What does a one-bedroom move in Garneau cost?

$671 is the median for a one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Garneau, from 12 completed jobs, with half of them between $432 and $801. That is 2 movers, 1 truck and 3.75 hours on site, and it is 57% of the work we have done here. The three cards beside it cover the larger sizes using moves from the southwest Edmonton communities around Garneau.

Why is a move in Garneau cheaper than one in the surrounding southwest communities?

Because the jobs are smaller, not because the rate is different: 86% of Garneau moves were graded small against 69% across the 212 moves in the surrounding southwest communities, and the median day here is 3.5 hours against 4.75. One hourly rate applied to a shorter day is a smaller total, $581 against $887.

How long does a move in Garneau take?

The middle move inside Garneau ran 3.5 hours on site, with half of the 21 jobs between 2 and 4.25 hours and a crew of 2 at the median. Because there is no charge for travel time within city limits, those on-site hours are what the invoice is built from. In a neighbourhood where most homes sit behind a lift, how quickly the lift is free is part of them.

What is a high-rise move in Garneau like?

It is a booking problem before it is a lifting problem: most homes in Garneau are in a building of five storeys or more, so the service lift and somewhere for the truck to stand are reserved with the building, usually days ahead. The load itself is generally light. The middle job is 2 movers, 1 truck and 3.5 hours, and the hourly rate covers both.

Do you charge for travel time to Garneau?

No. Travel time within city limits is not charged, so a Garneau move is billed for the hours the crew is actually working. Across the moves completed here that is a median of 3.5 hours, with half of them between 2 and 4.25.

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Movers in Garneau: what we know about moving here

Garneau is a high-rise, rented, one-person neighbourhood, and that is the whole shape of a move here. Most of its homes are in a building of five storeys or more, most are rented, and more than half hold a single occupant. So a job in Garneau typically runs to a lease date, a service lift and a loading spot booked with somebody who is not you. The households are small enough that the load is rarely the constraint; the vertical trip is.

The work matches. 86% of the over 20 residential moves recorded inside Garneau were graded small, the middle one ran 3.5 hours on site with 2 movers, and half of them fell between 2 and 4.25 hours. The middle local total was $581 with tax across the 20 jobs that closed with a comparable price, and 12 of the moves happened in the last twelve months.

Garneau neighbourhood guide for moving day

Most homes in Garneau are in a building of five storeys or more, so most moves here begin or end at a service lift. Book it with the building, and reserve somewhere for the truck to stand, before the date rather than on it. The households are small and single-occupant more often than not, so the load itself is rarely the constraint. The clock runs on the vertical trip. Road space, where it is needed, goes through Edmonton's On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit, currently unpriced, with 6 working days of notice asked for a low-impact job.

Most homes in Garneau were built 1961 to 1980

2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home

People: 6,605
Homes: 3,820
What people live in: 60% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
26% apartments in low-rise buildings
7% single-detached houses
In a building of five storeys or more: 60% of homes
One-person households: 53%

2021 federal census

Owned or rented: 21% owned
79% rented

2021 federal census, 25% sample

Booking the curb

On-Street Construction and Maintenance (OSCAM) Permit

City of Edmonton

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 Garneau is something we do every week: talk to our Edmonton team

Garneau moving costs, by the numbers

Included are residential jobs that started at a Garneau address or finished at one. Over 20 is a lower bound, and the 12 from the last twelve months are exact. Of the 21 jobs behind the hours and crew figures, 20 closed with a comparable local total, and those 20 are the base for the $581 median and the $365 to $747 band.

What a local move cost: $581 median
Residential moves in Garneau: over 20
In the last 12 months: 12
Crew hours on site: 3.5 median
Crew size: 2 movers median

Garneau’s own community boundary about 1.1 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Garneau actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 21 completed residential jobs in Garneau. Another 6 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 apartment or condo move in Garneau

$671
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $432 and $801 · 12 moves

3.75 hours on site half ran 2.44–4.25 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A one-bedroom apartment or condo accounts for most of the work in Garneau, 57% of the moves we have completed here. The median runs 3.75 hours on site with 2 movers and 1 truck, and half of the 12 behind it fell between 2.44 and 4.25 hours. At a $671 median, with half between $432 and $801, it is a tight band: with a booked lift and somewhere for the truck to stand, this size of job is a morning.

57% of the moves we have completed in Garneau · 12 moves

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southwest Edmonton

$1,082
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $663 and $1,760 · 45 moves

5.75 hours on site half ran 3.5–7.5 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A two-bedroom move across the southwest Edmonton communities beside Garneau takes 5.75 hours at the median with 3 movers and 1 truck, and half of the 45 jobs behind it ran between 3.5 and 7.5 hours. That is two hours more than a one-bedroom for what is nominally one extra room, and most of the difference is boxes. Packing services are available separately and are the lever on this size of day.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Edmonton, across 45 moves.

A three-bedroom house or townhouse move in Southwest Edmonton

$1,613
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,068 and $2,280 · 32 moves

8.13 hours on site half ran 6–9.5 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A three-bedroom house or townhouse in southwest Edmonton runs 8.13 hours at the median across 32 completed moves, with 3 movers and 1 truck, and half of them took between 6 and 9.5 hours. At this size the day is as much about the basement and the garage as about the bedrooms, which is why the money band is wide: half of the 32 landed between $1,068 and $2,280.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Edmonton, across 32 moves.

