Forest Hill South Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 140 residential moves across southwest Toronto: Forest Hill South and the 52 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 Forest Hill South: what we know about moving here
Four homes in ten in Forest Hill South are occupied by one person, and households across the neighbourhood run to 2.1 people. Small households make compact moves: one-bedroom and two-bedroom loads, one truck, and a single day rather than two.
The housing sits behind that in three distinct pieces: apartments in buildings of five storeys or more, detached houses, and low-rise apartments. So the elevator move, the driveway move and the walk-up carry are all ordinary here rather than rare, and they are not planned the same way. Ownership and renting split almost exactly evenly, which spreads the dates across closings and lease ends alike. The figures below belong to the ring of southwest Toronto communities Forest Hill South sits inside rather than to this boundary on its own.
Moving costs around Forest Hill South, by the numbers
Forest Hill South is grouped with 52 southwest Toronto communities holding 147 residential moves between them, and Fort York-Liberty Village, Annex, High Park North and Junction Area carry the counts. The pooled middle job billed $724 with tax in and ran 3.25 hours on site, with half of them between $541 and $1,202 and 78% graded small. The housing here is a three-way split, 44% in towers, 32% single-detached and 20% in low-rise blocks, and each of the three runs a different kind of day.
- The comparison set
- 52 neighbourhoods · 147 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.25 median
- How big those moves are
- 78% small · 20% medium
- Busiest months
- June, March and April
- What those moves cost
- $724 median
communities in southwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.5 hours · 147 moves
June 20, March 19, April 18
half fell between $541 and $1,202 · based on 147 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Forest Hill South?
$724 is the pooled middle across 147 residential moves in the southwest Toronto communities Forest Hill South belongs to, tax in, with half of them between $541 and $1,202. Nothing in that is measured on this boundary. Cactus charges by the hour, on a rate set by the crew and the truck, and the figure sits in the agreement before anything is lifted.
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Which of the three kinds of home takes longest to move out of?
The detached house, and 32% of the homes here are one. Stairs at the load, a basement and often a garage put it above the 3.25-hour pooled middle. A low-rise flat, 20% of the stock, is a staircase but a smaller load. A tower unit, 44% of it, is the shortest of the three once the lift is booked and the bay is held.
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Are the loads here small?
Mostly. 40% of homes hold one person, the middle household is 2.1 people, and 78% of the pooled nearby record graded small. That means one truck with room to spare on a typical job. What decides the bill is not the volume but the number of trips between the unit and the tailgate, because the billing is hourly.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Forest Hill South?
Nothing published covers it: the street occupation permit Toronto publishes names moving containers rather than moving trucks. Call 311 about your own address. Where the home is one of the detached ones the driveway usually takes the truck, and where it is a tower the bay belongs to the building.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Forest Hill South neighbourhood guide for moving day
Three patterns share this neighbourhood and each wants different preparation. For homes in a building of five storeys or more, the elevator and the loading bay are a reservation made with property management, ideally before the moving date is confirmed. For the low-rise apartments there is usually neither, and the stairs are where the hours go. The detached houses bring their own question, which is where the truck can legally stand. Toronto publishes no page covering a moving truck at the curb, so 311 is the check to make. Household size pulls the other way: small homes here, and small loads with them.
Most homes in Forest Hill South were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 10,860
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 5,075
- What people live in
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- 44% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 32% single-detached houses
- 20% apartments in low-rise buildings
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 44% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 49% owned
- 51% rented
- One-person households
- 40%
People per household
2.1
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 Forest Hill South 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 Forest Hill South’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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