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Glenora Movers, Edmonton

Cactus has completed at least 13 residential moves inside Glenora’s own community boundary, 7 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 Glenora: what we know about moving here

Glenora is a house neighbourhood with a tower edge. Most of it is detached and owner-occupied, but close to one home in five is in a building of five storeys or more. The neighbourhood therefore produces two genuinely different moving days, and which one you are booking decides everything from the crew to whether a lift has to be reserved.

Our own record here shows both. The middle of the at least 13 residential moves recorded inside Glenora ran 4.75 hours on site, but half of them spread from 3 hours to 8.75: a morning at one end, a full working day at the other. Crew size held at 2 across the median and both ends of that middle half. The middle local total was $646 with tax, taken from the 7 jobs that closed with a comparable local price, with quartiles at $454 and $1,009.

Glenora neighbourhood guide for moving day

Two access stories in one neighbourhood. Most of Glenora is detached housing, where the question is how close the truck can stand and how long the carry from there runs; close to one home in five is in a building of five storeys or more, where the lift and a loading spot are reserved with the building instead. Road space, where a driveway will not take a truck, is covered by Edmonton's On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit: no fee attached at present, 6 working days of lead time asked for a low-impact job and 10 for a heavier one.

Most homes in Glenora were built 1961 to 1980

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

People
3,710
Homes
1,505

People per household

2.5

2021 federal census

What people live in
  • 71% single-detached houses
  • 18% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
  • 8% apartments in low-rise buildings
In a building of five storeys or more
18% of homes
One-person households
30%

2021 federal census

Owned or rented
  • 77% owned
  • 23% 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 Glenora is something we do every week: talk to our Edmonton team

Glenora moving costs, by the numbers

Any residential job carrying a Glenora address on one side of the day is in this count. Take at least 13 as a minimum rather than a total; the 7 from the last twelve months are an exact count. Hours and crew size rest on all 13 jobs, the cost figures on the 7 with a comparable local total, and at that size the $454 to $1,009 range matters more than the $646 midpoint.

What a local move cost
$646 median

half fell between $454 and $1,009 · based on 7 residential moves, total cost with tax

Residential moves in Glenora
at least 13

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2024

In the last 12 months
7

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
4.75 median

half of these moves ran 3–8.75 hours · 13 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–2 · 13 moves

Simplified outline of the official Glenora community boundary in Edmonton, with a dot marking its centre.
Glenora’s own community boundary about 1.6 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move this size costs in Northwest Edmonton

Sizes of move cut out of the completed residential jobs in Northwest Edmonton, the communities beside this one. Glenora has fewer than five of its own at each size, and a band resting on fewer than five moves is not published here at any scope.

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

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northwest Edmonton

$710
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $532 and $980 · 91 moves

  • 4 hours on site half ran 3–5.25 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move across the northwest Edmonton communities beside Glenora runs 4 hours on site at the median, with 2 movers and 1 truck, and half of the 91 jobs behind it took between 3 and 5.25 hours. It is a bedroom, a living room and a kitchen's worth of boxes; a lift, a staircase and how far the truck can stand from the door are what move a job inside that band.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Edmonton, across 91 moves.

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

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northwest Edmonton

$803
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $582 and $1,307 · 48 moves

  • 4.63 hours on site half ran 3.5–6.75 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A two-bedroom apartment or condo in northwest Edmonton adds about half an hour to the median day. That is 4.63 hours across 48 completed moves, still 2 movers and 1 truck, with half of them between 3.5 and 6.75 hours. The money band is wider than the hours suggest, $582 to $1,307 for the middle half, because a second bedroom's worth of boxes varies more than its furniture does. Packing services are quoted separately.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Edmonton, across 48 moves.

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

A three-bedroom house move in Northwest Edmonton

$1,794
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,233 and $2,789 · 14 moves

  • 6.38 hours on site half ran 5.56–9.44 hours
  • 3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A three-bedroom house is where the crew goes to 3 movers and the day goes to 6.38 hours at the median, across 14 completed northwest Edmonton moves with half between 5.56 and 9.44 hours. The median total is $1,794, and half of those 14 landed between $1,233 and $2,789. It is a wide band, because at this size the basement, the garage and how much is already boxed matter more than the bedroom count.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Edmonton, across 14 moves.

