What does a three-bedroom move in Evanston cost?

$1,544 is the median for a three-bedroom move in Evanston, from 12 completed jobs, and the band around it is narrow: half fell between $1,295 and $1,675. That is three movers, one truck and 7 hours on site, a full working day rather than a morning. It is also the size this community produces most, at 26% of the work here.

Why does a one-bedroom move here cost as much as a bigger one?

Because both bands rest on very few jobs: 9 one-bedroom moves and 10 two-bedroom ones, which is not enough for the two to separate cleanly. The one-bedroom median is $918 over 5.5 hours and the two-bedroom $794 over 4, and the middle halves overlap almost entirely. At this sample the honest answer is that a small move here is a two-mover job of roughly half a day, and the hours decide the total.

How long does a move in Evanston take?

The middle move in Evanston takes 4.25 hours on site, across 46 completed jobs, with half of them running between 3 and 6.69 hours. That matches the northwest Calgary middle exactly. The spread is the useful part: a quarter of the jobs here ran past 6.69 hours, so a full-house move is worth booking as a day rather than as a morning.

Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Evanston?

Only where the truck has to hold road space rather than use the driveway. Calgary issues a Street Use Permit with the temporary no-parking permit it requires, states it at $31.50 per day for shorter-term use, adds ParkPlus fees inside a paid parking zone, and asks for at least 5 days' notice.

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Movers in Evanston: what we know about moving here

Evanston is a large, owner-occupied community of detached houses and townhouses that is still filling in, and its households are big enough that a move here is usually a whole home rather than part of one. 54% of the jobs completed inside this boundary still graded small and 37% medium, the median crew is two movers, and the middle job runs 4.25 hours on site. That is the same middle as the northwest Calgary communities around it.

Price is where Evanston separates from that ring. The median local move here came to $878 against $789, and the top of its middle half reaches $1,453 where the ring's stops at $1,336. Long days are common enough here to plan for, even though the typical one is not long. The four cards below split the same jobs by the size of the home, and at this sample they are worth reading one at a time: the one-bedroom and two-bedroom bands rest on 9 and 10 jobs and sit closer together than you would expect.

Evanston neighbourhood guide for moving day

Evanston is an owner-occupied community of detached houses and townhouses, and the working assumption for a job here is a full home with stairs, a garage and a driveway. The crew is sized for the house rather than for the median. Lifts barely feature. Street width and parked cars do, and if the truck has to sit on the roadway rather than the drive, Calgary's Street Use Permit is stated at $31.50 a day for shorter-term use with the temporary no-parking permit included, needs at least 5 days' notice, and picks up ParkPlus fees inside a paid parking zone.

Evanston is still building out

2019 municipal census · the City’s own community-structure label

People: 18,710
One-person households: 13%

2021 federal census

Homes: 5,686
What people live in: 76% single-detached houses
16% townhouses
6% duplexes
Owned or rented: 81% owned
19% rented

2019 municipal census

Booking the curb

Street Use Permit (with an accompanying Temporary No Parking Permit)

City of Calgary

What it costs: Street Use Permit stated at $31.50 per day for shorter-term use; the Temporary No Parking Permit is included in the Street Use Permit cost. ParkPlus parking fees apply on top if the restriction is in a paid parking zone.
How much notice: Apply at least 5 days in advance of the planned work for lower-impact work such as a residential move. Incomplete applications, revisions, or changes after submission can extend these timelines.

Where Evanston is. A locator map from Google, not a coverage map.

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Evanston moving costs, by the numbers

39 of the 46 moves behind this band carry a price, so the cost figures rest on a smaller sample than the hours do. A job counts here when either address on it sits inside Evanston, and only work since 2024 is included; 18 of the total fall in the last twelve months, which is an exact count against an all-time figure written as a floor. Size grades resting on fewer than five moves are withheld, which is why the shares above stop short of the full set.

What a local move cost: $878 median
Residential moves in Evanston: over 45
In the last 12 months: 18
Crew hours on site: 4.25 median
Crew size: 2 movers median

Evanston’s own community boundary about 2.8 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Evanston actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 46 completed residential jobs in Evanston. Another 13 were storage runs, container loads and part-home jobs whose paperwork records no bedroom count; they belong to none of the four.

A one-bedroom move in Evanston

$918
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $542 and $1,020 · 9 moves

5.5 hours on site half ran 4–5.75 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

The one-bedroom band is the odd one on this page: a $918 median across 9 completed jobs and 5.5 hours on site, which is longer and dearer than the two-bedroom card beside it. Nine jobs is a small sample and the middle half is wide, $542 to $1,020, so read it as a range rather than a rate. The dispatch is what it is everywhere at this size: two movers and one truck. It accounts for 20% of the work completed inside the boundary.

20% of the moves we have completed in Evanston · 9 moves

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Evanston

$794
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $556 and $1,049 · 10 moves

4 hours on site half ran 3.13–5.63 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A two-bedroom in Evanston runs 4 hours on site at the median with two movers and one truck, and half of the 10 jobs at this size fell between $556 and $1,049 around a $794 median. Half of them ran 3.13 to 5.63 hours. It is 22% of the work here, and on these sample sizes it is more useful to read it alongside the one-bedroom card than against it: at ten jobs apiece, the two bands overlap almost entirely.

