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Evergreen Movers, Calgary

Cactus has completed over 50 residential moves inside Evergreen’s own community boundary, 23 of them in the last twelve months. Here is what they cost, how long they ran and what the City wants at the curb.

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Movers in Evergreen: what we know about moving here

Evergreen is one of the larger communities Cactus works in and it is still building out: mostly detached houses, mostly owned, with households full enough that a job here is usually a whole home. The median move keeps a crew on site 5 hours, an hour longer than the 4-hour middle across the southwest Calgary communities around it, and a local move came to an $865 median against $742 for that ring.

The middle half of those jobs ran 2.75 to 6.31 hours, which is the honest width of a community this varied: 62% of the moves graded small and 31% medium, and two movers is the median crew. The four cards below split the same jobs by the size of the home, and they do not run in a straight line. The two-bedroom day here is longer than the three-bedroom one. On samples of a dozen or so, that is worth reading as noise rather than as a rule.

Evergreen neighbourhood guide for moving day

Most Evergreen moves are driveway to driveway, with a garage at one end and stairs inside. The community is mostly detached houses and mostly owned, and households are full rather than single. There is an apartment share too, and for those jobs the lift booking is the thing to settle first, because it is the one constraint a crew cannot solve on the morning. For a truck that has to occupy road space rather than a drive, Calgary's shorter-term Street Use Permit is stated at $31.50 a day with the temporary no-parking permit included, wants at least 5 days' notice, and picks up ParkPlus fees inside a paid parking zone.

Evergreen is still building out

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

People
20,780
One-person households
15%

2021 federal census

Homes
7,256

People per household

3.1

2021 federal census

What people live in
  • 74% single-detached houses
  • 13% apartments
  • 9% townhouses
Owned or rented
  • 80% owned
  • 20% 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 Evergreen is. A locator map from Google, not a coverage map.

Not sure whether your street needs a Street Use Permit for the truck? Booking the curb in Evergreen is something we do every week: talk to our Calgary team

Evergreen moving costs, by the numbers

52 residential moves attributed to Evergreen's own boundary carry the hours and crew figures; 45 of them, the local jobs with a closed total behind them, carry the money. 23 were completed in the last twelve months, and that count is exact, where the all-time figure above it is a floor. The corridor line reads the far end of each job, so Belmont is the community Evergreen's moves most often started from or finished in.

What a local move cost
$865 median

half fell between $543 and $1,254 · based on 45 residential moves, total cost with tax

Residential moves in Evergreen
over 50

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2024

In the last 12 months
23

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
5 median

half of these moves ran 2.75–6.31 hours · 52 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–3 · 52 moves

Simplified outline of the official Evergreen community boundary in Calgary, with a dot marking its centre.
Evergreen’s own community boundary about 3.2 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Evergreen actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 52 completed residential jobs in Evergreen. Another 13 were storage runs, container loads and part-home jobs whose paperwork records no bedroom count; they belong to none of the four.

Clay-style illustration of a one-bedroom move in Evergreen: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A one-bedroom move in Evergreen

$592
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $483 and $826 · 11 moves

  • 4 hours on site half ran 2.38–5 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Two movers, one truck, and 4 hours on site at the median across the 11 one-bedroom jobs completed in Evergreen, which is 21% of the work here. Half of them ran 2.38 to 5 hours and landed between $483 and $826 around a $592 median. That is a wide spread for the size, and in a community of houses it usually comes down to how far the load has to travel from the door to wherever the truck can stand.

21% of the moves we have completed in Evergreen · 11 moves

Clay-style illustration of a two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Evergreen: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Evergreen

$1,054
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $893 and $1,294 · 14 moves

  • 6.38 hours on site half ran 5.5–7.19 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

The longest day of the three Evergreen cards: 6.38 hours on site at the median across 14 completed jobs, with half of them running 5.5 to 7.19 hours and landing between $893 and $1,294 around a $1,054 median. Still two movers and one truck. On 14 jobs the band is narrow enough to plan against, and it is 27% of everything completed inside the boundary, the size this community produces most.

27% of the moves we have completed in Evergreen · 14 moves

Clay-style illustration of a three-bedroom house move in Evergreen: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A three-bedroom house move in Evergreen

$1,290
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,047 and $1,441 · 11 moves

  • 6 hours on site half ran 4.5–6.38 hours
  • 3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Three movers and one truck, and the median three-bedroom in Evergreen finishes in 6 hours on site. That is marginally shorter than the two-bedroom card above it, which is what happens when a band rests on 11 jobs rather than hundreds. Half ran 4.5 to 6.38 hours and fell in a tight $1,047 to $1,441 around a $1,290 median. It is 21% of the work here, and the extra mover is what keeps the day from stretching.

