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Windsor Park Movers, Calgary

Cactus has completed over 60 residential moves inside Windsor Park’s own community boundary, 31 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 Windsor Park: what we know about moving here

Windsor Park is a 1950s community that is mostly apartments and mostly rented, and half its homes hold a single person. That decides the shape of the work more than anything else here does: a job usually begins at a building entrance rather than a driveway, the date follows a lease, and the load is one person's rather than a household's.

The book bears it out and then some. The crew sat at two movers across the whole middle half of 61 measured jobs, as uniform as that figure gets, and the median day ran 4.25 hours against 4 across the southwest Calgary communities around it. All four cards below rest on Windsor Park's own completed moves rather than on a widened read: a one-bedroom, a two-bedroom, a three-bedroom and a four-bedroom-plus figure, each measured inside this boundary.

Windsor Park neighbourhood guide for moving day

Windsor Park was largely built out in the 1950s and is mostly apartments today, so most jobs start at a building entrance rather than a driveway. Which door the crew should use, and whether the lift can be held for the load, are questions for the building rather than for moving day. With most homes rented, the date is usually somebody else's to confirm as well. The other item to settle early is the kerb: Calgary's Street Use Permit, which carries the temporary no-parking permit with it, is stated at $31.50 a day for shorter-term use and asks for at least 5 days' notice, so if the truck needs the lane outside it belongs on the list a week out.

Windsor Park is largely built out in the 1950s

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

People
4,410
One-person households
49%

2021 federal census

Homes
2,466

People per household

1.8

2021 federal census

What people live in
  • 62% apartments
  • 15% duplexes
  • 13% single-detached houses
Owned or rented
  • 36% owned
  • 64% 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 Windsor Park is something we do every week: talk to our Calgary team

Windsor Park moving costs, by the numbers

Everything in this band is drawn from residential moves with a pickup or a drop-off inside Windsor Park's own boundary since 2024. Half the record is recent: 31 of the 60-plus jobs fell in the last twelve months, and that count is exact, where the all-time one is a floor. The hours and crew figures rest on 61 moves; the cost band on the 50 of those that closed with a residential total.

What a local move cost
$778 median

half fell between $550 and $1,399 · based on 50 residential moves, total cost with tax

Residential moves in Windsor Park
over 60

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2024

In the last 12 months
31

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
4.25 median

half of these moves ran 3–5.75 hours · 61 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–2 · 61 moves

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

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What a move in Windsor Park actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 61 completed residential jobs in Windsor Park. Another 14 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 Windsor Park: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Windsor Park

$515
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $405 and $832 · 14 moves

  • 3.38 hours on site half ran 2.81–4.88 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move is 23% of what we have done in Windsor Park, or 14 of them, and it is the shortest day here: two movers, one truck, a 3.38-hour median on site, with half running between 2.81 and 4.88 hours. Half came to between $405 and $832. The furniture is an hour of the day; the rest of it is the corridor, the lift and the distance out to wherever the truck could stand.

23% of the moves we have completed in Windsor Park · 14 moves

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

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Windsor Park

$976
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $751 and $1,460 · 20 moves

  • 5.5 hours on site half ran 4.25–6.75 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Twenty two-bedroom apartment and condo moves, 33% of the book here and the commonest single job in Windsor Park. Still two movers and one truck, but the median day is 5.5 hours against 3.38 at one bedroom: a bit over two hours added for the second room's furniture and the boxes that go with it. Half of the 20 fell between $751 and $1,460, and half ran between 4.25 and 6.75 hours.

33% of the moves we have completed in Windsor Park · 20 moves

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

A three-bedroom move in Windsor Park

$1,235
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $904 and $1,575 · 8 moves

  • 5.75 hours on site half ran 4.38–7.94 hours
  • 3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A three-bedroom move is 13% of the work here, across 8 jobs, and it is the first size at which the crew goes to three movers. The median day is 5.75 hours on site with half running between 4.38 and 7.94 hours, and half of the 8 came to between $904 and $1,575. Eight jobs is a modest sample, so read $1,235 as the middle of a small set rather than as a rate for your own home.

13% of the moves we have completed in Windsor Park · 8 moves

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

A four-bedroom-plus move in Windsor Park

$911
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $543 and $2,052 · 5 moves

  • 5.25 hours on site half ran 3.25–5.5 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Only 5 of the moves we have completed in Windsor Park were four-bedroom-plus jobs, 8% of the book, and they are the reason to read a median with its band beside it. The middle of the five is $911 on a 5.25-hour day with two movers and one truck, but half of them fell between $543 and $2,052, a range wide enough to cover two entirely different days. Five jobs is far too few to read as a rate: take the band rather than the middle.

