Black Creek Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northwest Toronto: Black Creek and the 28 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 Black Creek: what we know about moving here
Black Creek puts together two things that pull a moving day in opposite directions. Most of its homes are apartments in buildings of five storeys or more, which usually means a compact load. The households filling them break that expectation: they run to nearly three people, and only about a quarter are one person on their own. What that produces is a tower move carrying a family's worth of furniture: more trips through the same lift, and a longer day than the building type alone would suggest. Row housing takes much of the remainder, which swaps the lift for a staircase without shrinking the load.
Two homes in three here are rented, so most dates are fixed by a lease rather than a closing, and the building usually has a say in them. The figures set out below come from the wider group of northwest Toronto communities Black Creek sits inside.
Moving costs around Black Creek, by the numbers
Black Creek's figures come from the 28 northwest Toronto communities around it, which have logged 81 completed residential moves between them: York University Heights, Yorkdale-Glen Park, Willowdale West and Lansing-Westgate among the named counts. The middle job billed $773 with tax in and ran 3.5 hours on site, with half of them between $530 and $1,237. Only 61% of it graded small and 33% medium, so the pool carries more full-household work than a downtown one would.
- The comparison set
- 28 neighbourhoods · 81 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.5 median
- How big those moves are
- 61% small · 33% medium · 6% large
- Busiest months
- February, July and June
- What those moves cost
- $773 median
communities in northwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.5 hours · 81 moves
February 10, July 10, June 8
half fell between $530 and $1,237 · based on 81 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Black Creek?
$773 is the middle across the 81 residential moves recorded in the northwest Toronto communities pooled with Black Creek, tax in, with half of them between $530 and $1,237. It is not a measurement of this boundary. The rate itself is hourly, set by how many movers and how large a truck the job needs, and stated in the agreement before anyone starts lifting.
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Why is a Black Creek move usually a tower move?
Because 55% of the homes here are in a building of five storeys or more and only 9% are single-detached, with another 16% row houses. So the day almost always runs through a lobby: a service lift to book, a bay to hold, and a corridor between the unit and the tailgate. Where that lift is shared rather than held, the clock is what pays for it.
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Do bigger households make a Black Creek move longer?
They can. Homes here hold 2.9 people at the middle, which is more than the tower share alone would suggest, and 67% of them are rented. A fuller apartment means more trips through the same lift rather than a bigger truck, and since the billing is hourly those trips are the whole difference. 33% of the nearby record graded medium, which says the same thing from the other side.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Black Creek?
Toronto publishes nothing that covers it. The street occupation permit it does publish names moving containers, so a truck at the curb is unaddressed, and 311 is where to ask about your address. For a tower here the booking that matters is the building's: the lift window and the loading bay are arranged with the superintendent, not with the City.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Black Creek neighbourhood guide for moving day
The pairing on this panel is what makes a move here longer than a tower move usually is: most homes are in buildings of five storeys or more, and the households in them are close to three people. More boxes have to pass through the same lift window, so booking that elevator matters more here, not less, and so does knowing what hours the property allows a move. The row houses substitute a staircase for the same problem. As for the street, the City documents container permits and not truck parking, which sends the roadside question to 311 rather than to a web page.
Most homes in Black Creek were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 21,145
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 7,230
- What people live in
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- 55% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 16% row houses
- 9% single-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 55% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 33% owned
- 67% rented
- One-person households
- 24%
People per household
2.9
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 Black Creek 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 Black Creek’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Wow, where do I even start?! Our move with Cactus Moving was AMAZING! A HUGE shoutout to Alex and Nikita – these guys are absolute rockstars! We were dreading the move, expecting it to be stressful and exhausting, but they made the entire process feel effortless.
5 out of 5
When I first saw the reviews for Cactus Moving, I thought it was all exaggerated. But I decided to give it a shot since I needed help with my move. And I’m glad I did! Nikita and Alex showed up on time, packed everything carefully, and delivered it without any damage.
5 out of 5
Moving with my wife was a breeze thanks to Cactus Moving. Nikita and Alex took care of everything, even sorting out an elevator issue. They moved our stuff carefully and left a sweet gift in our new apartment. Highly recommend!
5 out of 5
Very professional. Attentive to details and caring about the products they are moving. Show up on time and ready to work
5 out of 5
Nikita and Alex were awesome! Very efficient and skilled, they have definitely moved many many times! AND they gave us a cactus!!! Super cuteeeeee!
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- York University Heights 13 moves
- Yorkdale-Glen Park 10 moves
- Willowdale West 8 moves
- Yonge-Doris 7 moves
- Bedford Park-Nortown 6 moves
- Lansing-Westgate 6 moves
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- Bathurst Manor
- Clanton Park
- Downsview
- East Willowdale
- Elms-Old Rexdale
- Englemount-Lawrence
- Glenfield-Jane Heights
- Humber Summit
- Humbermede
- Lawrence Park North
- Lawrence Park South
- Maple Leaf
- Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown
- Newtonbrook East
- Newtonbrook West
- Oakdale-Beverley Heights
- Pelmo Park-Humberlea
- Rexdale-Kipling
- Rustic
- Thistletown-Beaumond Heights
- Westminster-Branson
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