What does a one-bedroom move in Palliser cost?

$1,091 is the median for a one-bedroom move in Palliser across 6 completed jobs, with half of them falling between $807 and $1,225. The hours explain the figure: the median is 5.63 hours on site with two movers, against 4.13 hours for Palliser moves of every size. Because the rate is hourly, a long one-bedroom day costs what a short two-bedroom one does.

What does a two-bedroom move in Palliser cost?

$1,262 is the median for a two-bedroom move in Palliser, drawn from 5 completed jobs, with half of them between $862 and $1,320. That is three movers, one truck and 5.75 hours on site, barely longer than a one-bedroom here but with a third mover on it. Two-bedrooms are 25% of the moves we have completed inside the boundary.

Is an apartment move in Palliser different from a house move?

Mostly in what has to be arranged beforehand: apartments are the largest single kind of home in Palliser, so a job here often starts at a building door rather than a driveway, and the elevator and the loading spot are worth booking with the building before the date. The rate is the same either way. It is hourly, set by the number of movers and the size of the truck. What differs is how much of the day goes on the distance between the door and the truck.

How long does a move in Palliser take?

The median move in Palliser runs 4.13 hours on site, and half of the 20 jobs behind that figure ran between 2.38 and 6.31 hours. A one-bedroom here has run 5.63 hours at the median and a two-bedroom 5.75, so the spread inside that band owes as much to access as to the size of the home. There is no charge for travel time within city limits, so only the hours worked are billed.

Do you charge a deposit or travel time for a move in Palliser?

Neither: there is no deposit on a local move, no fuel surcharge and no charge for travel time within city limits, so a Palliser job is billed for the hours the crew is actually working. That has been a median of 4.13 hours across the 20 moves completed inside the boundary. The rate itself is stated in the agreement before anyone starts, set by the movers and the truck at the size the job needs.

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Movers in Palliser: what we know about moving here

The median local move in Palliser came to $812 with tax across 16 closed jobs, a little above the $740 median across the 36 southwest Calgary communities around it. The day is essentially the same length, 4.13 hours on site against 4. What separates the two is the bottom of the range rather than the top. 60% of Palliser's moves graded small against 67% across the ring, and its lower quartile sits at $673 where the wider set's sits at $440.

That is the housing showing through. Palliser is a small, mixed, mid-century community where apartments are the largest single kind of home, houses are a minority and households are small, a large share of them one person on their own. So the work here is one- and two-bedroom loads. A good share of those start at a building door rather than a driveway, and a building door is what turns a modest load into a longer day.

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Two things on this list change a moving day in Palliser. The first is that the housing is mixed and apartments are the largest part of it, so a job here can start at a lobby door or at a driveway and the two want different preparation. Where it is a building, the elevator and the loading area are worth booking with management before the date. A shared lift is the thing most likely to stretch an otherwise modest load. The second is the kerb: Calgary's Street Use Permit brings the temporary no-parking permit with it, is stated at $31.50 a day and wants at least 5 days' notice, so it belongs to the week before rather than the morning of.

Palliser is largely built out in the 1960s/1970s

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

People: 3,285
One-person households: 41%

2021 federal census

Homes: 1,840
What people live in: 39% apartments
25% single-detached houses
17% townhouses
Owned or rented: 55% owned
45% 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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Palliser moving costs, by the numbers

Twenty completed moves carry the hours and crew medians here and 16 carry the price, all of them residential jobs with a pickup or a drop-off inside Palliser's own boundary since 2024. The all-time count is a floor rather than a total; the twelve-month figure beside it is exact, and on this page the two sit close together. Most of what we know about moving in Palliser we learned in the last twelve months. Read $812 as the middle of a small and recent sample rather than as a rate.

What a local move cost: $812 median
Residential moves in Palliser: over 15
In the last 12 months: 12
Crew hours on site: 4.13 median
Crew size: 2 movers median

Palliser’s own community boundary about 0.8 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Palliser actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 20 completed residential jobs in Palliser. Another 7 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 Palliser

$1,091
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $807 and $1,225 · 6 moves

5.63 hours on site half ran 4.81–6.81 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A one-bedroom is 30% of Palliser's own book, 6 completed moves with two movers and one truck, and a median of 5.63 hours on site. That is a long day for a one-bedroom, and it is what carries the $1,091 median: half of these ran between 4.81 and 6.81 hours, and half fell between $807 and $1,225. Because the rate is hourly, the hours are the bill, and at this size what adds them is stairs, a lift shared with the rest of a building, and how far the truck can park from the door.

30% of the moves we have completed in Palliser · 6 moves

A two-bedroom move in Palliser

$1,262
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $862 and $1,320 · 5 moves

5.75 hours on site half ran 5.25–6.5 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A quarter of Palliser's moves are two-bedrooms: 5 completed jobs, a median of $1,262, and three movers with one truck for 5.75 hours on site. An extra mover rather than extra hours is what separates this from a one-bedroom here. The day is only a little longer, half of them between 5.25 and 6.5 hours, but the crew is bigger. Five jobs is a small sample, so read the median as its midpoint; half of them landed between $862 and $1,320.

