Birchcliffe-Cliffside Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 130 residential moves across southeast Toronto: Birchcliffe-Cliffside and the 35 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 (647) 525-5855 nowMovers in Birchcliffe-Cliffside: what we know about moving here
Birchcliffe-Cliffside is a house neighbourhood before it is anything else. Half of its homes are single-detached, two thirds of them are owned rather than rented, and only a small share stand in a building of five storeys or more. A job here usually starts at a driveway and a front staircase rather than at a lobby and a booked lift, and the date is set by a closing at least as often as by the end of a lease. Most of the housing went up in 1960 or before, which is the era that decides what will come through a front door in one piece and what has to be turned on a landing.
Household sizes vary more than the street fronts do. A little over two people to a home is the middle of it, but close to a third of these homes hold one person on their own, so two addresses that look alike can be a full truck size apart. The figures directly below come from the ring of southeast Toronto communities Birchcliffe-Cliffside sits inside.
Moving costs around Birchcliffe-Cliffside, by the numbers
The band on this page comes from 35 southeast Toronto communities and the 133 residential moves they hold between them, with Wellington Place, Downtown Yonge East, Harbourfront-CityPlace and The Beaches among the counted ones. The middle job ran 3.25 hours on site and billed $719 with tax in, half of them between $567 and $1,169, and 82% graded small. That pool leans downtown and Birchcliffe-Cliffside does not, so read the hours before the money: 51% of the homes here are single-detached.
- The comparison set
- 35 neighbourhoods · 133 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.25 median
- How big those moves are
- 82% small · 16% medium
- Busiest months
- August, June and March
- What those moves cost
- $719 median
communities in southeast Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5 hours · 133 moves
August 17, June 16, March 16
half fell between $567 and $1,169 · based on 133 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
$719 is the middle of 133 residential moves across the southeast Toronto communities pooled with Birchcliffe-Cliffside, tax included, with half of them between $567 and $1,169. The pool is borrowed and a lot of it is downtown condo work. A detached house here is a bigger job than that, and since the rate is hourly, a bigger job is a longer bill.
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How long does a move in Birchcliffe-Cliffside take?
3.25 hours is the middle of the nearby record, with half of those jobs finishing inside 5 hours. Expect the longer end of that for a house here: 51% of the homes are single-detached, mostly built in 1960 or before, which means narrower stairs and a carry from the front door out to the street rather than a lift and a bay.
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What makes a move out of an older Birchcliffe-Cliffside house slower?
Age, mostly. The housing here was largely built in 1960 or before, which means narrow staircases, tight landings and doorways cut for smaller furniture. A crew works around that rather than through it, and the extra passes show up as time on site. Measuring the route and taking the awkward pieces apart before the date is what buys those hours back.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
There is no published answer. Toronto's street occupation permit is written for moving containers rather than for a moving truck standing at the curb, so the City's page settles nothing. 311 is where to ask about your own street, and it is worth doing where a house has no driveway wide enough to take a truck.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Birchcliffe-Cliffside neighbourhood guide for moving day
Two things on this panel decide the day here. The first is that most homes in Birchcliffe-Cliffside are whole houses: the work begins at a driveway and a front staircase, so the questions are where the truck can stand and how long the carry is, rather than whether a lift has been reserved. The second is that the households behind identical fronts are not identical. One person and a family are the same street and two different truck sizes, so it is worth describing what is actually in the house when you book. The curb is the open question: Toronto publishes no rule covering a moving truck outside a home, and 311 will say what your own block needs.
Most homes in Birchcliffe-Cliffside were built 1960 or before
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 22,700
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 9,620
- What people live in
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- 51% single-detached houses
- 21% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 14% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 14% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 66% owned
- 34% rented
- One-person households
- 32%
People per household
2.4
2021 federal census, 25% sample
2021 federal census, 25% sample
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.
Not sure what the City wants on your street before a truck parks on it? We move in Birchcliffe-Cliffside every week and we will tell you who to ask: talk to our Toronto 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
These guys were excellent. From the start the booking process was very responsive and efficient. The guys worked really hard all day took great care of my stuff like TVs and artwork. They were friendly and very easy to work with. I could not have done this move without them.
5 out of 5
Alexey and Nikita showed up 15 minutes early, got everything organized fast, and even helped disassemble a table I couldn't figure out myself. The whole thing took way less time than I expected. Super polite, friendly guys - took all the stress out of the move!
5 out of 5
This company is amazing! They moved our family from Calgary to Toronto. Took care of every step! Honestly I’m shocked! Ordered us coffee for the move. can you imagine? After they delivered my furniture, without any damages, they even gave me welcoming gift!
5 out of 5
They moved my mother from Calgary to Toronto! Best price and SPEED! They delivered in 7 days. Everyone else offered 10-30 days. Highly recommend Cactus Moving!
5 out of 5
So glad i went with Cactus Moving for my first move. I was stressed since my new apartment didn’t have an elevator but Alex and Nikita were professional and efficient! I highly recommend!
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- Wellington Place 21 moves
- Downtown Yonge East 15 moves
- Harbourfront-CityPlace 11 moves
- South Eglinton-Davisville 9 moves
- St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands 9 moves
- The Beaches 9 moves
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- Blake-Jones
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- Oakridge
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- Playter Estates-Danforth
- Regent Park
- Rosedale-Moore Park
- South Riverdale
- Taylor Massey
- Woodbine Corridor
- Woodbine-Lumsden
- Yonge-Bay Corridor
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