Rosslyn Movers, Edmonton
Cactus has completed over 270 residential moves across northwest Edmonton: Rosslyn and the 26 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Rosslyn is a house neighbourhood, and that settles most of what a moving day here looks like. Two thirds of its homes are detached and not one of them is in a building of five storeys or more, so the work is a driveway or a kerb, a front door and an interior staircase. No lobby to get through, no service corridor, no lift shared with the rest of a building. The carry is short and the unknowns are few.
Owners outnumber renters here by a wide margin, which tends to tie a date to a possession day fixed months in advance rather than to the end of a month. A house move is also the kind where the whole household comes at once, a basement and a garage as well as the floors between them, so the length of the day is set by how much there is rather than by who else is using the door.
The band below is drawn from the ring of northwest Edmonton communities Rosslyn sits inside, Oliver, Downtown, Queen Mary Park and the rest of the neighbours on its border, and it is the closest measure held of what a job in this part of the city takes.
Moving costs around Rosslyn, by the numbers
Oliver, Downtown, Queen Mary Park, Westmount, Inglewood and Glenora are among the 26 northwest Edmonton communities in that ring, and 275 completed residential moves sit behind them. Three quarters were graded small, the middle job ran 3.75 hours on site, and the median came to $700 with tax in, with half of the work landing between $488 and $1,086. Rosslyn contributes to that picture from the house side of it, and a full detached home with a basement to clear is a longer day than the midpoint describes.
- The comparison set
- 26 neighbourhoods · 275 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.75 median
- How big those moves are
- 75% small · 21% medium · 5% large
- Busiest months
- May, August and April
- What those moves cost
- $700 median
communities in northwest Edmonton: this one and every community next to it
half ran 2.75–5.75 hours · 275 moves
May 39, August 34, April 30
half fell between $488 and $1,086 · based on 275 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does a local move in Rosslyn cost?
The median residential move across the northwest Edmonton communities around Rosslyn is $700, total cost with tax, with half of those 275 jobs between $488 and $1,086. Rates are hourly, set by how many movers the job needs and how large a truck has to come, and the agreement states the rate before anyone starts lifting.
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How long does a move in Rosslyn take?
The middle job across those 275 nearby moves ran 3.75 hours on site, with half of them between 2.75 and 5.75 hours. A detached house with a basement and a garage to empty is a longer day than that midpoint describes, and two thirds of Rosslyn's homes are detached. Because the rate is hourly, the hours are what the total is made of.
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Why is the range of prices in Rosslyn so wide?
Because one median covers every size of home in the ring: half of the 275 nearby moves fell between $488 and $1,086, and the same hourly rate bills a small flat and a full house. Splitting the difference is a matter of hours: how much has to come out, how many flights it comes down, and how far the truck ends up from the door.
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Is moving in Rosslyn more expensive than the neighbourhoods around it?
There is no separate Rosslyn rate. The hourly rate is the one every local Edmonton move is billed at, and the $700 median above is the pooled figure for the whole northwest ring, Rosslyn included. What differs from one address to the next is the day: two thirds of the homes here are detached, and a house takes more hours than a suite does at the same rate.
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Is there a deposit or a fuel surcharge on a move in Rosslyn?
No to both: a local move takes no deposit and no fuel surcharge, and travel time within city limits is not charged either, so the bill is the hours the crew is actually working at the rate in the agreement. Packing services and bin rentals are available in Rosslyn and quoted separately. Cactus is licensed, insured and bonded.
Call Edmonton or get a quote online. Either works.
Rosslyn neighbourhood guide for moving day
Nothing here rises to five storeys, so a Rosslyn job has no tower lift to reserve and no loading bay to share. A walk-up of four floors or fewer can still have a lift of its own, though, and it is worth saying whether yours does. What does need arranging is the kerb. Edmonton covers a truck occupying the roadway with an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit, currently issued without a fee for the reasons it lists; the City asks for a minimum of 6 working days on low-impact work such as a move and 10 working days on anything heavier, and warns that processing slows through construction season.
Most homes in Rosslyn were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 3,245
- Homes
- 1,185
- What people live in
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- 67% single-detached houses
- 14% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 8% semi-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 0% of homes
- One-person households
- 32%
People per household
2.5
2021 federal census
2021 federal census
- Owned or rented
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- 63% owned
- 37% 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 Rosslyn 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 Rosslyn’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
Big shout out to George and Lovish who moved 4400 sq ft worth of furniture , in under 6 hours, during a snow storm. They arrived on time, with an extremely positive attitude despite knowing that they had to work in -25 degree weather.
5 out of 5
George and Lovish were amazing and very accommodating while moving a fridge for my grandparents! The delivery was very timely despite the 2 feet of snow and a rocking blizzard and they navigated the tight spaces of our home with ease!
5 out of 5
The guys were very pleasant and efficient. I would recommend Cactus Movers to anyone that needs professionals .
5 out of 5
Cactus moving took care of my move 2 trucks 4 hard working guys George, Ivan ,Griffin & Lovish. I had never used movers before and they made it as easy as it gets for my family. The came highly recommended and delivered above expectations.
5 out of 5
Wonderful team! We used them few months ago in Vancouver and now I asked them to help my business to relocate my shop. Was pretty small move but still handled very professional! Thank you Cactus Moving!
5 out of 5
I highly recommend Cactus Moving! Both George and Matt were thorough, communicative, polite, and asked questions if needed. The job was fast and done well. :)
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