Danforth Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 130 residential moves across southeast Toronto: Danforth and the 32 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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This is a compact neighbourhood, and it sits almost entirely below the tower line. What people live in is low-rise apartment stock over streets of semis and detached houses, nearly all of it built in 1960 or before, so a job in the Danforth rarely involves a service elevator and almost always involves a staircase and a shared front entrance.
A third of these homes hold one person on their own, and rather more of them are owned than rented, which points at compact loads on a calendar set by closings as much as by lease dates. What the panel below measures is the ring of southeast Toronto communities this neighbourhood belongs to rather than the neighbourhood alone.
Moving costs around Danforth, by the numbers
Danforth carries no measured band of its own. What sits beside it is 32 southeast Toronto communities and 133 residential moves pooled together, with Wellington Place, Downtown Yonge East and Harbourfront-CityPlace holding the published counts. That set bills $719 in the middle with tax in, half of it between $567 and $1,138, and spends 3.25 hours on site, with 82% graded small. Danforth's own 3,910 homes are mostly low-rise flats and semis, so the money is borrowed but the shape of a local job is not far off it.
- The comparison set
- 32 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 $1,138 · based on 133 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Danforth?
The number to work from is $719 with tax in, the middle of 133 residential moves in the southeast Toronto communities Danforth is pooled with, with half of them between $567 and $1,138. It is a borrowed reading rather than a measurement of this boundary. The rate itself is hourly, set by the crew and the truck, and it goes into the agreement before anything moves.
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What is a typical Danforth address to move out of?
A flat in a low-rise building, or half of a semi. 34% of the homes here are apartments in low-rise blocks, 32% are semi-detached and only 10% are in a building of five storeys or more. That means stairs rather than a lift, and a front door onto the street rather than a lobby. Nothing to book, and a longer carry to show for it.
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How long does a Danforth move take?
The pooled middle is 3.25 hours on site with half of those 133 jobs inside 5 hours. Households here are small, 2.4 people at the middle with 32% of homes holding one person, so a lot of loads are genuinely a morning's work. The staircase and the distance out to the truck are what turn a morning into an afternoon.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Danforth?
Nothing published settles it: the City's street occupation permit is written for moving containers and says nothing about a moving truck at the curb. Call 311 about your own street. On a block of semis built in 1960 or before the frontages are narrow, and where the truck can legally stop is worth knowing in advance.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Danforth neighbourhood guide for moving day
The housing here is low and walk-up, and that shapes the day more than anything else on this list. Only a tenth of these homes are in a building of five storeys or more, so an elevator booking is rarely the question; a staircase, a shared front entrance and somewhere to leave the truck usually are. Older stock adds one errand to that: measure anything which has to turn on a landing before moving day rather than on it. Where the truck may legally stand is the part nobody at the City has settled, and 311 is the way to check your own address.
Most homes in Danforth were built 1960 or before
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 9,305
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 3,910
- What people live in
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- 34% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 32% semi-detached houses
- 18% single-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 10% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 63% owned
- 37% 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 Danforth 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 Danforth’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Alex and Nico were great - quick, efficient and friendly. Would definitely recommend !!
5 out of 5
I want to give a big shout-out to Cactus Moving and the amazing team of Aleksei and Valentin who helped me with my recent move. From the moment they arrived, they were polite and professional - they even asked if it was okay to keep their shoes on before entering.
5 out of 5
We had a great experience with Alex and Niko! We would recommend them anytime!
5 out of 5
Niko, Alex and Max were relentless in their effort to get us moved and settled. Thank you!!
5 out of 5
Yegor and Alex were amazing at moving us! They were quick, clean, and made no mess :) We really 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
- Bay-Cloverhill
- Birchcliffe-Cliffside
- Blake-Jones
- Broadview North
- Cabbagetown-South St. James Town
- Church-Wellesley
- Danforth-East York
- East End Danforth
- Greenwood-Coxwell
- Kensington-Chinatown
- Leaside-Bennington
- Moss Park
- Mount Pleasant East
- North Riverdale
- North St. James Town
- Oakridge
- Old East York
- Playter Estates-Danforth
- Regent Park
- Rosedale-Moore Park
- South Riverdale
- Taylor Massey
- Woodbine Corridor
- Woodbine-Lumsden
- Yonge-Bay Corridor
- Yonge-St. Clair
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