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Downtown Yonge East Movers, Toronto

Cactus has completed at least 15 residential moves inside Downtown Yonge East’s own community boundary, 11 of them in the last twelve months. Here is what they cost, how long they ran and what the City wants at the curb.

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Movers in Downtown Yonge East: what we know about moving here

Downtown Yonge East is a tower neighbourhood almost without exception. Nearly every home here is an apartment in a building of five storeys or more, and the housing is recent rather than converted. That makes the moving day here remarkably consistent: it starts at a lobby, runs through a service elevator the building controls, and ends at a loading door somebody other than the crew has booked.

Households are small, most homes hold one person on their own, and renting runs well ahead of ownership. The loads are compact, the crews are small, and dates are set by leases far more often than by closings. What the record inside this boundary shows is exactly that pattern: short days, two movers, and a narrow spread of prices.

Downtown Yonge East neighbourhood guide for moving day

There is one figure on this list that does all the work: almost every home in Downtown Yonge East is in a building of five storeys or more. That puts two bookings ahead of ours: the service elevator and the loading door, both held by the building and both arranged by somebody other than us. Get the window from the property manager first, then set the crew's start time to it. Small households keep the loads light, which is why two movers cover most of the work here. The curb is the loose end, and 311 is what settles it for your own address.

Most homes in Downtown Yonge East were built 2001 to 2005

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

People
17,700

2021 federal census

Homes
11,055

People per household

1.6

2021 federal census, 25% sample

What people live in
96% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
In a building of five storeys or more
96% of homes
Owned or rented
  • 36% owned
  • 64% rented
One-person households
57%

2021 federal census, 25% sample

Booking the curb

Check with the City before the day

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.

Not sure what the City wants on your street before a truck parks on it? We move in Downtown Yonge East every week and we will tell you who to ask: talk to our Toronto team

Downtown Yonge East moving costs, by the numbers

These figures count residential moves that either began or ended at an address inside Downtown Yonge East, from 2025 on: at least 15 of them, 11 within the last twelve months, and 11 carrying a settled price. It is a young file rather than a long one, which suits a neighbourhood whose housing is itself recent. Buildings served by lifts produce a narrow distribution, and that is what shows: 3 to 4.38 hours across the middle half of the work, $510 to $711 across the middle half of the bills.

What a local move cost
$552 median

half fell between $510 and $711 · based on 11 residential moves, total cost with tax

Residential moves in Downtown Yonge East
at least 15

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2025

In the last 12 months
11

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
3 median

half of these moves ran 3–4.38 hours · 15 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–2 · 15 moves

Simplified outline of the official Downtown Yonge East community boundary in Toronto, with a dot marking its centre.
Downtown Yonge East’s own community boundary about 0.9 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Downtown Yonge East actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 15 completed residential jobs in Downtown Yonge East. Another 7 were storage runs, container loads and part-home jobs whose paperwork records no bedroom count; they belong to none of the four.

Clay-style illustration of a one-bedroom move in Downtown Yonge East: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A one-bedroom move in Downtown Yonge East

$652
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $542 and $963 · 6 moves

  • 3.13 hours on site half ran 3–4.56 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

This card is measured inside Downtown Yonge East: six one-bedroom jobs, 40% of the moves completed here. $652 in the middle with half of them between $542 and $963, and 3.13 hours on site with half from 3 to 4.56. Two movers and one truck. Six jobs is few, but they line up with everything else on the page, since 96% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more and one bedroom is what most of them hold.

40% of the moves we have completed in Downtown Yonge East · 6 moves

Clay-style illustration of a two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southeast Toronto: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southeast Toronto

$1,134
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $935 and $1,385 · 14 moves

  • 5.63 hours on site half ran 5–7.31 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Two bedrooms is borrowed, because Downtown Yonge East has fewer than five of its own at that size. Fourteen across southeast Toronto give $1,134 in the middle, a middle half from $935 to $1,385, and 5.63 hours on site with half between 5 and 7.31. Two movers and one truck. That is close to twice the local one-bedroom day, and the lift is where most of the extra time is spent.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Toronto, across 14 moves.

One of these look like your move? Where in its band you land comes down to the date, the elevator booking and how close the truck can park. Price your own move

How much does it cost to move in Downtown Yonge East?

$552 is the middle of the 11 priced jobs recorded inside this boundary, tax in, and half of them fell between $510 and $711. That is a narrow band for eleven jobs, which says the work here is genuinely uniform. The surrounding southeast Toronto pool sits higher at $733, because it takes in houses as well as condos.

  • Why is Downtown Yonge East cheaper than the communities around it?

    Because the jobs are smaller and the buildings are set up for them. 96% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, mostly put up between 2001 and 2005, and 57% of households are one person. 80% of the work recorded here graded small. The same hourly rate over a shorter, simpler day is the whole of the $552 against $733.

  • How long does a move in Downtown Yonge East take?

    Three hours on site is the middle of the fifteen jobs recorded here, with half of them between 3 and 4.38 hours and a crew of two throughout. The surrounding southeast Toronto record runs slightly longer at 3.25 hours and a good deal wider. A booked service lift and a bay held for that window is the difference, and in buildings of this age both are usually available.

  • What does a one-bedroom move cost in Downtown Yonge East?

    $652 is the middle of six one-bedroom moves completed inside this boundary, 40% of the work here, with half of them between $542 and $963. Two movers, one truck, 3.13 hours on site. It is a small sample, but it is measured here rather than borrowed, which makes it the more useful of the two price figures on this page.

  • Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Downtown Yonge East?

    The City publishes nothing about a moving truck at the curb; its street occupation permit is written for moving containers, so 311 is where to ask. In a tower the more practical question is the building's: with 11,055 homes here and nearly all of them in towers, the loading bay and the lift window are what actually need booking.

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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 Downtown Yonge East’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

  • 5 out of 5

    Joshua and Alex were amazing. So personable, professional and proficient! Just like the last time we moved with them less than 1 month ago!!! We will keep choosing Cactus but hopefully not in the very near future 😂

    Lorie Edwards

    moved from Bay-Cloverhill to Downtown Yonge East, May 2026

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  • 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.

    Nikolas Johnson’s

    April 2025

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  • 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.

    Daniel

    April 2025

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  • 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!

    Станислав Ручка

    April 2025

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  • 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

    Devan Marquardt

    March 2025

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Reading one that sounds like your move? Our Toronto coordinators will walk through the whole day with you before anything is booked: call the Toronto office

Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto

Downtown Yonge East has 15 jobs of its own, which is enough to stand on. It sits inside 32 southeast Toronto communities carrying 123 residential moves, with Wellington Place, Harbourfront-CityPlace, South Eglinton-Davisville and Church-Wellesley among the counted ones. That pool bills $733 in the middle; the 11 priced jobs here came to $552, on a much tighter band of $510 to $711. Newer towers and one-bedroom loads are what make the local figure both lower and steadier.

Measure Downtown Yonge East Southeast Toronto
Median local move $552 $733
Median crew hours on site half of Downtown Yonge East’s ran 3–4.38 hours 3 hrs 3.25 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job 80% 82%
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 32 communities, this one and everything next to it at least 15 123

In Downtown Yonge East or any of the neighbours beside it, the crew and the hourly rate are the same. Tell us the address

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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