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High Park North Movers, Toronto

Cactus has completed at least 9 residential moves inside High Park North’s own community boundary, 6 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 High Park North: what we know about moving here

High Park North is a rental tower neighbourhood with a low-rise fringe. Three homes in five sit in a building of five storeys or more, low-rise apartments take much of the rest, and detached houses are a small minority. A job here nearly always begins at a building entrance. Two thirds of households rent, which puts the date on a lease end rather than a closing, and the household itself is small.

Our own record inside the boundary is short and it matches that shape. At least 9 residential moves have been attributed to High Park North since 2025, 6 of them in the last 12 months, and 67% were graded small; the median crew is two movers and the middle job ran 4.25 hours on site, with half of them between 3 and 6. Read those as the shape of the work here rather than as a quote for yours.

High Park North neighbourhood guide for moving day

The housing mix makes the building the first call rather than the crew: with three homes in five in a building of five storeys or more, the elevator is reserved, the loading area confirmed and the permitted hours checked before a start time is worth fixing. Tenure reinforces it. Most homes here are rented, so the date follows a lease end rather than a closing, and it is the building that has to agree to it. Households are small, so the loads themselves are usually modest. Parking is the loose end: no Toronto page covers a moving truck standing at a residential curb, so ask 311 about your block.

Most homes in High Park North were built 1961 to 1980

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

People
21,855

2021 federal census

Homes
11,100

People per household

2.0

2021 federal census, 25% sample

What people live in
  • 60% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
  • 18% apartments in low-rise buildings
  • 13% single-detached houses
In a building of five storeys or more
60% of homes
Owned or rented
  • 33% owned
  • 67% rented
One-person households
43%

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 High Park North every week and we will tell you who to ask: talk to our Toronto team

High Park North moving costs, by the numbers

Every figure in that band comes from a completed residential move with either its pickup or its drop-off inside the High Park North boundary, counted from 2025 onward. Nine is a floor rather than a total; the 6 from the last 12 months are exact. Seven of those jobs carried a price, so the $764 median marks the middle of a small sample rather than a going figure, with the $524 to $1,273 middle half showing how far apart two jobs at one rate can land.

What a local move cost
$764 median

half fell between $524 and $1,273 · based on 7 residential moves, total cost with tax

Residential moves in High Park North
at least 9

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2025

In the last 12 months
6

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
4.25 median

half of these moves ran 3–6 hours · 9 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–3 · 9 moves

Simplified outline of the official High Park North community boundary in Toronto, with a dot marking its centre.
High Park North’s own community boundary about 2.4 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move this size costs in Southwest Toronto

Sizes of move cut out of the completed residential jobs in Southwest Toronto, the communities beside this one. High Park North has fewer than five of its own at each size, and a band resting on fewer than five moves is not published here at any scope.

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

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southwest Toronto

$757
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $578 and $1,139 · 36 moves

  • 3.63 hours on site half ran 3–5.13 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

High Park North has fewer than five one-bedroom moves of its own, so this card is cut from the 36 at that size across the surrounding southwest Toronto communities. Two movers, one truck, and a median of 3.63 hours on site with half of the 36 running between 3 and 5.13. The median bill is $757 and half of them fell between $578 and $1,139. At this size the furniture is the short part of the job. The lift, the corridor and the distance out to the truck are the long part.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 36 moves.

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

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southwest Toronto

$1,050
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $655 and $1,569 · 24 moves

  • 5.75 hours on site half ran 4.25–6 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A second bedroom roughly doubles the day. Across southwest Toronto the middle two-bedroom job ran 5.75 hours on site, with half of the 24 at that size between 4.25 and 6 hours, still on two movers and one truck. The median came to $1,050 and half of them landed between $655 and $1,569. High Park North holds fewer than five of its own that size, so these describe what two bedrooms take nearby. The band is wide because a boxed home and a half-boxed one are different days.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 24 moves.

Clay-style illustration of a four-bedroom-plus move in Southwest Toronto: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A four-bedroom-plus move in Southwest Toronto

$1,162
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $822 and $1,420 · 6 moves

  • 5.75 hours on site half ran 3.63–6.56 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

At four bedrooms and up the sample is small and southwest Toronto wide: 6 moves that size, a median of $1,162 with a middle half of $822 to $1,420, on two movers and one truck. The middle day ran 5.75 hours with half between 3.63 and 6.56. Six moves is few enough that the midpoint is a direction rather than a quote. A home that size in High Park North is usually one of the detached minority, so the stairs and the driveway decide the hours.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 6 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 a move in High Park North cost?

