Rio Terrace Movers, Edmonton
Cactus has completed over 190 residential moves across southwest Edmonton: Rio Terrace and the 55 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 Rio Terrace: what we know about moving here
Rio Terrace is a neighbourhood of houses and very little else: virtually every home is a single-detached house, virtually all of them owner-occupied, and not one is in a building of five storeys or more. No lobbies, no lifts to book, no loading bays. A job here is a house, a driveway and a stair.
That uniformity is useful when planning. With ownership near-universal, dates here follow possession days rather than month-end lease turnover, and with mid-sized households in full houses the loads run family-sized more often than not: a basement and a garage as often as bedrooms. The measured record below covers the southwest Edmonton communities Rio Terrace borders, which is the nearest answer we hold on what that day costs and how long it runs.
Moving costs around Rio Terrace, by the numbers
Garneau, Haddow, Terwillegar South, Brander Gardens and the rest next to it make 55 in all, with 200 completed residential moves between them. Their middle job took 4.75 hours on site for $887 with tax, and the central half of the work fell between $479 and $1,565, with 71% of it graded small. Since a local move is billed by the hour, plan against the range rather than the midpoint: what decides where a job falls in it is how much there is to carry and how far it travels between the door and the truck.
- The comparison set
- 55 neighbourhoods · 200 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 4.75 median
- How big those moves are
- 71% small · 25% medium · 5% large
- Busiest months
- August, June and April
- What those moves cost
- $887 median
communities in southwest Edmonton: this one and every community next to it
half ran 2.5–7.81 hours · 200 moves
August 29, June 25, April 23
half fell between $479 and $1,565 · based on 200 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Rio Terrace?
The median local move across the southwest Edmonton communities around Rio Terrace is $887, total cost with tax, and half of those 200 completed jobs fell between $479 and $1,565.
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Is it cheaper to move at a certain time of year in Rio Terrace?
No. The hourly rate does not change by month, so no date in Rio Terrace is priced differently from another. What moves with the season is how much work there is: across the southwest Edmonton communities the busiest months have been August, June and April. Because ownership here is near-universal, dates follow possession days rather than month-end lease turnover in any case.
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What does a house move in Rio Terrace involve?
All of it happens between a front door and the curb: 98% of the homes here are single-detached and none are in a building of five storeys or more, so there is no lift or loading bay to book with a building. What decides the total is the amount to carry and the route out, because the rate is hourly. Across the 200 moves in the surrounding communities the median day ran 4.75 hours, with half between 2.5 and 7.81.
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Do you charge for travel time to Rio Terrace?
No. There is no charge for travel time within city limits, so a Rio Terrace move is billed for the hours the crew is actually working, a median of 4.75 of them across the surrounding communities. What that leaves on the bill is the work itself, and in a neighbourhood of full houses that usually means a basement and a garage on top of the bedrooms.
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Rio Terrace neighbourhood guide for moving day
Detached houses at 98% and nothing in a building of five storeys or more means the whole day happens between a front door and the curb: no tower lift to book, no building manager to clear it with, no loading bay to hold. What is worth sorting out instead is the roadway, if the truck needs to sit in it. Edmonton issues an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit for that. It is free to hold at the moment, takes in the region of 6 business days to come back, and low-impact work wants 6 working days of warning, which peak construction season stretches out.
Most homes in Rio Terrace were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 1,260
- Homes
- 500
- What people live in
- 98% single-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 0% of homes
- One-person households
- 20%
People per household
2.5
2021 federal census
2021 federal census
- Owned or rented
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- 95% owned
- 5% 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 Rio Terrace 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 Rio Terrace’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
Alex and Vlad moved us from our apartment to our new house and I couldn’t be happier! They arrived on time, worked quickly and efficiently and had all the proper equipment to protect our floors and furniture. I would highly recommend this company!
5 out of 5
George, Abdul and Max were efficient and thoughtful. They were mindful of the space and time.
5 out of 5
Great communication, well organized, efficient, respectful, and hard working. Thank you for helping us move our basement in a timely manner after the flooding - it was reassuring knowing it was in your capable hands.
5 out of 5
Ivan and Serg were very professional. Nothing was damaged during the move. They arrived on time and it was a overall smooth process! The company seems to hire professional movers which is nice in comparison to what I have seen in the past with other companies.
5 out of 5
This is my third time using this company. From booking and finalizing with Becca to the moving service from Nikita, George and Vlad, I am very satisfied. My heavy move took 7 hours of their very hard work. I also recieved a couple small gifts from the company, as well, on the day of.
5 out of 5
Ivan, Craig and Serhii did a great job moving us. They were all very careful with our things and moved us very quickly
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Edmonton
- Garneau 21 moves
- Haddow 11 moves
- Terwillegar South 11 moves
- Chappelle 9 moves
- Blue Quill 8 moves
- Brander Gardens 8 moves
- Aldergrove
- Allard
- Aspen Gardens
- Belgravia
- Breckenridge Greens
- Brookside
- Bulyea Heights
- Callaghan
- Cameron Heights
- Carter Crest
- Crestwood
- Dechene
- Duggan
- Elmwood
- Empire Park
- Falconer Heights
- Grandview Heights
- Greenfield
- Henderson Estates
- Heritage Valley Town Centre
- Hodgson
- Jasper Park
- Laurier Heights
- Leger
- Lewis Estates
- Lymburn
- Lynnwood
- MacEwan
- Malmo Plains
- McKernan
- Meadowlark Park
- Parkallen
- Pleasantview
- Queen Alexandra
- Ramsay Heights
- Rideau Park
- Riverbend
- Rossdale
- Royal Gardens
- Rutherford
- Skyrattler
- Steinhauer
- Terwillegar Towne
- Wedgewood Heights
- West Jasper Place
- Windermere
- Windsor Park
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