Why does a move in New Brighton take longer than elsewhere in southeast Calgary?

Because the homes are bigger: three quarters of them are single-detached, the households in them are large, and 47% of the jobs here graded medium against 32% across the surrounding communities. The middle day runs 6.25 hours on site against 4.25, with half of them between 3.63 and 8.88 hours. On an hourly rate, that is the whole of the price difference.

What does a three-bedroom house move in New Brighton cost?

$1,830 is the median three-bedroom move in New Brighton, across 13 priced jobs, with half of them between $1,147 and $2,837. That is three movers, one truck and 8.5 hours on site in the middle. It is also the size we handle most often here, at 30% of the work, and the widest band on the page.

What does a four-bedroom move in New Brighton cost?

$2,249 is the median four-bedroom-plus move here, from 5 of them, with half falling between $2,026 and $2,338, which is tight for a base of only five jobs. That day runs 8.75 hours on site with 4 movers and one truck. It accounts for 12% of the work we have done in New Brighton.

Are some months busier than others for moves in New Brighton?

Yes, though it changes nothing about the price: the hourly rate is the same in every month. November, August and July are the three busiest in our own New Brighton record, where the southeast communities around it peak in August and May. What changes the bill is the size of the home and the hours it takes, not the date on the job.

Can packing services shorten a New Brighton move?

They can, and on a 6.25-hour median day that is worth pricing out: packing services and bin rentals are available and quoted separately from the crew and the truck. Because the rate is hourly, hours saved on the day come straight off the bill. What none of it adds is a deposit, a fuel surcharge or a charge for travel time within city limits. A local move carries none of the three.

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Cactus has completed over 40 residential moves inside New Brighton’s own community boundary, 19 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 New Brighton: what we know about moving here

New Brighton is the long-day community in this part of Calgary. The middle move here ran 6.25 hours on site against 4.25 across the southeast communities around it, with half of the 43 timed jobs falling between 3.63 and 8.88 hours. It is also a community where medium moves outnumber small ones. That is 47% against 40%, with 14% graded large.

The census says why. Households here are large, very few homes hold a single person, and three quarters of the housing is single-detached with most of the rest townhouses, in a community still building out and heavily owner-occupied. Bigger households in bigger homes mean more to carry, which is why the median crew is 3 movers rather than two, and why the median local move came to $1,147 across 37 priced jobs, with half of them between $700 and $1,830.

New Brighton neighbourhood guide for moving day

Three quarters of the homes here are single-detached and most of the rest are townhouses, the community is heavily owner-occupied, and the households in it are large. That is a profile of full family homes, and full family homes are why the days here run long. Very little of this work involves a shared entrance. What it does involve is truck access in a community still building out, and where the road has to be used, Calgary states a shorter-term street-use permit at $31.50 a day, includes the temporary no-parking permit in it, and asks for 5 days' notice.

New Brighton is still building out

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

People: 12,885
One-person households: 14%

2021 federal census

Homes: 4,320
What people live in: 76% single-detached houses
16% townhouses
Owned or rented: 82% owned
18% 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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New Brighton moving costs, by the numbers

Over 40 residential moves are attributed to New Brighton's own boundary since 2024, 19 of them inside the last twelve months. The all-time figure is a floor rather than a complete count. Crew size and hours draw on 43 jobs; the cost median and its quartiles draw on 37 local household moves.

What a local move cost: $1,147 median
Residential moves in New Brighton: over 40
In the last 12 months: 19
Crew hours on site: 6.25 median
Crew size: 3 movers median

New Brighton’s own community boundary about 1.8 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in New Brighton actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 43 completed residential jobs in New Brighton. 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 apartment or condo move in Southeast Calgary

$592
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $438 and $820 · 197 moves

3.75 hours on site half ran 2.75–4.75 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

New Brighton has fewer than five one-bedroom moves of its own, which fits a community of family houses, so this card describes that size across the southeast Calgary communities around it: 197 of them, a $592 median, and 3.75 hours on site with two movers and one truck. Half ran between 2.75 and 4.75 hours, and half of the prices fell between $438 and $820. It is the shortest day on this page by some way.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Calgary, across 197 moves.

A two-bedroom move in New Brighton

$644
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $584 and $1,087 · 9 moves

3.75 hours on site half ran 3.5–5 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Nine two-bedroom moves in New Brighton carry a settled price, and their median is $644 with half of them between $584 and $1,087. Two movers and one truck, and the middle day is 3.75 hours on site with half running 3.5 to 5 hours, a short day by this community's standards. At 21% of the work here, it is the counterweight to the three- and four-bedroom jobs that give New Brighton its 6.25-hour median.

21% of the moves we have completed in New Brighton · 9 moves

A three-bedroom house move in New Brighton

$1,830
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,147 and $2,837 · 13 moves

8.5 hours on site half ran 6.25–11.25 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

The size that defines New Brighton: 30% of the work, 13 priced jobs, a $1,830 median, and 8.5 hours on site with three movers and one truck. Half of those 13 fell between $1,147 and $2,837, and half of the days ran 6.25 to 11.25 hours. That is a spread of five hours inside a single bedroom count. What sits at the far end is a full house with the garage and the basement still to do, which is exactly where packing help and a bin rental earn their money.

