Jackson Heights Movers, Edmonton
Cactus has completed over 110 residential moves across southeast Edmonton: Jackson Heights and the 34 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Or call (825) 526-2626 nowMovers in Jackson Heights: what we know about moving here
Jackson Heights is house work. Most of its homes are detached, most households own them, and the ordinary household here holds three people: the profile that fills a truck rather than a van. Two things follow. The day is set by a possession date rather than a lease end, so it is usually known well ahead; and the load is a whole home, with a garage and a basement behind the rooms rather than a unit’s worth of boxes.
Access is ground level throughout: a driveway, a front step and an interior stair, with no tower lift to reserve and no loading bay to share. The southeast Edmonton communities around Jackson Heights supply the measured figures below.
Moving costs around Jackson Heights, by the numbers
That set is 34 southeast Edmonton communities with 113 residential moves behind it: 64% small, 28% medium and 8% large. The middle day ran 4 hours on site, half of the jobs between 2.5 and 6.5 hours, and the middle bill came to $789 with tax counted, half of the 113 landing between $500 and $1,216. Summerside and Bonnie Doon contribute the most of them. The set pools apartments with houses, so it is a band rather than a quote for a detached home.
- The comparison set
- 34 neighbourhoods · 113 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 4 median
- How big those moves are
- 64% small · 28% medium · 8% large
- Busiest months
- August, June and November
- What those moves cost
- $789 median
communities in southeast Edmonton: this one and every community next to it
half ran 2.5–6.5 hours · 113 moves
August 18, June 17, November 13
half fell between $500 and $1,216 · based on 113 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Jackson Heights?
$789 is the median local move across the 113 residential jobs recorded in the southeast Edmonton communities around Jackson Heights, total cost with tax, with half of them between $500 and $1,216. Cactus bills a local move by the hour, on a rate set by the number of movers and the size of the truck, and the agreement names it before the crew starts.
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Why is the price range so wide?
Because a single median has to cover every size of home in the set, from one room’s worth of furniture to a full house. Half of those 113 moves ran between 2.5 and 6.5 hours on site, and on an hourly rate the hours are the bill. What puts a job at one end is the volume coming out, the stairs behind it and how far the truck can park from the door.
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How long does a move in Jackson Heights take?
The middle job across those 113 southeast Edmonton moves ran 4 hours on site, with half between 2.5 and 6.5 hours. A detached home holding three people, with a garage and a basement to clear, sits towards the fuller side of that, so it is worth booking the day rather than the morning.
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Can you pack for me, and do you rent moving bins?
Yes to both, and both are quoted separately from the hourly moving rate. On a whole-house move they are usually the difference between a day that runs to plan and one that runs long, because the packing is the part most often unfinished when the crew arrives. Cactus is licensed, insured and bonded.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Jackson Heights?
Only if the truck has to stand on the roadway rather than the driveway. Edmonton covers that with an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit, which carries no fee at present and asks for a minimum of 6 working days’ notice on low-impact work, 10 on high-impact. That is easy enough to meet where the date has been fixed for weeks.
Call Edmonton or get a quote online. Either works.
Jackson Heights neighbourhood guide for moving day
One line on this panel does most of the work, and it is ownership. Owned homes move on possession dates rather than lease ends, which means the date is usually settled weeks ahead and there is room to arrange everything else around it. Nothing in Jackson Heights is in a building of five storeys or more, so no tower lift needs reserving with a building; the roadway can, though. Edmonton issues an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit for a truck standing on the road: no fee at present, a minimum of 6 working days’ notice for low-impact work and 10 for high-impact.
Most homes in Jackson Heights were built 1991 to 2000
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 4,195
- Homes
- 1,400
- What people live in
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- 77% single-detached houses
- 11% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 5% semi-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 0% of homes
- One-person households
- 15%
People per household
3.0
2021 federal census
2021 federal census
- Owned or rented
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- 81% owned
- 19% 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 Jackson Heights 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 Jackson Heights’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
Ivan, max, John, Nikita were awesome. Super hard working, extremely careful, friendly, professional - pleasure to have them move us!
5 out of 5
A few guys from Cactus movers stopped what they were doing to help us with something we were struggling with. This speaks volumes about their values! As movers and reglar people. Thank you.
5 out of 5
We could not be happier with their services. The 3 gentlemen that came to move us were extremely well mannered, courteous and knowledgeable. Definitely will recommend to everyone! Thank you.
5 out of 5
Highly recommended. Moving has been made super easy for us by Rajveer and Ivan. Both were super enthusiastic and followed the process efficiently.
5 out of 5
These guys are awesome. They go above and beyond very courteous and they’re careful with your products. I was very happy and would definitely use them again.
5 out of 5
The moving service is excellent and has made my move so much easier. Thanks a lot.
- Get your move quoted the same way
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
- Summerside 17 moves
- Bonnie Doon 16 moves
- King Edward Park 10 moves
- Ottewell 8 moves
- Ellerslie 7 moves
- Forest Heights 7 moves
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- Capilano
- Charlesworth
- Cloverdale
- Daly Grove
- Gold Bar
- Hazeldean
- Hillview
- Holyrood
- Idylwylde
- Kameyosek
- Larkspur
- Lee Ridge
- Mill Woods Park
- Pollard Meadows
- Richfield
- Ritchie
- Silver Berry
- Tipaskan
- Tweddle Place
- Wild Rose
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