A four-bedroom-plus house move in Southwest Edmonton

$2,232
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,249 and $2,877 · 12 moves

8.13 hours on site half ran 5.13–11 hours
4 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A four-bedroom-plus house move in southwest Edmonton is a different kind of day: 4 movers, 1 truck and 8.13 hours at the median across 12 completed jobs, with half of them running between 5.13 and 11 hours. The hourly rate is the same one every other job is billed at; what makes the day long is how much of the house is packed before the crew arrives. Half of those 12 came to between $1,249 and $2,877.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Edmonton, across 12 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in Garneau?

The median local move in Garneau costs $581, total cost with tax, and half of the 20 jobs that closed with a comparable local total fell between $365 and $747. Because the day is billed by the hour, that figure is really the 3.5-hour middle job with 2 movers priced out. Small jobs are 86% of the work here, which is why it sits where it does.

What does a one-bedroom move in Garneau cost?

$671 is the median for a one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Garneau, from 12 completed jobs, with half of them between $432 and $801. That is 2 movers, 1 truck and 3.75 hours on site, and it is 57% of the work we have done here. The three cards beside it cover the larger sizes using moves from the southwest Edmonton communities around Garneau.
Why is a move in Garneau cheaper than one in the surrounding southwest communities?

Because the jobs are smaller, not because the rate is different: 86% of Garneau moves were graded small against 69% across the 212 moves in the surrounding southwest communities, and the median day here is 3.5 hours against 4.75. One hourly rate applied to a shorter day is a smaller total, $581 against $887.
How long does a move in Garneau take?

The middle move inside Garneau ran 3.5 hours on site, with half of the 21 jobs between 2 and 4.25 hours and a crew of 2 at the median. Because there is no charge for travel time within city limits, those on-site hours are what the invoice is built from. In a neighbourhood where most homes sit behind a lift, how quickly the lift is free is part of them.
What is a high-rise move in Garneau like?

It is a booking problem before it is a lifting problem: most homes in Garneau are in a building of five storeys or more, so the service lift and somewhere for the truck to stand are reserved with the building, usually days ahead. The load itself is generally light. The middle job is 2 movers, 1 truck and 3.5 hours, and the hourly rate covers both.
Do you charge for travel time to Garneau?

No. Travel time within city limits is not charged, so a Garneau move is billed for the hours the crew is actually working. Across the moves completed here that is a median of 3.5 hours, with half of them between 2 and 4.25.

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Moving to Garneau, or out of it

Slightly more of the moves attributed to Garneau are people leaving than arriving: 11 ran out of the neighbourhood and 9 into it. In a place where most homes are rented, both directions are lease-shaped rather than sale-shaped, which means the date is fixed weeks ahead and the building at one end of it wants notice.

That makes the sequence the thing to get right. A departure needs the lift and the loading spot booked at the address being left; an arrival needs the same at the new one; a same-day move needs both. The crew, the truck and the hourly rate do not change with direction. Only the building manager you have to call does.

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 Garneau’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
Cactus moving was great and made the move super easy! George and Raj were super careful and made sure everything was done seamless.
Olivia Powell
moved from Garneau to McKernan, March 2026 · 1 bedroom
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5 out of 5
I just used cactus moving. From talking on the phone from booking & when the movers showed up, it was all very professional... The movers names were George & Andre, two younger Ukrainian fellows. Very nice & professional... If you want guys to get the job done.
Clayton Romanchuk
March 2026 · 2 bedroom
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5 out of 5
They help us to unload a trailer today. Ivan and his coworker Noah were great. Ivan is an super expert mover. Not any mess or hitting to the walls. And they don't waste 1 minutes. Thankssss and they gave us a gift
Mehdi Davoodi
February 2026
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5 out of 5
Lovish and gift are amazing the moving went very well they did good.
ヅshiina
February 2026
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5 out of 5
Big shout out to George and Lovish who moved 4400 sq ft worth of furniture , in under 6 hours, during a snow storm. They arrived on time, with an extremely positive attitude despite knowing that they had to work in -25 degree weather.
Christina H
February 2026
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5 out of 5
George and Lovish were amazing and very accommodating while moving a fridge for my grandparents! The delivery was very timely despite the 2 feet of snow and a rocking blizzard and they navigated the tight spaces of our home with ease!
Meagan Reinert
February 2026
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Edmonton

The 54 southwest Edmonton communities below, led by Haddow and Terwillegar South with Chappelle, Blue Quill, Brander Gardens and Empire Park behind them, carry 212 residential moves at a 4.75 hour median and an $887 midpoint, with a middle half from $486 to $1,607. Garneau's own numbers sit well under that on both counts, at 3.5 hours and $581, because 86% of its jobs are small where 69% of the pooled set is. Each page below carries its own figures.

Measure	Garneau	Southwest Edmonton
Median local move	$581	$887
Median crew hours on site half of Garneau’s ran 2–4.25 hours	3.5 hrs	4.75 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	86%	69%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published	July	August, April and July
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 54 communities, this one and everything next to it	over 20	212

In Garneau 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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