$764 is the median of the 7 priced moves attributed to High Park North, total cost with tax, with the middle half between $524 and $1,273. Across the 50 southwest Toronto communities around it the figure is $744 on 139 jobs. Seven is a small sample, so read the local number as the middle of what we have seen rather than as a rate.

  • Why do the size cards on this page say Southwest Toronto?

    Because High Park North holds fewer than five completed moves at each size of home, and a band resting on fewer than five is not published here at any scope. The three cards are cut from the same sizes across the surrounding communities instead: 36 one-bedroom jobs, 24 two-bedroom and 6 at four bedrooms or more. They describe the size of the move, not this address.

  • How long is a moving day in High Park North?

    4.25 hours on site at the middle of the 9 moves attributed here, with half of them between 3 and 6 hours, against a 3.5 hour middle across the wider ring. Two movers is the median crew and half the jobs used 2 or 3. Travel time inside city limits is not billed, so those are hours of work at the address.

  • What does a one-bedroom move around High Park North cost?

    $757 at the median across 36 one-bedroom jobs in the surrounding southwest Toronto communities, with half between $578 and $1,139 and a middle day of 3.63 hours on two movers and one truck. Three homes in five here are in a building of five storeys or more, so most one-bedroom work in High Park North opens at a lobby door with a lift held.

  • Is there a busier month to move in High Park North?

    June, then April and March, carry the most completed work across the surrounding communities, at 20, 18 and 17 moves. The hourly rate does not change with the month, so a June date is priced the same as a November one. What a busier month changes is how much choice of date you have when you call.

  • Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in High Park North?

    Toronto publishes no page covering a moving truck standing at a residential curb, and the City street occupation permit is written for moving containers rather than trucks. So the honest answer is to ask: 311 will say whether your block needs anything on the day. Where the address is a tower, the loading bay usually settles it and the building books that.

Ask Toronto in person, or price the move yourself in a minute.

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 High Park North’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

    From the start Faye was very helpful in arranging time, how many movers needed etc. Niko and his team were on time professional and courteous They also thought outside the box to deal w unexpected challenges- which always seem to come when you’re doing a stressfull move.

    Fiona Devine

    moved from Oakwood Village to High Park North, May 2026 · 2 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    If you're thinking of hiring Cactus, please just do it. Moving is such a stressful experience, but the folks at Cactus go above and beyond to make it a breeze!

    Sarah Siddiqui

    moved from High Park North to Cabbagetown-South St. James Town, November 2025 · 1 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    Thank you Alex and Nico for all your hard work and timely fashion. Also wanted to say a very special thank you to Hodi who made the move possible! A very special touch was the free coffee delivered to the font door. So thoughtful and appreciated

    Kelley Hogan

    moved from High Park North to High Park-Swansea, April 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Great company, respectful, and reliable. Called me the day before to confirm time and address. Got a 15 minute heads up before they arrived, 5 minutes early.

    Shahar Rotberg

    moved within High Park North, March 2025 · 1 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    I would like to sincerely thank the Cactus Moving team for assisting with my move. Over the years, I had accumulated many belongings, each carrying precious memories. My greatest concern was my library—books have been my lifelong companions, and each one holds a special place in my heart.

    Svitlana Honcharova

    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

Beneath the boundary figures sits a wider pool: 50 southwest Toronto communities and 139 completed residential moves, with Fort York-Liberty Village at 10 of them, Annex and Junction Area at 9 and 8, and Alderwood, Etobicoke City Centre and Little Portugal beside those. High Park North's own book runs longer and a little costlier, 4.25 hours on site against 3.5 and a $764 median against $744, and less of its work grades small, 67% against 77%. Nine local jobs is a short record, so the pooled set is the steadier of the two.

Measure High Park North Southwest Toronto
Median local move $764 $744
Median crew hours on site half of High Park North’s ran 3–6 hours 4.25 hrs 3.5 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job 67% 77%
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 50 communities, this one and everything next to it at least 9 139

In High Park North 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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