How long does an Annex move take?

3.75 hours on site is the middle of the nine moves recorded here, with half of them between 3 and 5.75 hours and a crew of two at the midpoint. The surrounding southwest Toronto set sits a little under that, at 3.25 hours. With 55% of Annex homes in a building of five storeys or more, a held lift and a clear bay are what keep a day near the lower figure.

What does a one-bedroom move cost in the Annex?

$738, taken from 44 one-bedroom moves across the southwest Toronto communities beside the Annex, with half of them between $567 and $1,139. Two movers, one truck and 3.38 hours on site at the middle. The Annex records fewer than five of its own at that size, so the card names the size rather than the street, which is the honest way round.

Is a walk-up move different from a tower move in the Annex?

It is a different day. 28% of the homes here are in low-rise apartment buildings, where there is no superintendent to book and no bay to hold, just a staircase and a door onto the street. A tower, and 55% of Annex homes are one, needs the lift reserved and the route measured. The arranging is heavier in a tower and the carrying is heavier in a walk-up.

Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in the Annex?

There is no published answer. Toronto's street occupation permit covers moving containers rather than moving trucks, so the City states nothing about a truck at the curb. 311 is where to ask about your own block. On an Annex street with a building entrance and no driveway it is worth asking early, because where the truck stands sets the length of the carry.

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Movers in Annex: what we know about moving here

The Annex is an apartment neighbourhood of people living on their own. Roughly half of its households are a single person, more than half of its homes sit in a building of five storeys or more, and a further quarter are low-rise apartments. The split that matters here is not house against tower but tower against walk-up. One has a service lift and a loading bay to reserve; the other has a staircase and a door onto the street, and the two run to different clocks.

Our own book here is short and consistent in shape: at least 9 residential moves against this boundary, 78% of them graded small, a middle day of 3.75 hours, and half the crews between 2 and 3 movers. The money is the loose part. Six of those jobs carry a price, giving a $694 median but a middle half stretching from $597 to $1,507. That is a studio and a full household coming out of the same neighbourhood, billed on the same clock.

Annex neighbourhood guide for moving day

Two things here decide the shape of the day rather than its price. The apartment stock is split between towers and low-rise buildings, so the first question is whether there is a service lift and a bay to reserve or a staircase and a street door. The tower version is arranged with the building; the walk-up version is not arranged at all. The second is that the median household here is smaller than two people, which is why so much of this work is a load that two movers and a short truck cover outright. On the curb, the City publishes no page covering a moving truck outside a residence, so 311 is where to ask about your own block.

Most homes in Annex were built 1961 to 1980

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

People: 29,300

2021 federal census

Homes: 16,325
What people live in: 55% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
28% apartments in low-rise buildings
7% semi-detached houses
In a building of five storeys or more: 55% of homes
Owned or rented: 41% owned
59% rented
One-person households: 49%

2021 federal census, 25% sample

Booking the curb

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City of Toronto

Toronto publishes no page that covers a moving truck at the curb, and its Street Occupation Permit names moving containers only. Confirm with 311 whether your street needs a permit.

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Annex moving costs, by the numbers

Those 9 are residential moves with either the pickup or the drop-off inside the Annex boundary since 2025, and 9 is a floor rather than a total. Six of them carry a price, which is the sample behind the $694 median and the notably wide $597 to $1,507 middle half. A base that size pins the shape of the work reliably: 78% graded small, 3.75 hours in the middle, half the crews at 2 to 3 movers. The money it pins only loosely, so the width of that band is the honest part of it.

What a local move cost: $694 median
Residential moves in Annex: at least 9
Crew hours on site: 3.75 median
Crew size: 2 movers median

Annex’s own community boundary about 2.8 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move this size costs in Southwest Toronto

Sizes of move cut out of the completed residential jobs in Southwest Toronto, the communities beside this one. Annex has fewer than five of its own at each size, and a band resting on fewer than five moves is not published here at any scope.

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southwest Toronto

$738
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $567 and $1,139 · 44 moves

3.38 hours on site half ran 3–5.19 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

The Annex has fewer than five one-bedroom jobs of its own, so this card is southwest Toronto: 44 moves of that size, $738 in the middle, half of them between $567 and $1,139. Two movers, one truck, 3.38 hours on site with half between 3 and 5.19. In a neighbourhood where 49% of households are one person, this is the size most Annex addresses actually produce, and the lift booking decides the hours more than the furniture does.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 44 moves.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southwest Toronto

$1,098
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $704 and $1,636 · 27 moves

5.75 hours on site half ran 4.38–6.5 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Twenty-seven two-bedroom moves across the communities beside the Annex give $1,098 in the middle and a middle half from $704 to $1,636. The day runs 5.75 hours at the midpoint, half of them between 4.38 and 6.5, on the same two movers and one truck. The second bedroom is most of the difference between a morning and a full day. Where the address is a low-rise walk-up rather than a tower, the staircase is what adds those hours.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 27 moves.

