Edmonton Moving Costs, From Our Own Invoices
Not a calculator and not a guess. This is what Edmonton households were billed on moves our crews finished, grouped so you can find the one that looks like yours.
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Most local moves in Edmonton landed between $473 and $1,188, and the middle one was $745.
The middle one billed 4.13 hours with a crew of 2, which is what turns the rate card below into that total.
A quote can be shaped to win the job. An invoice cannot: it is the number after the truck has left. So the figure worth publishing is the one at the end, and this is ours.
- Where most bills landed
- $473 to $1,188
- The middle bill
- $745
- Edmonton moves behind it
- 605
the middle half of every local job we closed
as many Edmonton moves came in under it as over it
household work only, business accounts left out
605 local moves in Edmonton, June 2024 to August 2026. A local move is one whose pickup and at least one drop-off are both in Edmonton. Figures are medians and quartiles of what Cactus actually invoiced, never averages, winsorised at the 5th and 95th percentile so one unusual job cannot move the band. Every total is in Canadian dollars, total cost with tax, and covers the crew, the truck and the hours billed on the agreement; storage and packing materials are billed separately. Business and high-frequency accounts are excluded. Cactus has closed 870 moves with at least one end in Edmonton; the 605 measured here are the ones with both ends in the city, because a job that finishes in another one is a different kind of move and is priced as one. Measured August 30, 2026.
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Edmonton moving prices by size of home
Bedrooms are a rough proxy for volume and a very good proxy for hours, which is what an hourly bill is made of. Splitting the same jobs that way turns one wide city figure into four narrow ones you can actually plan against.
The right hand column matters as much as the price. A row built on sixty jobs describes the middle of a real pattern; a row built on fifteen is a smaller sample and the band around it is honestly wider.
| Home size | Middle move | Middle half fell between | Moves measured |
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| 1 bedroom | Middle move $663 | Middle half fell between $469 to $936 | Moves measured 163 |
| 2 bedroom | Middle move $900 | Middle half fell between $584 to $1,383 | Moves measured 133 |
| 3 bedroom | Middle move $1,354 | Middle half fell between $986 to $1,786 | Moves measured 60 |
| 4 bedroom | Middle move $1,604 | Middle half fell between $1,049 to $2,459 | Moves measured 15 |
How the hourly rate builds those totals
Every local Edmonton move is billed against one of these rates for the hours worked. The crew and the truck are chosen with you before the day, the rate is written into the agreement, and nothing about it changes once the job starts.
The totals above are what we invoiced, tax included. The hourly rates below are quoted before tax, and a move agreement also carries our standard operations fee, which the crew confirms with you before the truck rolls.
These are the same rates in all six Cactus cities. The card a crew in Edmonton is billed against is the card a crew in Calgary is billed against, on a weekday, a weekend or a holiday.
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2 movers + 1 truck (16 ft)
$119 - $179/h
2 HOURS MINIMUM
* One-time operations fee applies
- 1-2 Beds Apartments
- Studio Moves
- Appliance Moving
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3 movers + 1 truck (26 ft)
$179 - $219/h
2 HOURS MINIMUM
* One-time operations fee applies
- 3+ Beds Apartments
- Office Moves
- Residential Houses
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4 movers + 1 truck (26 ft)
$229 - $269/h
2 HOURS MINIMUM
* One-time operations fee applies
- Warehouse Moves
- 5+Beds Houses
- Restaurant Relocations
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Where the hours go on an Edmonton move
Four places where a morning quietly turns into an afternoon, and what to do about each.
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Winter access is a real cost
An unshovelled walk and an icy alley slow a carry to a crawl and put a crew on salt duty. Clearing both ends the night before is the cheapest half hour anybody in this city ever spends.
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One parking spot beats four flights
Distance from the door to the truck gets walked dozens of times. A reserved stall, a coned driveway or a word with the neighbours shortens every one of those trips and shows up on the bill.
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Label by room, not by contents
A box marked kitchen goes straight to the kitchen. A box marked miscellaneous gets set down in a hallway and moved again later, and the second carry is the one you pay for twice.
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Take the appliances off the list if you can
A fridge or a washer has to be disconnected, strapped and walked down by two people. If the new place already has them, or the sale includes them, saying so early takes a whole segment out of the day.
The Edmonton moving calendar, as we lived it
August, June and July hold the most completed local moves in Edmonton.
That is 84, 75 and 70 jobs out of the 605 measured here, and it counts work already done rather than what is free to book.
Our busiest months are not our most expensive ones. The rate is the same in the deep of winter as it is at the height of summer; what changes with the season is how far ahead a specific date needs booking.
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How much do movers cost in Edmonton?
The middle local move in Edmonton was billed $745 with tax in, and half of the 605 jobs we closed here landed between $473 and $1,188. That total is the hourly rate against the hours worked, with no deposit taken and no fuel surcharge added.
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What should a one bedroom move cost in Edmonton?
$663 is the middle figure across 163 one bedroom jobs, with half of them between $469 and $936. It is the tightest band on the page because a one bedroom is the most predictable day of work we do, usually two movers and one truck.
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How long does an Edmonton move take?
The middle job was billed 4.13 hours and half of them ran between 2.75 and 6.25 hours. That is time at your addresses with the crew working, not time on the road, because there is no charge for travel time within city limits.
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What does a three bedroom house cost to move here?
$1,354 is the middle of the 60 three bedroom moves we have completed in Edmonton, and half of them fell between $986 and $1,786. The step up from a two bedroom is mostly furniture that needs two people and a second trip up the stairs.
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Is any of this an average?
No, and the difference matters. Every figure here is a median or a quartile, so one unusual job cannot pull the number. An average of our Edmonton work would sit higher than $745 and would describe nobody's move.
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Does the price change if I move at the end of the month?
The rate does not, and it does not change with the season either. End of month and weekend dates fill earliest because leases turn over then, so the practical cost of leaving it late is the date you wanted rather than the money. Book the slot early and the price is the price.
More on moving in Edmonton
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