Glenfield-Jane Heights Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northwest Toronto: Glenfield-Jane Heights and the 28 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 Glenfield-Jane Heights: what we know about moving here
Glenfield-Jane Heights does not settle into one housing pattern. About a third of its homes sit in a building of five storeys or more, a third are semi-detached, and row housing takes much of the rest. A job here is roughly as likely to start at a lobby and a service elevator as at a shared front path and a set of interior stairs. Owning and renting come close to balancing, which puts about as many dates on a closing as on the end of a lease. Households run large, so what the crew carries is usually a whole family's worth rather than one person's, whichever kind of door it comes out of.
The figures below come from the ring of northwest Toronto communities Glenfield-Jane Heights sits inside, which is the closest measure we hold of what a move around here takes.
Moving costs around Glenfield-Jane Heights, by the numbers
Glenfield-Jane Heights is read through 28 northwest Toronto communities and the 81 residential moves they hold between them, with York University Heights, Yorkdale-Glen Park, Willowdale West and Lansing-Westgate carrying the counts. The middle job billed $773 with tax in and spent 3.5 hours on site, half of them between $530 and $1,237, and 61% graded small. The homes here hold three people apiece at the middle, across 10,000 of them, so the medium share of that pool is the part that fits.
- The comparison set
- 28 neighbourhoods · 81 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.5 median
- How big those moves are
- 61% small · 33% medium · 6% large
- Busiest months
- February, July and June
- What those moves cost
- $773 median
communities in northwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.5 hours · 81 moves
February 10, July 10, June 8
half fell between $530 and $1,237 · based on 81 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Glenfield-Jane Heights?
$773 is the pooled middle, tax in, from 81 residential moves in the northwest Toronto communities Glenfield-Jane Heights is grouped with, with half of them between $530 and $1,237. It is a borrowed reading. Cactus prices a local move by the hour, on a rate set by the crew and the truck, and the agreement carries it before the day.
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Does the size of the households here matter?
It is the main thing to plan around. Homes in Glenfield-Jane Heights hold three people at the middle and only 21% are occupied by one person, across 10,000 homes. That is a full-household load. The pooled record has 33% of its jobs graded medium and 6% large, and a full household is what those grades describe.
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What is a semi-detached move like here?
34% of the homes are semi-detached and another 13% are row houses, so nearly half the neighbourhood is a house with a staircase and a front path. There is no lift and no bay to arrange. The day is decided by how many flights there are and how close the truck can stand to the door, and both are worth checking before the date.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Glenfield-Jane Heights?
Toronto has published nothing covering a moving truck at the curb, only a street occupation permit written for moving containers, so ask 311 about your own street. Where the home is one of the 36% in a building of five storeys or more, the building's loading rules will decide the morning regardless of what the City says.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Glenfield-Jane Heights neighbourhood guide for moving day
Two things on this list decide the day. The first is that attached housing, counting semis and row houses together, is nearly half of the stock here. Those are the jobs where the route out matters: a shared front path, a side gate, and interior stairs built for the furniture of their day. Walk that route before the crew arrives and flag anything narrow. The second is the curb. Toronto publishes no page that covers a moving truck standing outside your door, its street occupation permit naming moving containers only, so 311 is the call that settles your own block.
Most homes in Glenfield-Jane Heights were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 30,020
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 10,000
- What people live in
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- 36% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 34% semi-detached houses
- 13% row houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 36% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 52% owned
- 48% rented
- One-person households
- 21%
People per household
3.0
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 Glenfield-Jane Heights 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 Glenfield-Jane Heights’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
We moved a tech warehouse and Nikita and Alex were great. Very strong, efficient, and careful with everything. They handled all the heavy lifting without rushing and made sure everything was secure. 10/10 would recommend.
5 out of 5
The guys arrived 30 minutes early but patiently waited while I finished packing. No pressure, just understanding. Very respectful attitude. Thank you, Nikita and Alex!
5 out of 5
This company is fantastic! They handled our family's move from Calgary to Toronto seamlessly, taking care of everything. I was genuinely surprised—they even ordered coffee for us during the move! Can you believe that? After delivering all my furniture without any damage, they gave me a welcome gift.
5 out of 5
I moved with my family from Toronto to another part of Ontario. We had a ton of stuff—kids’ furniture, washer, boxes full of dishes, books, and electronics. I was really nervous, especially since our stairs are narrow and the parking setup is tricky. Nikita and Alex arrived right on time.
5 out of 5
Very satisfied with the move! Nikita and Alex arrived on time, worked quickly and efficiently. I especially appreciated the office clearly explaining the price and timeline—no surprises. Thank you!
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- Yorkdale-Glen Park 10 moves
- Willowdale West 8 moves
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- Lansing-Westgate 6 moves
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