Highland Creek Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northeast Toronto: Highland Creek and the 43 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 Highland Creek: what we know about moving here
Highland Creek is a houses-and-families neighbourhood. More than four homes in five are single-detached, none of the housing counted here sits in a building of five storeys or more, and households run large. Those three together set the expectation for a moving day: whole houses in active family use, which is the long end of residential work rather than the short end, and the reason a walkthrough before the date earns its keep.
Most homes here are owned, so the date usually follows a closing rather than a lease end, and the handover tends to happen at both ends on the same day. The panel below measures the ring of northeast Toronto communities around Highland Creek.
Moving costs around Highland Creek, by the numbers
Highland Creek has too few closed jobs of its own to carry a price, so the band above borrows from the 43 northeast Toronto communities beside it and the 89 residential moves between them. Banbury-Don Mills holds 18, Thorncliffe Park 11 and Bayview Village 10. Half of the 89 ran between 3 and 5.25 hours on site around a 3 hour median, and half cost between $488 and $1,247 around a $675 median with tax. 78% graded small, and that is the figure to read carefully here, because 84% of homes in Highland Creek are detached houses.
- The comparison set
- 43 neighbourhoods · 89 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3 median
- How big those moves are
- 78% small · 21% medium
- Busiest months
- August, June and February
- What those moves cost
- $675 median
communities in northeast Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.25 hours · 89 moves
August 18, June 11, February 9
half fell between $488 and $1,247 · based on 89 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does a move in Highland Creek cost?
The borrowed median is $675 with tax across 89 moves in the northeast Toronto communities around Highland Creek, and half of them fell between $488 and $1,247. That pool is weighted toward apartment work. A local move is billed by the hour, so a bigger home takes a longer day and lands further up that band, and 84% of homes here are detached.
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How long does a house move in Highland Creek take?
The middle job in the pooled set ran 3 hours on site with half of them between 3 and 5.25 hours, but that pool leans to apartments and this neighbourhood does not. Households here hold 3.3 people in a detached house, and the garage and the basement are usually where a day gets longer than expected. A walkthrough before the date earns its half hour.
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Is there an elevator or a permit to worry about in Highland Creek?
No home counted here sits in a building of five storeys or more, so there is no lift to reserve and no loading bay to hold. What replaces it is the curb. Toronto publishes no rule covering a moving truck standing outside a house, and its street occupation permit is written for containers, so 311 is the number that answers for your block.
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Which neighbourhoods are the Highland Creek figures based on?
The 43 northeast Toronto communities that adjoin one another here, Highland Creek among them, and the 89 completed residential moves between them. Banbury-Don Mills contributes 18, Thorncliffe Park 11 and Bayview Village 10, with Don Valley Village and North Toronto at 6 apiece. None of those jobs was measured at a Highland Creek address.
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Does moving in a busier month cost more in Highland Creek?
No. The hourly rate is fixed whatever the date, so August is priced the same as December. What changes is volume. August carried 18 completed moves across the surrounding communities, with June at 11 and February at 9. 86% of homes here are owned, so the date is more often set by a closing than by preference anyway.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Highland Creek neighbourhood guide for moving day
Nothing on this panel points at a tower lift, so the logistics reduce to two questions: where the truck stands, and how much is in the house. On the first, the City has published no rule covering a moving truck at the curb, and its street occupation permit names containers rather than trucks, so 311 is what will tell you whether your street needs anything. On the second, a household of this size in a detached house is a real load, and it is better counted than estimated. The basement and the garage are usually where an estimate goes wrong.
Most homes in Highland Creek were built 1981 to 1990
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 12,625
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 3,790
- What people live in
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- 84% single-detached houses
- 15% duplex apartments
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 0% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 86% owned
- 14% rented
- One-person households
- 11%
People per household
3.3
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 Highland Creek 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 Highland Creek’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
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.
5 out of 5
I want to leave a positive review about the company, I ordered a move with this company, everything went perfectly, special thanks to Maksym a wonderful and communicative guy
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- Banbury-Don Mills 18 moves
- Thorncliffe Park 11 moves
- Bayview Village 10 moves
- Don Valley Village 6 moves
- North Toronto 6 moves
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- Agincourt South-Malvern West
- Bayview Woods-Steeles
- Bendale-Glen Andrew
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- Cliffcrest
- Eglinton East
- Fenside-Parkwoods
- Flemingdon Park
- Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn
- Guildwood
- Hillcrest Village
- Ionview
- Kennedy Park
- L’Amoreaux West
- Malvern East
- Malvern West
- Milliken
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- Morningside Heights
- O`Connor Parkview
- Parkwoods-O’Connor Hills
- Pleasant View
- Scarborough Village
- St.Andrew-Windfields
- Steeles
- Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan
- Victoria Village
- West Hill
- West Rouge
- Wexford/Maryvale
- Woburn North
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