8% of the moves we have completed in Windsor Park · 5 moves

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How much does it cost to move in Windsor Park?

The median local move in Windsor Park costs $778 with tax in, and half of the 50 priced residential jobs here fell between $550 and $1,399. That is a shade above the $737 median across the 40 southwest Calgary communities around it, on a day that runs 4.25 hours at the median against 4.

  • What does a one-bedroom apartment move in Windsor Park cost?

    $515 is the median for a one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Windsor Park, with half of the 14 we have completed falling between $405 and $832. It is two movers, one truck and a 3.38-hour median on site, the shortest day at any size here. At 23% of the book it is the second commonest job in the community, behind the two-bedroom at 33%.

  • Why is the four-bedroom figure in Windsor Park lower than the three-bedroom one?

    Because it rests on only 5 completed moves, and half of them fell between $543 and $2,052. That band is far too wide for its middle value of $911 to be read as a rate. The three-bedroom figure of $1,235 sits on 8 jobs inside a much narrower $904 to $1,575. Where a sample is this small the band is the honest number rather than the median.

  • How long does a move in Windsor Park take?

    The median is 4.25 hours on site across 61 measured jobs, with half of them running between 3 and 5.75 hours. The crew was two movers across the whole middle half, which is as consistent as that figure gets. Because there is no charge for travel time within city limits those are billed hours of work, so a held lift and a clear loading spot are what keep a job at the short end of the band.

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

    No. The hourly rate is the same on every date. What changes is volume, and Windsor Park keeps its own calendar: August, November and February carry the most completed moves inside the boundary, against an August, July and June peak across southwest Calgary as a whole. With most homes here rented, dates follow leases rather than closings, which spreads the work through the year instead of stacking it into one part of it.

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

    Only if the truck needs the kerb lane or on-street parking held for it, in which case Calgary issues a Street Use Permit with the temporary no-parking permit it requires included. That is stated at $31.50 a day for shorter-term use, with ParkPlus fees on top inside a paid parking zone. In a community that is mostly apartments the truck needs the kerb more often than a driveway, and the City wants at least 5 days on the application. There is no deposit on a local move and no fuel surcharge.

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

Moving to Windsor Park, or out of it

Departures slightly outnumber arrivals in Windsor Park: 31 of the moves attributed to the community were people leaving it, against 26 arriving. With most homes here rented, a departure is far more often a lease ending than a sale completing. The date is fixed weeks ahead, the building wants notice of it, and the lift is booked by an office rather than by you.

26 came the other way, and an arrival into an apartment is the same conversation at the other end: which door, which lift, and where a truck is allowed to stand while it is unloaded. Whichever direction yours runs, the crew, the truck and the hourly rate are the same; what changes is whose building has to be told.

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 Windsor Park’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

    Everything went great with my move. Getting a quote and information was fast and they were very responsive to my emails. The guys called ahead in the morning to make sure I was ready and showed up on time. They were very fast and efficient at loading the truck in Calgary.

    Michelle Shoebridge

    June 2026 · 2 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    The moving company was great from start to finish - movers took good care of our belongings, and were quite efficient. Would highly recommend!

    Kristel Slawik

    moved from Kincora to Windsor Park, April 2026 · 2 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    Awesome movers - super professional, would highly recommend!

    Layli

    June 2021

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  • 5 out of 5

    I won their first Giveaway contest and they did a great job in moving my stuff. The moving guys were very helpful . They even helped me packing my TV and installed it again after moving.

    Gurpreet Singh

    June 2021

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  • 5 out of 5

    I am so beyond pleased with the service Cactus’s movers gave me. It was my first time hiring a moving company and I can tell you I will be hiring them every time. I had a lot of stuff but short time. I was worried that the moving company would not have enough time. And wow, I was wrong.

    Ilona Chernysheva

    June 2021

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  • 5 out of 5

    Thank you Cactus Moving, guys showed on time, did everything very quickly and professionally. We are very happy with Alex and Sam. Highly recommend! Plus, small gift in the end was a cherry on top.

    M СНЕ

    June 2021

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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Calgary

The wider set is 40 southwest Calgary communities carrying 1,698 moves between them: Beltline, Sunalta, Downtown Commercial Core and the rest of the ring next to this one. Windsor Park tracks it closely and sits a shade above: 4.25 median hours against 4, and $778 against $737. The size mix is all but identical, 66% small on either measure. Where the two genuinely part company is the calendar, and the comparison row above prints both.

Measure Windsor Park Southwest Calgary
Median local move $778 $737
Median crew hours on site half of Windsor Park’s ran 3–5.75 hours 4.25 hrs 4 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job 66% 66%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published August, November and February August, July and June
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 40 communities, this one and everything next to it over 60 1,698

In Windsor Park 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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