25% of the moves we have completed in Palliser · 5 moves

A three-bedroom house or townhouse move in Southwest Calgary

$1,336
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $878 and $1,970 · 185 moves

6.25 hours on site half ran 4.25–8.75 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Fewer than five moves of this size sit inside Palliser's own boundary, so this card is drawn from 185 three-bedroom house and townhouse moves across southwest Calgary. It is three movers and one truck, a median of $1,336 and 6.25 hours on site, with half running between 4.25 and 8.75 hours and between $878 and $1,970. That is the widest hours band of the four cards: at this size the basement, the garage and the state of the packing decide the day more than the bedroom count does.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Calgary, across 185 moves.

A four-bedroom-plus house move in Southwest Calgary

$2,031
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $864 and $3,045 · 67 moves

8 hours on site half ran 4.13–10.38 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

This card is a southwest Calgary figure rather than a Palliser one: 67 four-bedroom-plus house moves, three movers and one truck, a median of $2,031 and 8 hours on site. The price band is enormous: half of them fell between $864 and $3,045, because a four-bedroom house that has been packed and one that has not are barely the same job. Half ran between 4.13 and 10.38 hours. The hourly rate does not change with the size of the home; the number of hours does.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Calgary, across 67 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in Palliser?

The median local move in Palliser costs $812, total cost with tax, and half of the 16 local jobs we have closed inside the boundary fell between $673 and $1,281. Sixteen jobs is a short record, so treat that figure as a midpoint rather than as a quote.

What does a one-bedroom move in Palliser cost?

$1,091 is the median for a one-bedroom move in Palliser across 6 completed jobs, with half of them falling between $807 and $1,225. The hours explain the figure: the median is 5.63 hours on site with two movers, against 4.13 hours for Palliser moves of every size. Because the rate is hourly, a long one-bedroom day costs what a short two-bedroom one does.
What does a two-bedroom move in Palliser cost?

$1,262 is the median for a two-bedroom move in Palliser, drawn from 5 completed jobs, with half of them between $862 and $1,320. That is three movers, one truck and 5.75 hours on site, barely longer than a one-bedroom here but with a third mover on it. Two-bedrooms are 25% of the moves we have completed inside the boundary.
Is an apartment move in Palliser different from a house move?

Mostly in what has to be arranged beforehand: apartments are the largest single kind of home in Palliser, so a job here often starts at a building door rather than a driveway, and the elevator and the loading spot are worth booking with the building before the date. The rate is the same either way. It is hourly, set by the number of movers and the size of the truck. What differs is how much of the day goes on the distance between the door and the truck.
How long does a move in Palliser take?

The median move in Palliser runs 4.13 hours on site, and half of the 20 jobs behind that figure ran between 2.38 and 6.31 hours. A one-bedroom here has run 5.63 hours at the median and a two-bedroom 5.75, so the spread inside that band owes as much to access as to the size of the home. There is no charge for travel time within city limits, so only the hours worked are billed.
Do you charge a deposit or travel time for a move in Palliser?

Neither: there is no deposit on a local move, no fuel surcharge and no charge for travel time within city limits, so a Palliser job is billed for the hours the crew is actually working. That has been a median of 4.13 hours across the 20 moves completed inside the boundary. The rate itself is stated in the agreement before anyone starts, set by the movers and the truck at the size the job needs.

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Moving to Palliser, or out of it

Most of the moves attributed to Palliser are departures rather than arrivals: 15 people left against 5 who came in, 75% of the attributed book against 25%. That is a count of jobs already completed rather than a statement about who wants to live here. It does mean most Palliser days we have worked started at a Palliser address, and that is the end where packing, elevator time and building notice all have to be right.

Palliser's housing is split close to evenly between owned and rented, so a departure here can be handing back keys or closing a sale, and each runs on its own clock. The direction changes nothing about the bill: same crew, same truck, same hourly rate, and no charge for travel time within city limits. A move out of Palliser most often ends somewhere else in the ring of southwest Calgary communities around it.

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Cactus Moving were phenomenal! Professional, courteous and quick we were fully moved in 3 hours flat. 15/10 would definitely hire them again! Thanks Jason and crew!
Evan Donaldson
moved from Palliser to Acadia, February 2026 · 2 bedroom
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I am very much satisfied! Both movers are professional and efficient. I recommend to use them.
Amod Rimal
August 2023
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Very professional movers, super efficient and careful. They got to my place a bit early, were very nice and gentle with my belongings. Will be hiring them again for future moves!
MW
August 2023
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5 out of 5
I hired Cactus Moving a few weeks ago for my long distance move (3 hours away from Calgary).
Amber Desjarlais
August 2023
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5 out of 5
Best moving company I've ever used Roman and Andri were awesome
Bart Roy
August 2023
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Calgary

Palliser is counted inside 36 southwest Calgary communities holding 1,689 completed moves, with Beltline, Sunalta and Downtown Commercial Core carrying most of the volume. Its own median of $812 runs above that set's $740 on a day of near-identical length, 4.13 hours against 4. The gap sits at the bottom of the range rather than the top: Palliser's lower quartile is $673 where the wider set's is $440, and 60% of its jobs graded small against 67% across the ring. That is what a book with fewer very small jobs looks like.

Measure	Palliser	Southwest Calgary
Median local move	$812	$740
Median crew hours on site half of Palliser’s ran 2.38–6.31 hours	4.13 hrs	4 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	60%	67%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published	September	August, July and June
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 36 communities, this one and everything next to it	over 15	1,689

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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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