East Willowdale Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northwest Toronto: East Willowdale and the 30 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 East Willowdale: what we know about moving here
East Willowdale is a neighbourhood of houses, and mostly of houses people own. That decides more about a move here than anything else on the page: dates follow a closing rather than the end of a lease, and the work at both ends is a front door, a driveway and a staircase rather than a lobby and a booked lift. Households here are full rather than single-occupant, and a full household is more to carry: more rooms furnished, more boxes, more of the day spent between the tailgate and the door.
That is not the whole page, though. Something over a quarter of the homes sit in a building of five storeys or more, with low-rise apartments behind them, so the lobby-and-elevator move is ordinary here rather than rare; it is just not the default. The figures immediately below are not East Willowdale's own. They come from the ring of northwest Toronto communities this one sits inside, which is the closest measure we hold of what a move around here takes.
Moving costs around East Willowdale, by the numbers
East Willowdale takes its figures from 30 northwest Toronto communities and the 89 residential moves recorded across them, with York University Heights, Bayview Village, Yorkdale-Glen Park and Willowdale West among the counted ones. The middle job billed $773 with tax in and spent 3.5 hours on site, with half of them between $539 and $1,247 and half between 3 and 6 hours. Only 64% graded small. East Willowdale is 53% single-detached, so the heavier part of that pool is the part that resembles it.
- The comparison set
- 30 neighbourhoods · 89 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.5 median
- How big those moves are
- 64% small · 30% medium · 6% large
- Busiest months
- August, February and July
- What those moves cost
- $773 median
communities in northwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–6 hours · 89 moves
August 10, February 10, July 9
half fell between $539 and $1,247 · based on 89 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in East Willowdale?
$773 is the pooled middle, tax in, across 89 residential moves in the northwest Toronto communities East Willowdale sits with, and half of them fell between $539 and $1,247. It is borrowed rather than local. Cactus bills a local move by the hour, on a rate set by the crew and the truck, written into the agreement before anything is carried.
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Why does the band around East Willowdale reach so high?
Because a third of the pooled work is not small: 64% graded small, 30% medium and 6% large. A large day on the same hourly rate is a longer one, nothing more. East Willowdale's own housing sits at that end too, with 53% of homes single-detached and 2.8 people living in each of them at the middle.
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How long does a move in East Willowdale take?
The pooled middle is 3.5 hours on site, but the spread is wide: half of those 89 jobs ran between 3 and 6 hours. A detached house usually runs toward the longer end of that, because the stairs, the basement and the garage are all in the day. What compresses it is packing finished before the crew arrives.
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Does newer housing help in East Willowdale?
It helps at the door rather than at the load. The stock here was mostly built between 1991 and 2000, which usually means wider doorways, a straighter staircase and a driveway that takes a truck. None of that shrinks a four-bedroom house, but it does remove the awkward passes that stretch an older-home move.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in East Willowdale?
Nothing published covers it. Toronto's street occupation permit is written for moving containers, so a moving truck at the curb sits outside what the City has set out, and 311 is where to ask about your street. With 70% of homes here owner-occupied and half of them detached, the driveway usually settles it anyway.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
East Willowdale neighbourhood guide for moving day
Two entries on this list change the day. The first is the share of homes in a building of five storeys or more, a minority here but a real one. Those moves hang on an elevator and a loading bay the building releases rather than the crew. The second is the curb, which is where the rest of East Willowdale's moves happen: Toronto publishes no page covering a moving truck outside a house, so 311 is the way to find out what your own street needs before the date rather than on it.
Most homes in East Willowdale were built 1991 to 2000
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 15,485
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 5,610
- What people live in
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- 53% single-detached houses
- 27% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 8% apartments in low-rise buildings
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 27% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 70% owned
- 30% rented
- One-person households
- 21%
People per household
2.8
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 East Willowdale 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 East Willowdale’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
They moved very heavy furniture up and down my two flights of stairs. They did things very fast and efficient. They also built my ilea furniture for me that I had ordered. I don’t know their names but I’d recommend those two again. Tristan
5 out of 5
Dima M and Artem K helped me move today, they did a decent job, packed my things and delivered them safely, thank you very much.
5 out of 5
Cactus Moving was amazing! The team was super nice, worked quickly, and took great care of my stuff. Customer service was friendly and professional, which made everything so easy. I’m really happy with how it all went and would 100% recommend them! 😊🚚
5 out of 5
They took a very professional approach to my move, quickly and neatly placed our furniture. Special thanks to Maksym Sushko for his professionalism.
5 out of 5
I rarely write reviews, but now I want to write. Just to say thank you! Special thanks to your Max Sushko! Guys, you are just great! Keep it up! If you work like this, you will always be in demand and profitable.
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- York University Heights 13 moves
- Bayview Village 10 moves
- Yorkdale-Glen Park 10 moves
- Willowdale West 8 moves
- Yonge-Doris 7 moves
- Bedford Park-Nortown 6 moves
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- Bathurst Manor
- Black Creek
- Clanton Park
- Downsview
- Elms-Old Rexdale
- Englemount-Lawrence
- Glenfield-Jane Heights
- Humber Summit
- Humbermede
- Lansing-Westgate
- 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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