What does a one-bedroom move in Hillhurst cost?

$509 is the median for a one-bedroom move in Hillhurst, across 18 completed jobs, with half of them between $358 and $855. That is two movers, one truck and 3 hours on site, the shortest of the four sizes on this page. One-bedroom work is 29% of everything we have done inside this boundary.

What does a two-bedroom move in Hillhurst cost?

$1,215 is the median for a two-bedroom move in Hillhurst, from 16 completed jobs, with half of them between $827 and $1,557. The crew stays at two movers and one truck, but the day more than doubles, to 6.25 hours on site. Twice the furniture carried by the same two people is most of the difference.

What is an apartment or condo move like in Hillhurst?

It is the ordinary case here: 45% of Hillhurst homes are apartments and 54% of households rent. Most jobs start at a building entrance on a lease date rather than a driveway on a closing. The lift, the loading area and the hours a building permits belong to the building rather than the crew, which makes them the three things worth confirming before a date is booked.

Do I need a parking permit for a moving truck in Hillhurst?

If the truck has to hold road space, yes, and on an inner-city block it often does. Calgary issues a Street Use Permit with the temporary no-parking permit included, stated at $31.50 per day for shorter-term use and applied for at least 5 days ahead. ParkPlus fees are charged on top where the restriction falls inside a paid parking zone, which is the part most likely to apply here.

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

No. What changes is how much work there is, and Hillhurst does not follow the summer shape of the communities around it: August, March and December are the three months carrying the most moves here. The equivalent three across northwest Calgary are August, then July and June.

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Movers in Hillhurst: what we know about moving here

Hillhurst is an inner-city community by the City's own label, and the housing under that label runs more to apartments than to houses, more to renting than to owning, and more often to one person in a home than to a family. For a moving day that means compact loads on lease dates, arriving at a building entrance rather than a driveway.

The book bears it out. Seventy-three per cent of the work attributed to Hillhurst grades small and only 10% large, and two movers is the dispatched median. The median job still runs 4.5 hours on site across 62 completed moves, longer than the 4.25 across the northwest communities around it. An inner-city job spends time on entrances, lifts and parking that a driveway job never does. The median priced move came to $762 across 51 jobs, below the $806 that ring records. Small loads, slow doors.

Hillhurst neighbourhood guide for moving day

Two things on this panel set the day in Hillhurst. The first is that the housing leans to apartments and the tenure leans to renting, so most jobs start at a building entrance on a lease date. The lift, the loading area and the permitted hours all belong to the building, which makes them the first calls to make. The second is the kerb. An inner-city block is likely to sit inside a paid parking zone, where ParkPlus fees are charged on top of the Street Use Permit that Calgary requires to occupy the road, and that permit wants at least 5 days of notice.

Hillhurst is an inner-city community

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

People: 5,475
One-person households: 42%

2021 federal census

Homes: 3,011
What people live in: 45% apartments
33% single-detached houses
10% duplexes
Owned or rented: 46% owned
54% 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.

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Hillhurst moving costs, by the numbers

A move counts here if Hillhurst was where it started or where it finished: over 60 of them since 2024, 28 inside the last twelve months. Hours rest on 62 jobs and crew size on 60, which is why those two samples differ slightly, and the price band comes from the 51 that closed with a settled total. Those are totals with tax in rather than hourly rates, so they compare directly with the wider northwest figures below.

What a local move cost: $762 median
Residential moves in Hillhurst: over 60
In the last 12 months: 28
Crew hours on site: 4.5 median
Crew size: 2 movers median

Hillhurst’s own community boundary about 1.3 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Hillhurst actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 62 completed residential jobs in Hillhurst. Another 21 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 apartment or condo move in Hillhurst

$509
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $358 and $855 · 18 moves

3 hours on site half ran 2.31–4.81 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

One-bedroom jobs are 29% of the work we have completed in Hillhurst and the shortest of the four sizes here: a 3-hour median on site with two movers and one truck, and half of the 18 falling between $358 and $855. A bed, a sofa, a table and boxes is the whole of it. What decides where a job lands in that band is the door: a lift booked and a loading spot held is an hour nobody has to pay for.

29% of the moves we have completed in Hillhurst · 18 moves

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Hillhurst

$1,215
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $827 and $1,557 · 16 moves

6.25 hours on site half ran 5.13–8.13 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Two-bedroom work is 26% of the Hillhurst book and more than doubles the one-bedroom day: 6.25 hours on site at the median, still two movers and one truck, and half of the 16 landing between $827 and $1,557. Twice the furniture carried by the same pair of hands is most of that. This is the size at which booking the lift and the loading area with the building, at both ends, stops being optional and becomes the difference between a long day and a very long one.

26% of the moves we have completed in Hillhurst · 16 moves

A three-bedroom house or townhouse move in Northwest Calgary

$1,501
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,001 and $2,188 · 188 moves

7 hours on site half ran 4.75–9 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A three-bedroom move across northwest Calgary is a 7-hour median day with three movers and one truck, and half of the 188 jobs at this size fell between $1,001 and $2,188. The step up from two bedrooms is the storage that comes attached to a house: the basement, the garage, the shed, none of which is named in a bedroom count. A walkthrough before the date is what turns that into hours a day can be planned around.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Calgary, across 188 moves.

