Riverdale Movers, Edmonton
Cactus has completed over 160 residential moves across northeast Edmonton: Riverdale and the 33 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 Riverdale: what we know about moving here
Riverdale is a neighbourhood of small households in a mixed housing stock. Over a third of its homes hold a single person, and what is behind that figure is split fairly evenly between detached houses and low-rise apartment buildings rather than led by one type. The load on a given job is usually a modest one, and the open question is which kind of front door it comes out of.
Almost none of it is tall. With 2% of homes in a building of five storeys or more, a move here is far more often a driveway and a staircase than a lobby, a booked lift and a shared loading bay; where a low-rise building is involved, the flights between the suite door and the truck are the part of the day worth planning around. Owners outnumber renters, which tends to tie a date to a possession day fixed months in advance rather than to the end of a lease.
The figures below are drawn from the ring of northeast Edmonton communities Riverdale sits inside, which is the closest measure held of what a job in this part of the city takes.
Moving costs around Riverdale, by the numbers
That ring is 33 northeast Edmonton communities holding 167 completed residential moves between them, with Downtown carrying 75 of the count on its own and Belvedere, Parkdale, Clareview Town Centre, Delwood and McCauley among the rest. Three-quarters of the work graded small, the middle job ran 4 hours on site, and the median came to $751 with tax in, with half of it landing between $499 and $1,175. It is a pooled figure covering every size of home in the ring, so read the spread rather than the midpoint.
- The comparison set
- 33 neighbourhoods · 167 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 4 median
- How big those moves are
- 76% small · 20% medium · 4% large
- Busiest months
- August, June and April
- What those moves cost
- $751 median
communities in northeast Edmonton: this one and every community next to it
half ran 2.75–5.5 hours · 167 moves
August 24, June 24, April 18
half fell between $499 and $1,175 · based on 167 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Riverdale?
The median residential move across the northeast Edmonton communities around Riverdale is $751, total cost with tax, and half of those 167 jobs fell between $499 and $1,175. Rates are hourly, set by the number of movers and the size of the truck the job needs, and the agreement states the rate before the crew starts.
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What does it cost to move out of an apartment in Riverdale?
An apartment move in Riverdale is billed from the same hourly rate as a house move, and it usually costs less, because a smaller load is fewer hours. Around a third of the homes here are apartments in low-rise buildings, so the day tends to be flights of stairs rather than a booked service lift. With 2% of homes in a tall building, the thing worth sorting in advance is where the truck can stand, not the elevator.
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How long does a local move in Riverdale take?
The middle job across the 167 moves in the northeast Edmonton communities around Riverdale ran 4 hours on site, and half of them took between 2.75 and 5.5 hours. Three-quarters of that work was graded small. Because the rate is hourly, the hours are what the total is made of, and the size of the load and the number of flights between it and the truck do most of the deciding.
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Why do moving quotes in Riverdale vary so much?
Because one median has to cover every size of home: half of the 167 nearby moves came in between $499 and $1,175, and that band holds a one-person apartment load and a full detached house at the same hourly rate. What separates them is hours, not the price per hour: the volume that has to come out, the flights it comes down, and the distance from the door to the truck.
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Do you charge for travel time to Riverdale?
No. Travel time within city limits is not charged, so a Riverdale move is billed for the hours the crew is actually working. There is no deposit on a local move either, and no fuel surcharge; the rate in the agreement is the whole of it.
Call Edmonton or get a quote online. Either works.
Riverdale neighbourhood guide for moving day
Two things decide a Riverdale moving day, and neither is a lift. The first is stairs: with the housing split between detached homes and low-rise buildings, the carry is vertical more often than it is long, and a walk-up suite adds flights rather than corridor. The second is the roadway. Edmonton covers a truck occupying it with an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit, currently issued without a fee, but the City wants a minimum of 6 working days notice for low-impact work and 10 for anything heavier, and processing slows through construction season.
Most homes in Riverdale were built 1991 to 2000
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 1,960
- Homes
- 950
- What people live in
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- 38% single-detached houses
- 32% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 16% semi-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 2% of homes
- One-person households
- 36%
People per household
2.1
2021 federal census
2021 federal census
- Owned or rented
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- 64% owned
- 36% 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 Riverdale 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 Riverdale’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
Nikita, Ivan and George did an amazing job. They were careful with all of our stuff and made sure everything was working when they were done. They went above and beyond. I would highly suggest cactus moving.
5 out of 5
I Have used them on 2 occasions to help move a family member out their house. 1st move house to storage that was a long move which is normal 8 hours with 2 movers not bad at all. 2nd move storage into the appartment ( Ivan and George load the truck under 1hr) . the move was done under 6 hours.
5 out of 5
Overall I had a great experience with my move. The quote was fast and all my questions were answered right away. I was a little surprised that the movers showed up in a U-Haul truck, but George and Nikita were efficient, respectful and professional.
5 out of 5
Ilia and Ivan were absolutely outstanding during our move from Saskatchewan to Alberta. They were punctual, professional, and handled everything with great care and efficiency.
5 out of 5
Ivan & Nikita & Rag did great work moving our heavy appliances and furniture. Thanks for the little cactus.
5 out of 5
Thanks for the amazing service and professionalism. Highly recommend George , Ivan and John ! 👌
- 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
- Downtown 75 moves
- Belvedere 12 moves
- Parkdale 8 moves
- Clareview Town Centre 7 moves
- Delwood 5 moves
- McCauley 5 moves
- Abbottsfield
- Alberta Avenue
- Balwin
- Beacon Heights
- Bellevue
- Belmont
- Casselman
- Eastwood
- Evansdale
- Fulton Place
- Glengarry
- Highlands
- Klarvatten
- Maple Ridge Industrial
- Matt Berry
- Montrose
- Newton
- Overlanders
- Sifton Park
- Westwood
- York
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