21% of the moves we have completed in Evergreen · 11 moves

Clay-style illustration of a four-bedroom-plus house move in Southwest Calgary: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A four-bedroom-plus house move in Southwest Calgary

$2,031
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $905 and $2,633 · 69 moves

  • 8 hours on site half ran 4.5–10.75 hours
  • 3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

At four bedrooms and up the figures come from southwest Calgary as a whole rather than from Evergreen 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 8 hours the median time on site, a full day. Half of the 69 moves ran 4.5 to 10.75 hours and landed between $905 and $2,633 around a $2,031 median. That is the widest band on the page, and packing is most of the reason.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Calgary, across 69 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in Evergreen?

The median local move in Evergreen costs $865 with tax in, across 45 priced jobs, and half of them fell between $543 and $1,254. That is above the $742 median for the southwest Calgary communities around it, and hours are the reason rather than the rate: the middle job here runs 5 hours on site against 4 across that ring. Cactus bills a local move by the hour, and the agreement states the rate before the crew starts.

  • What does a two-bedroom move in Evergreen cost?

    $1,054 is the median for a two-bedroom move in Evergreen, from 14 completed jobs, with half of them between $893 and $1,294. That is two movers, one truck and 6.38 hours on site. Of the three sizes this community has enough of its own jobs to publish, it carries the longest median day. It is also 27% of the work here.

  • How long does a move in Evergreen take?

    The middle move in Evergreen takes 5 hours on site, across 52 completed jobs, with half of them running between 2.75 and 6.31 hours. That is an hour longer than the 4-hour middle for the wider southwest Calgary set. The spread is what a varied community looks like: a quarter of the jobs here finished inside 2.75 hours and a quarter ran past 6.31.

  • Does the time of year change what a move costs in Evergreen?

    No. April, August and December are the months carrying the most Evergreen work, a flatter spread than the summer peak the surrounding southwest Calgary communities record. That is a count of jobs completed rather than a price list, and an hourly job in December is billed exactly as one in April.

  • Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Evergreen?

    Only if the truck has to hold road space rather than use the driveway. Calgary issues a Street Use Permit together 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.

Ask Calgary in person, or price the move yourself in a minute.

Moving to Evergreen, or out of it

The moves attributed to Evergreen split close to evenly with a slight lean toward leaving: 27 went out of the community against 24 that came in. This is an owner-occupied community that is still building out, so most of both halves run on possession dates rather than lease ends. The day is known months ahead and it rarely shifts.

Belmont is the community that turns up at the other end of these jobs more often than any other. It is a count of work already completed rather than a forecast, and either direction is the same day for a crew: the rate is hourly, the truck is sized to the load, and the variable is how much of the house is boxed before the crew arrives.

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 Evergreen’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

    The movers were punctual, efficient, and professional. They asked where things should go and they were very careful with all of my furniture and belongings. They worked very hard for us and made the moving experience very pleasant.

    Naomi Park

    moved from Country Hills Village to Evergreen, August 2025 · 1 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    Oleg and Stan were very personable and even went the extra step of bringing my new purchase to the room it was to be set up in. Thanks guys!

    spiderjeff 2.0

    September 2024

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  • 5 out of 5

    Super service by Oleg and Stan. They helped in setting the furniture.

    Pushpinder Singh Nijjer

    September 2024

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  • 5 out of 5

    Oleg and Stan did an excellent job of delivering and setting up our furniture. They were on time, pleasant, and removed all packaging. I highly recommend these two as movers.

    Dale Karen Young

    September 2024

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  • 5 out of 5

    You went the extra mile. Thank you Oleg and Stan. Great job.

    Kathy Badham

    September 2024

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  • 5 out of 5

    They did an excellent job moving fragile and difficult pieces from Canada to The USA. I highly recommend them. Thank you Cactus movers!

    Wendy Green

    September 2024

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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Calgary

Evergreen belongs to a band of 39 southwest Calgary communities carrying 1,748 completed moves between them: Beltline, Sunalta, Springbank Hill and the rest of what lies around it. It runs longer and dearer than that band, 5 hours against 4 and $865 against $742, which is what a community of mostly detached houses does to a figure pooled across a whole quadrant. The small-job share is close, though: 62% here against 66% there. Each page below carries its own figures.

More moves out of Evergreen end in Belmont than anywhere else: 5 jobs.

Measure Evergreen Southwest Calgary
Median local move $865 $742
Median crew hours on site half of Evergreen’s ran 2.75–6.31 hours 5 hrs 4 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job 62% 66%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published April, August and December August, July and June
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 39 communities, this one and everything next to it over 50 1,748

In Evergreen or any of the neighbours beside it, the crew and the hourly rate are the same. Tell us the address

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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