Danforth-East York Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 130 residential moves across southeast Toronto: Danforth-East York 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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Or call (647) 525-5855 nowMovers in Danforth-East York: what we know about moving here
Danforth-East York is an owner-occupied house neighbourhood. Detached and semi-detached stock accounts for most of what stands here, roughly seven homes in ten are owned rather than rented, and the apartment share is small enough that a lobby door is the exception rather than the rule. A move here is usually a whole home rather than a unit: stairs, a basement, and a truck that needs a legal place to stand on a residential street.
That also puts the calendar on closing dates more often than on lease turnovers. The figures below come from the ring of southeast Toronto communities this neighbourhood sits inside, which is the nearest measure we hold of what a move around here takes.
Moving costs around Danforth-East York, by the numbers
The band here belongs to 32 southeast Toronto communities and the 132 residential moves recorded between them, with Wellington Place, Downtown Yonge East, Harbourfront-CityPlace and The Beaches among the counted ones. Their middle job ran 3.25 hours on site and billed $714 with tax in, half of them between $563 and $1,146, and 82% graded small. Danforth-East York is more house than that pool is: 42% single-detached, 25% semi-detached, and only 12% in a building of five storeys or more.
- The comparison set
- 32 neighbourhoods · 132 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
- $714 median
communities in southeast Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.06 hours · 132 moves
August 16, June 16, March 16
half fell between $563 and $1,146 · based on 132 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Danforth-East York?
$714 is the pooled middle, tax in, from 132 residential moves across the southeast Toronto communities Danforth-East York shares a band with, and half of them fell between $563 and $1,146. It is not measured here. Cactus bills a local move by the hour, on a rate set by the crew and the truck and written into the agreement before the day starts.
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Why might a Danforth-East York job run past that middle?
Because two thirds of the homes here are houses, semi-detached or single-detached, while a good part of the pooled record is condo work. A house is stairs at the load, a basement to empty and a walk out to the street, and on an hourly rate all three are time. The pooled middle day is 3.25 hours; a full house here often needs more.
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Does the age of the housing change a move here?
It does. The stock is mostly from 1960 or before, so staircases are narrow, landings turn sharply and the front door was cut for smaller furniture. Crews plan a route through that rather than forcing pieces, which costs passes and therefore hours. Sofas and bed frames taken apart the night before are what claw the time back.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Danforth-East York?
There is no published answer. Toronto's street occupation permit covers moving containers rather than a moving truck at the curb, so ask 311 about your own block before the date. On these older streets, with narrow frontages and cars parked both sides, where the truck can stand is the detail that decides the length of every carry.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Danforth-East York neighbourhood guide for moving day
Pre-1960 housing is the thing to plan around here. The middle home dates from 1960 or before, and older frames mean narrower doorways and tighter landings than a room measurement suggests, so the pieces worth measuring in advance are the ones that have to turn a corner on a staircase. Few of these addresses are in a building of five storeys or more, so elevator bookings barely feature; the equivalent errand is finding out where the truck may legally stand, and the City's street occupation permit reaches moving containers and stops there. 311 is the way to check your own street.
Most homes in Danforth-East York were built 1960 or before
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 17,065
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 6,950
- What people live in
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- 42% single-detached houses
- 25% semi-detached houses
- 13% apartments in low-rise buildings
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 12% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 69% owned
- 31% rented
- One-person households
- 28%
People per household
2.5
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-East York 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-East York’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Alex and Nikita really helped with the move to the new condo
5 out of 5
Alex and Nikita did an Amazing job helping us moving. Very organized, fast and diligient. I would recommend them. 5*
5 out of 5
Great experience! Very fast and professional moving company! Thanks so much Alex and Nikita!
5 out of 5
Alex and Nikita were amazing and did a great job. Very quick and efficient service.
5 out of 5
Nikita & Alexander did an amazing job on my move today, I am looking forward to using them again
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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 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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