constructed houses in a number of areas in the city including Elmvale Acres, Urbandale Acres and Queenswood Heights, some under the Capital Homes banner (more on that below). Below is one of the builder's brochures. I do not know the date, but it appears to be from the late 1950s.  The Ottawa Citizen, November 11, 1958, page 43. The Ottawa Citizen, August 26, 1961, page 9. The Ottawa Citizen, January 6, 1962, page 12. The Ottawa Citizen, March 17, 1962, page 10. Around 1962 Economy Homes was a part of a merger to create Capital Building Industries a company that constructed houses in various Canadian cities from the same plans. The Ottawa Citizen, June 2, 1962, page 9. The Ottawa Citizen, June 23, 1962, page 8. The Ottawa Citizen, October 20, 1962, page 9.

At work, we just listed a condo for sale in the Sheffield Glen neighbourhood ( 304-2650 Southvale ) - and driving through the area I realized that I have never done a post on the factory-built houses from the early 1970s in Ottawa. I am aware of two neighbourhoods built with these homes in Ottawa, but there may be more: Sheffield Glen (the area around Southvale Crescent) and Queenswood Heights in Orleans (there is a row of these houses along Tenth Line between Tomkins and Amiens, and they were built in the area behind). I do not have much information on these factory-built houses (or even where the factory was) other than what is described in the marketing ephemera below.  Both G.N.C. homes and Alcan Universal Homes (yep, Alcan used to build houses) had some identical plans that they built in Ottawa. Perhaps they were built in the same factory - just under different banners? Alcan also built in Georgetown, Ontario. If you know of anywhere else these homes ...