A four-bedroom-plus move in Southwest Toronto

$1,162
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $822 and $1,420 · 6 moves

5.75 hours on site half ran 3.63–6.56 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Four bedrooms and up is a small card and should be read that way: six moves of that size in the southwest Toronto communities around the Annex, a $1,162 middle and half of them between $822 and $1,420. Two movers, one truck, 5.75 hours at the middle with half from 3.63 to 6.56 hours. Only 7% of the homes here are semi-detached and more than half sit in a building of five storeys or more, so a load this size usually starts several floors above the truck.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 6 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in the Annex?

Six priced jobs inside the Annex boundary give a $694 middle with tax in, and a middle half stretching from $597 to $1,507. Six is a thin base for money, so the wider reading is worth having beside it: $757 across the 157 residential moves in the southwest Toronto communities around the Annex. Both come off the same hourly rate, set by the crew and the truck and written into the agreement first.

How long does an Annex move take?

3.75 hours on site is the middle of the nine moves recorded here, with half of them between 3 and 5.75 hours and a crew of two at the midpoint. The surrounding southwest Toronto set sits a little under that, at 3.25 hours. With 55% of Annex homes in a building of five storeys or more, a held lift and a clear bay are what keep a day near the lower figure.
What does a one-bedroom move cost in the Annex?

$738, taken from 44 one-bedroom moves across the southwest Toronto communities beside the Annex, with half of them between $567 and $1,139. Two movers, one truck and 3.38 hours on site at the middle. The Annex records fewer than five of its own at that size, so the card names the size rather than the street, which is the honest way round.
Is a walk-up move different from a tower move in the Annex?

It is a different day. 28% of the homes here are in low-rise apartment buildings, where there is no superintendent to book and no bay to hold, just a staircase and a door onto the street. A tower, and 55% of Annex homes are one, needs the lift reserved and the route measured. The arranging is heavier in a tower and the carrying is heavier in a walk-up.
Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in the Annex?

There is no published answer. Toronto's street occupation permit covers moving containers rather than moving trucks, so the City states nothing about a truck at the curb. 311 is where to ask about your own block. On an Annex street with a building entrance and no driveway it is worth asking early, because where the truck stands sets the length of the carry.

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Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside Annex’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.

143 five-star reviews with a written comment on the Toronto and Mississauga listings since November 2024

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I had to move my elderly parents to a retirement facility and took a chance on Cactus Moving after a google search- and they did not disappoint! Niko and Josh were very personable and took extra care moving my parent’s belongings. I would definitely recommend this company for your move.
Allison Livingstone
February 2026
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Cactus movers did an excellent and efficient job with our move. Hodi was very sure to be mindful of my requests since we have a newborn and wanted everything to go smoothly. Niko and Alex were very considerate and worked swiftly to ensure we had a stress-free move.
Vailankanni Joseph
February 2026
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Excellent service, well done guys, thank you Nikita and Yura
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January 2026
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We used them before the new year, Niko and his colleague arrived earlier than scheduled. They did an amazing job, very easy to work with, professional and thorough. Will always recommend them. Also, thanks for the moving gift.
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January 2026
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We had a very pleasant moving experience with Nico, Joshua, and Yevhenii. They were polite, professional, and courteous. We strongly recommend cactus moving company. You will not be disappointed!
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January 2026
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto

The comparison band on this page is southwest Toronto: 54 communities, this one and everything touching it, and 157 residential moves between them. Fort York-Liberty Village, High Park North, Alderwood, Church-Wellesley and Etobicoke City Centre are among the ones carrying it. Its middle job ran 3.25 hours and billed $757 with tax in, against 3.75 hours and $694 inside the Annex boundary itself. Two readings that close together are saying the same thing about the work, so neither one is a discount on the other.

Measure	Annex	Southwest Toronto
Median local move	$694	$757
Median crew hours on site half of Annex’s ran 3–5.75 hours	3.75 hrs	3.25 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	78%	76%
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 54 communities, this one and everything next to it	at least 9	157

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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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