Dovercourt Movers, Edmonton
Cactus has completed over 260 residential moves across northwest Edmonton: Dovercourt and the 25 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Dovercourt is a neighbourhood of older detached houses. The middle home belongs to the oldest band the census records, most of the stock is single-detached and most of it is owned rather than rented. A job here is more often a whole house than a unit behind a shared door, with more rooms and more storage to clear than a flat of the same household size would hold. And the households themselves are small ones: this is a place of small households in whole houses.
What follows is measured across the neighbouring northwest Edmonton communities, which is the closest read we hold on a Dovercourt move.
Moving costs around Dovercourt, by the numbers
Pooled with its neighbours, Dovercourt sits in a set of 25 communities and 268 completed residential moves. 76% of them were graded small, 20% medium and 4% large. The middle one took 3.88 hours on site and came to $702 with tax, half of them falling between $486 and $1,084. Because the rate is hourly, the more rooms there are to empty and the more stairs between them and the truck, the further along that band a job runs.
- The comparison set
- 25 neighbourhoods · 268 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.88 median
- How big those moves are
- 76% small · 20% medium · 4% large
- Busiest months
- May, June and April
- What those moves cost
- $702 median
communities in northwest Edmonton: this one and every community next to it
half ran 2.75–5.81 hours · 268 moves
May 40, June 32, April 29
half fell between $486 and $1,084 · based on 268 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Dovercourt?
$702 is the median total with tax across the 268 residential moves in the northwest Edmonton communities around Dovercourt, with half of them falling between $486 and $1,084. Cactus bills a local move by the hour, at a rate set by the number of movers and the size of the truck, and the agreement carries it before the crew starts.
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What makes one Dovercourt move cost more than another?
The hours, on the same rate: the middle half of those 268 moves ran 2.75 to 5.81 hours on site and cost $486 to $1,084, and a local move is billed by the hour throughout. What puts a job at the longer end of that is volume and stairs: how much there is to carry, and how far it has to travel between the door and the truck. The rate itself does not move with the date or the address.
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How long does a move in Dovercourt take?
3.88 hours on site is the median across the 268 residential moves in the surrounding northwest Edmonton communities, with the middle half of them running 2.75 to 5.81 hours. 76% of that work graded small, 20% medium and 4% large. The sizes are what spread the hours, since the rate the crew and the truck are billed at does not change between them.
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Do you charge for travel time to Dovercourt?
No. There is no charge for travel time within city limits, so a Dovercourt move is billed only for the hours the crew is actually working. There is no deposit on a local move either, and no fuel surcharge; the $702 median above is total cost with tax rather than a subtotal.
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Dovercourt neighbourhood guide for moving day
Nothing in Dovercourt stands five storeys or more, so there is no tower lift to book and the day is decided at the kerb instead. Edmonton's On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit is what covers a truck occupying road space, and its timing is the thing to plan around: a minimum of 6 working days ahead for a low-impact request, 10 for a heavier one, with no fee attached at present. With the housing as old as it is, it is also worth confirming where the truck will actually sit before the date rather than on the morning.
Most homes in Dovercourt were built 1960 or before
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 2,115
- Homes
- 870
- What people live in
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- 82% single-detached houses
- 10% row houses
- 5% duplex apartments
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 0% of homes
- One-person households
- 25%
People per household
2.4
2021 federal census
2021 federal census
- Owned or rented
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- 75% owned
- 25% rented
2021 federal census, 25% sample
- What it costs
- No fee currently: OSCAM Permits associated with Temporary Crossing, Tree Shrub Hoarding and Waste Bin, POD or SeaCan work reasons currently have no fees associated with them. A daily permitting fee for on-street placement of commercial waste bins, PODs or SeaCans is planned but is on hold until further notice.
- How much notice
- Average processing time is 6 business days. Low-impact projects should be submitted a minimum of 6 working days prior to start of work; high-impact projects a minimum of 10 working days. Longer processing during peak construction season (March to October).
Not sure whether your block needs an OSCAM permit before the truck arrives? Booking the curb in Dovercourt is something we do every week: talk to our Edmonton team
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.
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 Dovercourt’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
181 five-star reviews with a written comment on our Edmonton listing since February 2024
5 out of 5
We used Cactus Moving for our recent move and they were great! The office staff (Faye) helped us out immensely when we were in a pickle due to a scheduling mishap with another Edmonton moving company, and got us booked in as quickly as possible.
5 out of 5
Moving with Cactus Moving was a real pleasure. Ivan L and Andrii exceeded all our expectations! They arrived on time, quickly assessed what needed to be done, and got to work. Each item was carefully packed and loaded into the truck.
5 out of 5
A great team helped me a lot today. I liked everything. Andrii was very attentive. I will definitely come again
5 out of 5
Working with Cactus Miving exceeded all our expectations! Ivan L and Andrii organized the entire process so that we did not have to worry about anything. Their friendliness and professionalism made the day special. We will contact them in the future!
5 out of 5
They moved us from Calgary to Edmonton very quickly and kept all our stuff safe. Special thanks to Ivan L and Andrii for their professionalism! Highest recommendation for Cactus Moving!
5 out of 5
Cactus moving is a company that knows what it's doing! From the very beginning, Ivan L and Andrii showed professionalism and care for our things. They quickly dealt with packing and loading, and we were confident in their safety.
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