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Parkland Movers, Calgary

Cactus has completed at least 18 residential moves inside Parkland’s own community boundary, 14 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 Parkland: what we know about moving here

Parkland's own record and the record of the communities around it come out almost on top of each other. The median local move here is $798 with tax against $799 across the 25 southeast Calgary communities it is grouped with; the median day is 4.13 hours on site against 4.25; 61% of the jobs graded small against 60%. On a base of 10 local jobs that agreement is worth more than either figure would be on its own.

The housing behind it is close to uniform. Almost every home in Parkland is a single-detached house and almost every one is owner-occupied, in a community finished decades ago, so there is very little variety in what a crew turns up to. A job here is a private front door and a driveway, with no lobby to negotiate and no lift to book, and the practical question becomes where the truck can stand relative to that door and how many stairs sit behind it.

Parkland neighbourhood guide for moving day

One entry on this list settles most of a moving day in Parkland: the housing is close to uniform, almost all of it single-detached and almost all of it owner-occupied. That means a private front door and a driveway, no lobby to negotiate and no lift to book, and it moves the practical question to where the truck can stand relative to that door and how many stairs sit behind it. Where the truck has to take road space, Calgary's Street Use Permit is stated at $31.50 a day, includes the temporary no-parking permit, and wants an application at least 5 days ahead; ParkPlus fees apply on top inside a paid zone.

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

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

People
3,430
One-person households
17%

2021 federal census

Homes
1,448

People per household

2.5

2021 federal census

What people live in
93% single-detached houses
Owned or rented
  • 93% owned
  • 7% 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.

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

Parkland moving costs, by the numbers

Parkland's counts with us begin in 2025: at least 18 residential moves attributed to its own community boundary, 14 of them within the last twelve months. The all-time figure is a floor rather than a total, the twelve-month count is exact, and the two sitting this close means nearly all of this record is recent. Hours and crew size rest on all 18 jobs; the price median and its quartiles rest on the 10 that were local household moves, which is a thin base and best read beside the wider set below.

What a local move cost
$798 median

half fell between $433 and $1,065 · based on 10 residential moves, total cost with tax

Residential moves in Parkland
at least 18

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2025

In the last 12 months
14

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
4.13 median

half of these moves ran 2–5.94 hours · 18 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–3 · 18 moves

Simplified outline of the official Parkland community boundary in Calgary, with a dot marking its centre.
Parkland’s own community boundary about 2 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Parkland actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 18 completed residential jobs in Parkland. Another 11 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 apartment or condo move in Southeast Calgary: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southeast Calgary

$592
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $440 and $821 · 193 moves

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

Fewer than five one-bedroom moves sit inside Parkland's own boundary, so this card draws on 193 of them across southeast Calgary. It is two movers and one truck, a median of $592 and 3.75 hours on site, with half running between 2.75 and 4.75 hours and half falling between $440 and $821. The load is a bedroom, a living room and a kitchen's worth of boxes, and the band is narrow because that load barely varies. What moves a job inside it is stairs and how far the truck can park from the door.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Calgary, across 193 moves.

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

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southeast Calgary

$893
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $664 and $1,262 · 237 moves

  • 5 hours on site half ran 3.75–6.25 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Another southeast Calgary figure rather than a Parkland one: 237 two-bedroom apartment and condo moves, still two movers and one truck, a median of $893 and 5 hours on site. Half of them ran between 3.75 and 6.25 hours and half landed between $664 and $1,262. That is over an hour longer than a one-bedroom day for a second bedroom's worth of furniture and boxes, and at this size a lift and a loading spot are usually worth booking with the building first.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Calgary, across 237 moves.

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

A three-bedroom move in Parkland

$1,110
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $941 and $1,773 · 5 moves

  • 5.75 hours on site half ran 4.25–6 hours
  • 3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Three-bedroom homes are 28% of Parkland's own book: 5 completed moves, three movers and one truck, a median of $1,110 and 5.75 hours on site. The hours band is tight, half of them between 4.25 and 6, but the price band is not: it runs $941 to $1,773 across the same five jobs. Five is a small sample, so read $1,110 as its midpoint. At this size the day is decided by the garage, the basement and how much is boxed before the crew arrives.