30% of the moves we have completed in New Brighton · 13 moves

A four-bedroom-plus move in New Brighton

$2,249
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $2,026 and $2,338 · 5 moves

8.75 hours on site half ran 8.5–10.25 hours
4 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Five four-bedroom-plus moves have been completed in New Brighton, 12% of the book, and they are the most consistent set on this page: a $2,249 median with half of the five between $2,026 and $2,338, and 8.75 hours on site with half running 8.5 to 10.25 hours. Four movers and one truck. On five jobs that tightness may not hold, but the shape does: a day of this length is decided before the crew arrives, by how much of the house is already in boxes.

12% of the moves we have completed in New Brighton · 5 moves

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How much does it cost to move in New Brighton?

The median local move in New Brighton costs $1,147, total with tax, and half of the 37 priced jobs closed here fell between $700 and $1,830. That sits well above the $775 median across the 22 southeast Calgary communities around it, and the reason is time on site rather than rate: the middle day here is 6.25 hours against 4.25 in that wider set. Cactus bills by the hour, with the rate set by crew size and truck size and stated in the agreement before anyone starts.

Why does a move in New Brighton take longer than elsewhere in southeast Calgary?

Because the homes are bigger: three quarters of them are single-detached, the households in them are large, and 47% of the jobs here graded medium against 32% across the surrounding communities. The middle day runs 6.25 hours on site against 4.25, with half of them between 3.63 and 8.88 hours. On an hourly rate, that is the whole of the price difference.
What does a three-bedroom house move in New Brighton cost?

$1,830 is the median three-bedroom move in New Brighton, across 13 priced jobs, with half of them between $1,147 and $2,837. That is three movers, one truck and 8.5 hours on site in the middle. It is also the size we handle most often here, at 30% of the work, and the widest band on the page.
What does a four-bedroom move in New Brighton cost?

$2,249 is the median four-bedroom-plus move here, from 5 of them, with half falling between $2,026 and $2,338, which is tight for a base of only five jobs. That day runs 8.75 hours on site with 4 movers and one truck. It accounts for 12% of the work we have done in New Brighton.
Are some months busier than others for moves in New Brighton?

Yes, though it changes nothing about the price: the hourly rate is the same in every month. November, August and July are the three busiest in our own New Brighton record, where the southeast communities around it peak in August and May. What changes the bill is the size of the home and the hours it takes, not the date on the job.
Can packing services shorten a New Brighton move?

They can, and on a 6.25-hour median day that is worth pricing out: packing services and bin rentals are available and quoted separately from the crew and the truck. Because the rate is hourly, hours saved on the day come straight off the bill. What none of it adds is a deposit, a fuel surcharge or a charge for travel time within city limits. A local move carries none of the three.

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Moving to New Brighton, or out of it

The two directions are close in New Brighton, with arrivals marginally ahead: 20 moves in against 19 out, 47% against 44%. In a community this owner-occupied both halves run on possession dates rather than lease ends, so the day is set by a sale, known well ahead and rarely movable. In a community still building out, a fair share of those arrivals are first moves into a home nobody has lived in.

A move out of New Brighton usually ends somewhere in the ring of southeast communities beside it, Seton, Mahogany and Cranston among the busiest of them. Either direction, the crew, the truck and the hourly rate are the same; what changes is which driveway the truck has to fit on, and how much of the house is boxed when it gets there.

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Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside New Brighton’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 service. Crew worked very hard and were extremely efficient.
Mitch Cherry
moved from New Brighton to Cranston, June 2026
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5 out of 5
Amazing team! Great experience hiring their services for the move.
Ashima Khanna
moved from New Brighton to Hotchkiss, April 2026
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5 out of 5
Exceptional Work Ethic and Service I recently used Cactus Moving for a move to another city, and I have to say I have never seen three men work so incredibly hard.
Leezanne Hupe-Fitzsimons
moved from McKenzie Lake to New Brighton, August 2025 · 4 bedroom
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5 out of 5
We had a great experience with our movers Andrii, Maksym, and Dima. They were fast, efficient, and incredibly careful with all of our belongings. Everything arrived in perfect condition, and they handled it all with such professionalism and care.
Nicola Conroy
moved from Millrise to New Brighton, July 2025 · 3 bedroom
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5 out of 5
Absolutely fantastic experience with Cactus Moving! Eissa and Oleg were not just efficient but incredibly smart about how they managed the move. They handled my appliances with great care, especially when I was moving to the university.
Dachu Man
September 2023
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5 out of 5
My husband and I hired Cactus Moving for our move today. They were great! Oleg and Eissa made our move so much easier! If you are smart enough to book with Cactus Moving you wont be disappointed! They also offer move out cleans at a price that can't be beat.
Carla Ellett
September 2023
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Calgary

New Brighton sits in a ring of 22 southeast Calgary communities with 1,043 moves between them: Seton, Mahogany, Cranston, Auburn Bay, Copperfield and Legacy. It is the outlier in that ring on both duration and cost: 6.25 hours against 4.25, and $1,147 against $775. The size grading tells the same story, 47% medium here against 32% across the set.

Measure	New Brighton	Southeast Calgary
Median local move	$1,147	$775
Median crew hours on site half of New Brighton’s ran 3.63–8.88 hours	6.25 hrs	4.25 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	40%	61%
Graded a large move	14%	8%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published	November, August and July	August, May and July
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 22 communities, this one and everything next to it	over 40	1,043

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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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