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Oliver Movers, Edmonton

Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves inside Oliver’s own community boundary, 56 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 Oliver: what we know about moving here

Oliver is a tower neighbourhood of renters living alone, and almost nothing about a move here works the way a move out of a house works. The job starts at a building entrance, a service lift and a loading bay that somebody else controls, and it follows a lease date fixed weeks in advance. The loads are small, single-occupant households in apartments, so the time cost sits in the vertical distance and the waiting rather than in the volume.

That shows in the record. Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves inside Oliver's own boundary since 2024, 56 of them in the last twelve months, and 80% graded small. The middle job finished in 3.75 hours on site with two movers, and came to $674 with tax across the 79 that closed with a comparable local total, both a little under the surrounding northwest set, where the medians are 4 hours and $711.

Oliver neighbourhood guide for moving day

Two things about this panel decide an Oliver move. Most of the housing is in buildings of five storeys or more, which makes the service lift and the loading bay the two things worth arranging with building management before the date; a booked lift is the difference between a 3.75-hour job and a considerably longer one. The households are small and mostly single-occupant, so the load itself is rarely the constraint and the vertical distance is. If the truck still cannot get close enough, road space runs through Edmonton's street-occupancy permit, which counts its notice in working days rather than hours.

Most homes in Oliver were built 1961 to 1980

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

People
18,695
Homes
12,010

People per household

1.5

2021 federal census

What people live in
  • 68% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
  • 31% apartments in low-rise buildings
In a building of five storeys or more
68% of homes
One-person households
63%

2021 federal census

Owned or rented
  • 28% owned
  • 72% 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 Oliver is something we do every week: talk to our Edmonton team

Oliver moving costs, by the numbers

The band counts household jobs where Oliver was the address at one end of the move or the other. Over 80 is a floor and not a total; the 56 from the last twelve months, by contrast, are exact. Hours, crew size and direction use all 89 jobs, while the cost line rests on the 79 that closed with a comparable local total.

What a local move cost
$674 median

half fell between $488 and $924 · based on 79 residential moves, total cost with tax

Residential moves in Oliver
over 80

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2024

In the last 12 months
56

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
3.75 median

half of these moves ran 2.75–5 hours · 89 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–2 · 89 moves

Simplified outline of the official Oliver community boundary in Edmonton, with a dot marking its centre.
Oliver’s own community boundary about 1.8 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Oliver actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 89 completed residential jobs in Oliver. Another 31 were storage runs, container loads and part-home jobs whose paperwork records no bedroom count; they belong to none of the four.

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

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Oliver

$730
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $593 and $953 · 43 moves

  • 4.25 hours on site half ran 3.5–5 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Two movers and one truck handle a one-bedroom move in Oliver, and the middle of the 43 recorded finished in 4.25 hours on site, with half between 3.5 and 5. This is 48% of everything we have completed here, so it is the shape of the neighbourhood's work: a bedroom, a living room and a kitchen's worth of boxes, and a day whose length is set by the lift and the walk from it to the truck rather than by the volume.

48% of the moves we have completed in Oliver · 43 moves

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

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Oliver

$692
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $560 and $937 · 12 moves

  • 3.75 hours on site half ran 3.44–5.81 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Still two movers and one truck, and the middle of the 12 two-bedroom moves in Oliver ran 3.75 hours, no longer than a one-bedroom at the median on a sample this size. Half fell between $560 and $937. At 14% of the book here it is the next most common size on this page after the one-bedroom, and the day runs the same way: one truck, one lift booking, and a load that fits a single run more often than not.

14% of the moves we have completed in Oliver · 12 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

$1,724
Median, total cost with tax

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

  • 7.75 hours on site half ran 5.88–9.44 hours
  • 3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A three-bedroom house move across northwest Edmonton is three movers, one truck and 7.75 hours on site at the median of the 14 recorded, nearly twice the length of the one-bedroom day above, with half of them costing between $1,233 and $2,789. At this size the garage and the basement count for as much as the bedrooms do, which is why the band is so wide. Oliver has fewer than five moves of this size, so these figures describe the surrounding northwest communities rather than the neighbourhood.

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 Oliver?

The median local move in Oliver costs $674, total cost with tax, and half of the 79 jobs that closed with a comparable local total fell between $488 and $924. Rates are hourly and set by the number of movers and the size of the truck, with the agreement stating the rate before the crew starts.

