Englemount-Lawrence Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northwest Toronto: Englemount-Lawrence and the 29 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 Englemount-Lawrence: what we know about moving here
Close to seven in ten homes in Englemount-Lawrence are apartments, and they split almost evenly between two very different moving days. One kind sits in a building of five storeys or more and arrives with an elevator to reserve and a loading bay to hold. The other is a low-rise walk-up, which usually offers neither. Everything is carried, one flight at a time, and the hours on site decide the size of the bill. That second kind is the job this neighbourhood is really built around.
Renting is ahead of owning here, so a good deal of the calendar answers to lease ends rather than closings, and a third of the homes hold a single person, which keeps plenty of the loads compact. The comparison figures below come from the wider ring of northwest Toronto communities Englemount-Lawrence belongs to rather than from the neighbourhood itself.
Moving costs around Englemount-Lawrence, by the numbers
Englemount-Lawrence sits in a pool of 29 northwest Toronto communities and 83 residential moves, with York University Heights, Yorkdale-Glen Park, Willowdale West and Lansing-Westgate holding the counts. The middle job there billed $737 with tax in and ran 3.5 hours on site, with half of them between $535 and $1,227 and 61% graded small. Englemount-Lawrence is more apartment than house, 37% of homes in towers and 32% in low-rise blocks, so the access question here has two very different answers.
- The comparison set
- 29 neighbourhoods · 83 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.5 median
- How big those moves are
- 61% small · 33% medium · 6% large
- Busiest months
- July, February and August
- What those moves cost
- $737 median
communities in northwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.38 hours · 83 moves
July 12, February 10, August 8
half fell between $535 and $1,227 · based on 83 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Englemount-Lawrence?
$737 is the pooled middle, tax in, from 83 residential moves across the northwest Toronto communities Englemount-Lawrence belongs to, with half of them between $535 and $1,227. None of it is measured on this boundary. The rate is hourly, set by how many movers and how large a truck a job needs, and it is written down before the crew begins.
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Is a move here from a tower or a walk-up?
Both are common: 37% of the homes are in a building of five storeys or more and 32% are apartments in low-rise buildings. A tower gives you a lift to book and a bay to hold. A low-rise gives you a staircase and nothing to arrange. The first is quicker once it is organised; the second cannot be organised at all, only planned for.
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How long does a move in Englemount-Lawrence take?
3.5 hours on site is the pooled middle, with half of the 83 nearby jobs finishing inside 5.38 hours. 34% of homes here hold one person and the middle household is 2.6, so loads are middling rather than large. Where the day stretches, it is usually the stairs, or a lift shared with everyone else in the building.
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Does renting change anything about the move?
Not the rate, but often the date. 57% of homes here are rented, so a move usually turns on a lease ending rather than a sale closing, which tends to mean a firmer date and a busier end of the month. Booking early gets you the day you want. It does not change what the day costs, because the billing is hourly either way.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Englemount-Lawrence?
The City has published no rule for a moving truck at the curb, only a street occupation permit written for moving containers, so 311 is where to ask about your own street. With 8,160 homes here and most of them in apartment buildings, the loading arrangements the building sets are usually the ones that bind.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Englemount-Lawrence neighbourhood guide for moving day
The entry that changes the work here is the share of homes in low-rise apartment buildings, close to a third. A walk-up usually has no bay and no lift to book, so the crew's time goes into the staircase instead. Add the homes in a building of five storeys or more, where the elevator and the bay have to be reserved with property management, and most homes in Englemount-Lawrence involve either somebody else's rules or somebody else's staircase. Detached houses are the remainder. Parking is the loose end in all three cases: Toronto publishes nothing about a moving truck at the curb, so check with 311.
Most homes in Englemount-Lawrence were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 21,285
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 8,160
- What people live in
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- 37% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 32% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 24% single-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 37% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 43% owned
- 57% rented
- One-person households
- 34%
People per household
2.6
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 Englemount-Lawrence 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 Englemount-Lawrence’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
These guys are the real deal. Niko and Josh arrived before time and were really very efficient. Thank you for making our move so smooth. Nothing was broken, and everything to the point.
5 out of 5
The team were great. On time, kind and willing to do whatever was asked. They hustled and were done faster than I expected.
5 out of 5
Joshua, Nikita and Dan did a great job today. Came on time and super respectful. Everything came in one piece with no damage at all. Would highly recommend :)
5 out of 5
We had a great experience with the Cactus Moving team. Very fast, easy to communicate and affordable prices.
5 out of 5
Excellent moving service! The team was professional, efficient, and very careful with our belongings. They packed everything securely and made the whole process smooth and stress-free. Highly recommend!
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- Yorkdale-Glen Park 10 moves
- Willowdale West 8 moves
- Yonge-Doris 7 moves
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- Lansing-Westgate 6 moves
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