Strawberry box house

[2] Many homes were needed for workers who relocated to work in new or expanded shipyards to build ships for Canada's merchant marine.

The style of a Strawberry Box is also referred to as the Simplified Cape Cod because it shares many of the same features in a type that is more compact.

The gabled roof has a steep pitch, typical to many New England styles and allowing for an additional half-storey space.

In this way the houses ended up being very small to allow for a large portion of the property to remain open for potential gardening.

The strawberry box house-type was largely used in Canadian communities for its quick mass construction used to create entire neighbourhoods.

In this example of a suburban neighbourhood there are roughly 200 homes built on winding streets, all originally in the small strawberry box style.

They were built to be small homes for workers surrounding a park using the simple plans the government had released in 1945 as part of the Wartime Housing Corporation.

[8] Another example of the Victory House is a location in British Columbia on the Southwest corner of Canada, demonstrating the extent of the style's popularity.

In this way constructing the small one and a half storey Strawberry Box gave the illusion of having a sprawling property with a ranch house.