28% of the moves we have completed in Parkland · 5 moves

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

A four-bedroom-plus house move in Southeast Calgary

$1,832
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,169 and $2,722 · 58 moves

  • 7.5 hours on site half ran 5.13–10 hours
  • 4 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

This card is drawn from 58 four-bedroom-plus house moves across southeast Calgary rather than from Parkland alone. It is four movers and one truck, a median of $1,832 and 7.5 hours on site, with half running between 5.13 and 10 hours and half falling between $1,169 and $2,722. That is the widest band of the four cards: at this size a house that has been packed and one that has not are barely the same job, and an hourly rate cannot tell them apart in advance.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Calgary, across 58 moves.

Found the card that looks like your move? Where in its band you land is decided by your date, your building and your stairs. Get a quote for your own

How much does it cost to move in Parkland?

The median local move in Parkland costs $798, total cost with tax, and half of the 10 local jobs we have closed inside the boundary fell between $433 and $1,065. Ten jobs is a thin base, so read that figure beside the wider southeast Calgary median rather than on its own.

  • What does a three-bedroom move in Parkland cost?

    $1,110 is the median for a three-bedroom move in Parkland across 5 completed jobs, with half of them falling between $941 and $1,773. That is three movers, one truck and 5.75 hours on site. Three-bedrooms are 28% of the work inside the boundary and the only card on this page cut from Parkland addresses alone.

  • Does a move in Parkland cost more than elsewhere in southeast Calgary?

    No. The two medians all but meet: $798 in Parkland against $799 across the 25 southeast Calgary communities it is grouped with, on a median day of 4.13 hours here against 4.25, with 61% of jobs graded small against 60%. That is what one hourly rate looks like when the size mix is much the same on both sides. Where a Parkland job lands inside its band comes down to how much of the house is coming with you.

  • Is it cheaper to move at certain times of year in Parkland?

    No, the hourly rate does not change by month, so no date in Parkland is priced differently from another. What shifts is how much work there is: Parkland's own busiest month has been March, where the wider southeast Calgary set peaks in August, May and July.

  • What is a house move in Parkland like compared with an apartment move?

    It starts at a private front door rather than a lobby: almost every home in Parkland is a single-detached house, so most jobs here work off a driveway with no elevator to book and no loading bay to hold. What replaces that planning is stairs at both ends and whatever a family has put in a garage and a basement over the years. The rate is the same either way, hourly and set by the number of movers and the size of the truck.

  • Do you charge a deposit or a fuel surcharge on a Parkland move?

    Neither, and there is no charge for travel time within city limits either, so a Parkland job is billed for the hours the crew is actually working, a median of 4.13 hours across the 18 moves completed inside the boundary. The agreement states the rate before the crew starts, and packing services and bin rentals are available where the boxes are not done.

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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 Parkland’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

    This is the second time we have used Cactus Movers. The service was great. The movers were friendly and efficient. Booking the help was a breeze. Prices were very fair for the job done. And they brought us coffee!

    Meara Cairns

    May 2026

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  • 5 out of 5

    The company really tried to accommodate what we needed in a short period of time. Movers were punctual, quick, professional, and friendly. Both people we spoke to on the phone were very friendly and helpful.

    Tamara Roberts

    moved from Lower Mount Royal to Parkland, March 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    We used Cactus Moving for a second time already; both moves were handled professionally by Carlos. It is obvious that this moving company know what they are doing! I highly recommend them!

    Veronika Zlamalik

    July 2023

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  • 5 out of 5

    They were on time and prepared wrapped everything for protection Went straight to drop off address and Unload I will use them again when I have a need

    Tyron Kind

    July 2023

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  • 5 out of 5

    First time hiring movers and things went quickly and efficiently thanks again!

    Twitchy 15

    July 2023

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  • 5 out of 5

    The two young gentlemen who helped us move were extremely polite, hard working & did everything to make our move a success. It's interesting that they both were from Ukraine

    Dale Lyster

    July 2023

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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Calgary

Parkland is grouped with 25 southeast Calgary communities holding 1,050 completed moves, with Seton, Mahogany and Cranston the heaviest contributors. The two records land on top of each other: $798 against $799, 4.13 hours on site against 4.25, and 61% of jobs graded small against 60%. With only 10 local jobs behind Parkland's own price that agreement matters. The wider set is standing behind a thin number rather than contradicting it. Each of the pages below carries its own figures.

Measure Parkland Southeast Calgary
Median local move $798 $799
Median crew hours on site half of Parkland’s ran 2–5.94 hours 4.13 hrs 4.25 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job 61% 60%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published March August, May and July
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 25 communities, this one and everything next to it at least 18 1,050

In Parkland 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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