22% of the moves we have completed in Evanston · 10 moves

A three-bedroom townhouse move in Evanston

$1,544
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,295 and $1,675 · 12 moves

7 hours on site half ran 5.25–7.88 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Three bedrooms is where the day changes shape: three movers, one truck, and 7 hours on site at the median, which is a full working day. Half of the 12 jobs at this size ran 5.25 to 7.88 hours and landed in a tight $1,295 to $1,675 around a $1,544 median, which is the most settled band on the page. It is 26% of the work completed inside the boundary, and the size this community produces most.

26% of the moves we have completed in Evanston · 12 moves

A four-bedroom-plus house or basement suite move in Northwest Calgary

$1,610
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,073 and $2,386 · 66 moves

7 hours on site half ran 5.75–9.5 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

At four bedrooms and up the figures come from northwest Calgary as a whole rather than from Evanston alone, because there are fewer than five local jobs at this size to build a band from. Three movers and one truck is the median dispatch and 7 hours the median time on site, with half of the 66 moves running 5.75 to 9.5 hours and landing between $1,073 and $2,386 around a $1,610 median. What lengthens a day at this size is how much of the house is boxed before the crew arrives.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Calgary, across 66 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in Evanston?

The median local move in Evanston costs $878 with tax in, across 39 priced jobs, and half of them fell between $562 and $1,453. That is above the $789 median for the northwest Calgary communities around it, and the gap sits at the top of the band rather than the bottom: the ring's upper quartile stops at $1,336.

What does a three-bedroom move in Evanston cost?

$1,544 is the median for a three-bedroom move in Evanston, from 12 completed jobs, and the band around it is narrow: half fell between $1,295 and $1,675. That is three movers, one truck and 7 hours on site, a full working day rather than a morning. It is also the size this community produces most, at 26% of the work here.
Why does a one-bedroom move here cost as much as a bigger one?

Because both bands rest on very few jobs: 9 one-bedroom moves and 10 two-bedroom ones, which is not enough for the two to separate cleanly. The one-bedroom median is $918 over 5.5 hours and the two-bedroom $794 over 4, and the middle halves overlap almost entirely. At this sample the honest answer is that a small move here is a two-mover job of roughly half a day, and the hours decide the total.
How long does a move in Evanston take?

The middle move in Evanston takes 4.25 hours on site, across 46 completed jobs, with half of them running between 3 and 6.69 hours. That matches the northwest Calgary middle exactly. The spread is the useful part: a quarter of the jobs here ran past 6.69 hours, so a full-house move is worth booking as a day rather than as a morning.
Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Evanston?

Only where the truck has to hold road space rather than use the driveway. Calgary issues a Street Use Permit with the temporary no-parking permit it requires, states it at $31.50 per day for shorter-term use, adds ParkPlus fees inside a paid parking zone, and asks for at least 5 days' notice.

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Moving to Evanston, or out of it

The moves attributed to Evanston divide almost exactly in half, with a single job in it: 22 went out of the community and 21 came in. This is an owner-occupied community that is still filling in, so both halves run on possession dates rather than lease ends. The day is set months ahead and it does not usually move.

It is a count of work already completed, not a forecast of what is coming. Either direction is the same job for a crew and the same hourly rate; what changes is which end of the day has a house to empty and which has one to fill, and whether the driveway at that end is clear enough for the truck to back into.

Real Customers. Real Movers. Real Reviews.

Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside Evanston’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.

730 five-star reviews with a written comment on our Calgary listing since May 2021

5 out of 5
Great process from start to finish. From the collecting of details, to the straightforward and reasonable pricing structure through to the care they showed in wrapping each piece of furniture! They did a great job and I would recommend them again to anyone.
Tyler Sartain
moved from Evanston to Auburn Bay, July 2026 · 4 bedroom
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5 out of 5
This company has been wonderful from start to finish. They made a stressful day smooth and were professional and friendly. We woke to having courtesy coffees delivered to our home! I would highly recommend this company to anyone who is considering hiring movers. I can’t thank them enough!
Megan Rehel Majumdar
moved within Evanston, June 2026 · 3 bedroom
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5 out of 5
Best movers I've ever had. They were polite, moved everything super carefully and fast.
Danielle Coulter
moved from Evanston to Red Carpet, May 2026
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5 out of 5
Oleg and Stan did a great job in delivering our sofa! Appreciate their service!
Ata Shaikh
September 2024
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5 out of 5
Rahul and Stan were quick and careful, very polite and professional. Highly Recommend.
Vishal Jain
September 2024
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5 out of 5
Rahul and Oleg were super professional, fast and careful. Amazing job will recommend them to my friends.
Madisyn Green
September 2024
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Calgary

Set against 38 northwest Calgary communities and 985 pooled moves, Evanston is the costlier end of a mostly modest set: an $878 median against $789, and an upper quartile of $1,453 where the ring's is $1,336. The clock matches exactly, at 4.25 hours on both sides, so the difference is load rather than pace: 54% of the work here graded small against 61% across the ring. Each of the pages below carries its own figures.

Measure	Evanston	Northwest Calgary
Median local move	$878	$789
Median crew hours on site half of Evanston’s ran 3–6.69 hours	4.25 hrs	4.25 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	54%	61%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published	July, December and September	August, July and June
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 38 communities, this one and everything next to it	over 45	985

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Figures come from Cactus’s own completed residential moves (business and high-frequency accounts excluded) and from official municipal open data; they are medians and quartiles, never averages, every published figure rests on at least five moves, percentages are rounded, and all-time counts are floors because some older pickup and drop-off addresses were never geocoded.

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