A four-bedroom-plus house move in Northwest Calgary

$1,827
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,073 and $2,678 · 62 moves

7.38 hours on site half ran 5.38–9.94 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Four bedrooms and up in northwest Calgary runs a 7.38-hour median on site with three movers and one truck, and half of the 62 jobs at this size fell between $1,073 and $2,678. The crew is the same as at three bedrooms; the spread is not, because at this size how much was in boxes when the crew arrived matters more than the room count does. Packing services and bin rentals are quoted separately and exist for this kind of day.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Calgary, across 62 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in Hillhurst?

The median local move in Hillhurst costs $762, total cost with tax, and half of the 51 priced jobs here fell between $477 and $1,336. That is below the $806 median across the northwest communities around it, which is what a book that is 73% small work produces.

What does a one-bedroom move in Hillhurst cost?

$509 is the median for a one-bedroom move in Hillhurst, across 18 completed jobs, with half of them between $358 and $855. That is two movers, one truck and 3 hours on site, the shortest of the four sizes on this page. One-bedroom work is 29% of everything we have done inside this boundary.
What does a two-bedroom move in Hillhurst cost?

$1,215 is the median for a two-bedroom move in Hillhurst, from 16 completed jobs, with half of them between $827 and $1,557. The crew stays at two movers and one truck, but the day more than doubles, to 6.25 hours on site. Twice the furniture carried by the same two people is most of the difference.
What is an apartment or condo move like in Hillhurst?

It is the ordinary case here: 45% of Hillhurst homes are apartments and 54% of households rent. Most jobs start at a building entrance on a lease date rather than a driveway on a closing. The lift, the loading area and the hours a building permits belong to the building rather than the crew, which makes them the three things worth confirming before a date is booked.
Do I need a parking permit for a moving truck in Hillhurst?

If the truck has to hold road space, yes, and on an inner-city block it often does. Calgary issues a Street Use Permit with the temporary no-parking permit included, stated at $31.50 per day for shorter-term use and applied for at least 5 days ahead. ParkPlus fees are charged on top where the restriction falls inside a paid parking zone, which is the part most likely to apply here.
Does the time of year change what a move in Hillhurst costs?

No. What changes is how much work there is, and Hillhurst does not follow the summer shape of the communities around it: August, March and December are the three months carrying the most moves here. The equivalent three across northwest Calgary are August, then July and June.

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Moving to Hillhurst, or out of it

More of the Hillhurst moves on our books are departures than arrivals: 33 out against 26 in. In a community where more homes are rented than owned, a departure is usually a lease ending rather than a sale closing, which means the date was set by the tenancy, and the building has to be told about it as well as the crew.

The 26 arrivals are the same day from the other side, and they are the harder half to arrange, because the receiving building controls the lift, the loading area and the hours a truck may stand there. The hourly rate is identical in either direction. What changes is how many of the day's constraints belong to somebody else.

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

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We moved on the coldest day in January, -34C! Roman, Dima, and Max showed up on time, worked hard all day, and were a pleasure to work with. We will hire Cactus Moving again to move us from storage into our new house. Hopefully on a warmer day!!
Lesley Hoyle
February 2024
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5 out of 5
Mitchell, Andrei, & Moe are pure perfection. The team handled everything with efficiency and professionalism. I highly recommend Cactus moving and the team I had.
Jeff Goodman
February 2024
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5 out of 5
We had Alex and Mo helping us to move our stuff this week. All I can say is that they both were the best. Extremely friendly and helpful. Made the entire moving process very seamless and stress free. I would highly highly recommend cactus moving. One of the best moving experience we've had
Neelu Khunte
February 2024
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5 out of 5
Today we had to relocate our massage clinic. We choose Cactus moving company as a friend referred them, and we can see why!! Mitchell and Dima arrived right on time, worked fast and were extremely kind and professional. The rates are one of the lowest we were quoted when calling around.
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February 2024
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5 out of 5
Excelent service, Alex and Elgiz were really careful and clean with everything. They are very kind and helpful putting things in the right places. I'm very happy with their work. I recommend them 100% and for sure I will call them again un my next move! Thanks!
Ivette Agostini Sarabia
February 2024
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5 out of 5
Fast, friendly and a fraction of the price that other companies quoted me. Thank you Vlad and Dima!
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January 2024
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Calgary

The northwest set around Hillhurst is 39 communities and 1,190 moves, with Sunalta and Bowness contributing most of them. Hillhurst runs longer at the middle than that set, 4.5 hours against 4.25. It also runs cheaper, $762 against $806, which is what a high share of small jobs done slowly looks like. The two spreads are nearly identical, $474 to $1,347 across the set against $477 to $1,336 here, so what separates them is where the middle sits rather than how far the ends reach.

Measure	Hillhurst	Northwest Calgary
Median local move	$762	$806
Median crew hours on site half of Hillhurst’s ran 2.5–7.25 hours	4.5 hrs	4.25 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	73%	61%
Graded a large move	10%	9%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published	August, March and December	August, July and June
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 39 communities, this one and everything next to it	over 60	1,190

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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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