One of these look like your move? Where in its band you land comes down to the date, the building and how far the walk to the truck is. Price your own move

How much does it cost to move in Glenora?

The median local move in Glenora costs $646, total cost with tax, taken from the 7 completed jobs here that closed with a comparable local total, with half of them between $454 and $1,009. Because the day is billed by the hour, the spread matters more here than the midpoint: Glenora's middle half runs from 3 to 8.75 hours on site, and the total follows the hours.

  • What does a three-bedroom house move cost near Glenora?

    $1,794 is the median for a three-bedroom house move across the northwest Edmonton communities around Glenora, from 14 completed jobs, with half of them between $1,233 and $2,789. That is 3 movers, 1 truck and 6.38 hours on site. Since most of Glenora is detached housing, that card is the closer read for a whole-house move here than the small sample inside the boundary is.

  • Why do Glenora moves take longer than the ones around them?

    The middle Glenora job runs 4.75 hours on site against 3.75 across the 253 moves in the surrounding northwest communities, and the spread is what explains it: half of the Glenora jobs fall anywhere between 3 and 8.75 hours. A neighbourhood that is mostly detached houses produces whole-house days, and a whole-house day is longer than a one-bedroom one at the same hourly rate.

  • Is a condo move in Glenora different from a house move?

    Different day, same hourly rate. Close to one home in five in Glenora is in a building of five storeys or more, and those jobs turn on a service lift and a loading spot reserved with the building; the detached majority turns instead on where the truck can stand and how long the carry is. Both are billed for the hours worked, with no charge for travel time within city limits.

  • Is there a deposit or a fuel surcharge on a Glenora move?

    No to both. There is no deposit on a local move, no fuel surcharge, and no charge for travel time within city limits. The hourly rate in the agreement covers the movers and a truck sized to the job, and the $646 median above is a total with tax rather than a subtotal.

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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 Glenora’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 had a great time with cactus moving! Ivan & Vlad were incredibly fast, efficient, and friendly! Would highly recommend to everyone!

    Nathaniel Mcmillan

    July 2026

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  • 5 out of 5

    Thank you so much for the move. Andrii, Ali and Vladimir. They were good!!!

    Heather Peckitt

    October 2024 · 1 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    George Raj Matt Guys were respectful, fast, with the challenges they provided great service.

    Leanne Cardinal

    December 2025 · 2 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    George and Ruslan were the two people who came to help me with moving and this being my first time getting movers I was impressed. They were so courteous, helpful, quick, kind and above all respectful. I would recommend them in future. Thank you Cactus Moving for your amazing help.

    Els

    December 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Thank you to George and his team for helping with the move! Great guys, they really know their job. Highly recommend!

    Ruslan Kravchuk

    December 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Great company! Communication was wonderful, everything was done in time. Fully recommend! And thanks for our wonderful little green friend - a cactus plant, this is so nice!

    Alexandra Nechytailo

    December 2025

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Reading one that sounds like your move? Our Edmonton coordinators will walk through the whole day with you before anything is booked: call the Edmonton office

Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Edmonton

Around Glenora sit 24 northwest Edmonton communities carrying 253 residential moves between them, with Oliver and Downtown the heaviest contributors and Queen Mary Park, Westmount, Inglewood and Grovenor behind them. Their middle job runs 3.75 hours and their median is $700, half of them between $496 and $1,065. Glenora's own middle job runs an hour longer at 4.75 but lands lower on price at $646, which is what happens when a small set of priced jobs is weighted toward the smaller ones.

Measure Glenora Northwest Edmonton
Median local move $646 $700
Median crew hours on site half of Glenora’s ran 3–8.75 hours 4.75 hrs 3.75 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job 54% 76%
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 24 communities, this one and everything next to it at least 13 253

In Glenora 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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