Meadowlark Park Movers, Edmonton
Cactus has completed over 200 residential moves across southwest Edmonton: Meadowlark Park and the 54 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 Meadowlark Park: what we know about moving here
Meadowlark Park is an owner-occupied neighbourhood of houses with a low-rise apartment fringe, and the interesting tension in it is between the size of the homes and the size of the households: just over a third of them are a single person. A house-sized front door often opens on a one-person load, which is why access, meaning how close the truck can get and how many steps sit between it and the door, tends to decide the day here more than the room count does.
Nothing stands five storeys or more, so there is no tower lift to book and no loading bay to reserve. The hours and prices below come from the ring of southwest Edmonton communities Meadowlark Park sits inside, which is the closest measure we hold of what a move here takes.
Moving costs around Meadowlark Park, by the numbers
That comparison covers 54 communities in southwest Edmonton, Garneau, Haddow, Terwillegar South and everything else next to Meadowlark Park, carrying 208 residential moves between them. The middle one ran 4.75 hours on site and came to $887 with tax in, with half landing between $486 and $1,626. The grading is 69% small, 26% medium and 5% large, and that mix is why the band is as wide as it is: at one hourly rate, the difference between those gradings is a difference in hours.
- The comparison set
- 54 neighbourhoods · 208 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 4.75 median
- How big those moves are
- 69% small · 26% medium · 5% large
- Busiest months
- August, June and July
- What those moves cost
- $887 median
communities in southwest Edmonton: this one and every community next to it
half ran 2.5–7.56 hours · 208 moves
August 30, June 27, July 25
half fell between $486 and $1,626 · based on 208 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Meadowlark Park?
The median local move across the southwest Edmonton communities around Meadowlark Park costs $887, total cost with tax, and half of those 208 jobs fell between $486 and $1,626. Cactus charges by the hour on a local move, so the rate follows the number of movers and the size of the truck, and the agreement states it before the crew starts.
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Why is the price range around Meadowlark Park so wide?
Because one median has to cover every size of home. Of the 208 moves in the surrounding southwest communities, 69% graded small, 26% medium and 5% large, and at a single hourly rate those are three quite different days, which is how the band ends up running from $486 to $1,626.
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How long does a move around Meadowlark Park take?
The middle job across those 208 southwest Edmonton moves ran 4.75 hours on site, with half of them finishing between 2.5 and 7.56 hours. Since there is no charge for travel time within city limits, that is time the crew spends working rather than driving.
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Does a smaller load mean a cheaper move in Meadowlark Park?
It means a shorter one, which comes to the same thing on an hourly bill: the rate is set by the number of movers and the size of the truck, not by how full the truck is. In a neighbourhood where a third of households are a single person living in a house, the gap between the size of the home and the size of the load is a real one.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Meadowlark Park?
Only if the truck has to occupy the roadway, since a driveway or an off-street space needs nothing. Edmonton issues an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit for road occupancy, currently without a fee, and asks for it a minimum of 6 working days before low-impact work such as a move, with about 6 business days of processing behind the request.
Call Edmonton or get a quote online. Either works.
Meadowlark Park neighbourhood guide for moving day
Two things on this panel are worth acting on. The first is that this is low-rise, owner-occupied housing, so there is nobody to book before the date, no building management, no service lift and no loading bay, and the whole question becomes where the truck can stand. The second follows from it: if the answer is the roadway rather than a driveway, Edmonton's street-occupancy permit is the mechanism, and it counts its notice in working days rather than hours. That makes it a task for the week before the move rather than the morning of it.
Most homes in Meadowlark Park were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 2,670
- Homes
- 1,180
- What people live in
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- 75% single-detached houses
- 23% apartments in low-rise buildings
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 0% of homes
- One-person households
- 35%
People per household
2.3
2021 federal census
2021 federal census
- Owned or rented
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- 84% owned
- 16% 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 Meadowlark Park 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 Meadowlark Park’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 & Lovish were awesome! They navigated a very awkward and heavy aquairum through a small space that looked almost impossible. Super impressed with Cactus movers. Highly recommend!
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
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- Garneau 21 moves
- Haddow 11 moves
- Terwillegar South 11 moves
- Chappelle 9 moves
- Blue Quill 8 moves
- Brander Gardens 8 moves
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- Rideau Park
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