  • What does a one-bedroom move in Oliver cost?

    $730 is the median for a one-bedroom move in Oliver, and half of the 43 we have completed fell between $593 and $953: two movers, one truck and 4.25 hours on site. That size is 48% of everything recorded here, so it is the closest thing this page has to a typical job.

  • What does a two-bedroom move in Oliver cost?

    $692 is the median for a two-bedroom move in Oliver, with half of the 12 recorded between $560 and $937 and a median of 3.75 hours on site. That is a smaller sample than the one-bedroom band above it, so read the figure as the middle of a dozen real days rather than as a rate.

  • How long does a move in Oliver take?

    The middle move in Oliver finished in 3.75 hours on site, with half of the 89 recorded running between 2.75 and 5 hours and a median crew of two movers. In a neighbourhood where most homes sit in buildings of five storeys or more, a booked service lift is the single thing most likely to keep a job inside that window.

  • Is it cheaper to move at a certain time of year in Oliver?

    No, the hourly rate does not change by month, so no date in Oliver is priced differently from another. July, May and October carry the most completed moves here, but what moves with the season is how much work there is rather than what it costs; the size of the job is still the only real lever on the bill.

  • Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Oliver?

    Only where the truck has to occupy the roadway rather than a loading bay or an off-street space. Edmonton covers that with an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit, currently without a fee, asking a minimum of 6 working days of notice for low-impact work and 10 for higher-impact jobs, with about 6 business days of processing.

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Moving to Oliver, or out of it

Slightly more of the moves attributed to Oliver leave it than arrive: 39 out against 37 in, or 44% and 42%. Because most of the neighbourhood rents, both directions are usually a lease ending rather than a sale closing, so the date is fixed weeks ahead, the building wants notice, and the lift is booked by somebody other than you.

The remaining 13, 15% of the total, ran from one Oliver address to another, and that is the version with two building bookings instead of one. Downtown is the community these moves most often connect with at the other end. Whichever way yours runs, the crew, the truck and the hourly rate are the same; what changes is whose loading bay has to be reserved.

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 Oliver’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 and Sergey did a great job. We had an unanticipated rush and they powered through. We really appreciated their great work.

    Case Littlewood

    moved from Inglewood to Oliver, August 2026 · 2 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    It was one of the best service experience I have had recently. They arrived in the time specified. They were friendly, professional, efficient and courteous.

    Noel Mdluli

    moved within Oliver, May 2026 · 1 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    This company is professional and their pricing was reasonable. The administrators were clear and informative. I was moving a big commercial fridge from a downtown location with limited tight parking and the crew, Ivan and Raj, did great! They made it stress free and a positive experience!

    Dara Talsma

    May 2026

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  • 5 out of 5

    Thanks to Lovish and Gift for all the help today ! Good job guys

    Douglas Rivero

    moved from Oliver to Paisley, March 2026 · 1 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    Wonderful stress-free move! Lovish and Gift took great care of my office move. Great service that went above and beyond. Will definitely hire Cactus moving again!

    Lisa Burden

    moved from Coronet Industrial to Oliver, February 2026

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  • 5 out of 5

    Ivan and his team did a wonderful job And completed the moving within 2. 5 hours and took everything with extra care. They were friendly, efficient and communicated effectively. Would recommend

    Abdullah Al Wahid

    moved from Belvedere to Oliver, February 2026 · 1 bedroom

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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Edmonton

Set against the 22 northwest Edmonton communities around it, Downtown, Queen Mary Park, Westmount, Inglewood, Glenora and Grovenor, Oliver runs shorter and lower. Those 201 pooled moves have a 4-hour median and a $711 midpoint; Oliver's own 89 sit at 3.75 hours and $674, and its upper quartile begins at $924 where the pooled one reaches $1,091. Both come off the same hourly rate, so what differs is the length of the day. Each page below carries its own figures.

The neighbourhood we swap moves with most is Downtown: 7 jobs from there and 5 jobs back.

Measure Oliver Northwest Edmonton
Median local move $674 $711
Median crew hours on site half of Oliver’s ran 2.75–5 hours 3.75 hrs 4 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job 80% 73%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published July, May and October May, August and April
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 22 communities, this one and everything next to it over 80 201

In Oliver 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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