Humber Bay Shores Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 140 residential moves across southwest Toronto: Humber Bay Shores and the 50 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 Humber Bay Shores: what we know about moving here
Humber Bay Shores is close to entirely vertical. More than nine in ten of its homes are apartments in a building of five storeys or more and almost all the rest are low-rise apartments, which leaves barely any house to move out of. Households are small and half of them are a single person, so a job here is far more often a one-bedroom or two-bedroom unit than a family home. The day is defined by the building: the residents' elevator, the loading dock, and the window the property manager will give you.
It is also newer stock, and owning and renting are close to even, so lease ends and closings both show up on the calendar. The numbers below come from the group of southwest Toronto communities Humber Bay Shores belongs to.
Moving costs around Humber Bay Shores, by the numbers
Humber Bay Shores does not carry enough closed jobs of its own to publish a price, so the figures come from the wider southwest Toronto set: 50 communities that border one another and 141 residential moves between them. Fort York-Liberty Village accounts for 10, Annex and High Park North 9 each, and Alderwood, Etobicoke City Centre and Junction Area 8 apiece. The middle bill was $733 with tax, half of them between $542 and $1,229, and the middle day 3.25 hours with half between 3 and 5.5. 77% graded small, which suits a set of addresses where 92% of homes are apartments.
- The comparison set
- 50 neighbourhoods · 141 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.25 median
- How big those moves are
- 77% small · 21% medium
- Busiest months
- June, April and March
- What those moves cost
- $733 median
communities in southwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.5 hours · 141 moves
June 20, April 18, March 18
half fell between $542 and $1,229 · based on 141 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does a move in Humber Bay Shores cost?
$733 is the median across 141 residential moves in the southwest Toronto communities around Humber Bay Shores, total cost with tax, with the middle half between $542 and $1,229. A local move is billed by the hour and the rate follows the crew and the truck it takes. The agreement carries that rate before the first box goes on.
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What makes a condo move here longer or shorter?
The building, almost every time. 92% of homes in Humber Bay Shores are in a building of five storeys or more, so the day is shaped by how long the service elevator stays held, how far the loading area sits from the unit, and what else the building has booked. Contents are usually modest: half the households here are one person and the middle home holds 1.7.
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How long does a move in Humber Bay Shores take?
The middle job across the pooled 141 ran 3.25 hours on site, with half of them between 3 and 5.5 hours. Travel inside city limits is not billed, so those are hours worked at the two addresses rather than time on the road. In a tower, the elevator booking is what most often decides where in that spread a day lands.
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Which neighbourhoods are the Humber Bay Shores figures based on?
The 50 southwest Toronto communities that adjoin one another here, this one included, and their 141 completed residential moves. Fort York-Liberty Village supplies 10, Annex and High Park North 9 each, then Alderwood, Etobicoke City Centre and Junction Area with 8 apiece. Nothing on the band above was measured at a Humber Bay Shores address.
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Is a summer move priced differently in Humber Bay Shores?
No. The hourly rate is the same in June as in March, so the month changes how much work there is rather than what it costs. Across the surrounding communities June carried 20 completed moves, April 18 and March 18. If your date is movable, the useful question is which day the building will release the elevator.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Humber Bay Shores neighbourhood guide for moving day
Nine in ten homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, and that one fact decides most of what a move looks like. Book the elevator and the dock with the building before anything else is fixed; a released elevator is the difference between a short job and a long one, because the clock counts a crew waiting for a lift exactly as it counts a crew carrying. Small households keep the loads modest, so two movers and one truck cover most of the work in Humber Bay Shores. Parking is the second question, and the City publishes nothing about a truck loading at a condo kerb, so ask 311 what applies where you live.
Most homes in Humber Bay Shores were built 2006 to 2010
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 22,605
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 13,330
- What people live in
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- 92% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 7% apartments in low-rise buildings
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 92% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 54% owned
- 46% rented
- One-person households
- 50%
People per household
1.7
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 Humber Bay Shores 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 Humber Bay Shores’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Cactus Moving was fantastic! Very professional, reliable, and efficient. Bohdan and Danylo were the movers who were so helpful and took extra care with my belongings. I will use Cactus Moving again for sure :)
5 out of 5
It was a very smooth moving process. The movers were friendly, efficient, and came on time, which made us feel less stressed overall. They were super quick at disassembling and assembling the large furniture such as my bed even though I knew it was a bit complex to build.
5 out of 5
The guys were delightfullly friendly and impeccably professional. Becca in the headoffice made sure everything is in perfect order. Cactus was a great choice!
5 out of 5
I had an incredible experience with Cactus Moving. After being let down by another company, Vinay and David stepped in at the last minute and were fantastic.
5 out of 5
We had the most wonderful experience with Cactus Moving. The guys who showed up were super professional. They arrived early and they were so respectful of our space, and belongings.
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- Fort York-Liberty Village 10 moves
- Annex 9 moves
- High Park North 9 moves
- Alderwood 8 moves
- Etobicoke City Centre 8 moves
- Junction Area 8 moves
- Beechborough-Greenbrook
- Briar Hill-Belgravia
- Brookhaven-Amesbury
- Caledonia-Fairbank
- Casa Loma
- Corso Italia-Davenport
- Dovercourt Village
- Dufferin Grove
- Edenbridge-Humber Valley
- Eringate-Centennial-West Deane
- Etobicoke West Mall
- Forest Hill North
- Forest Hill South
- High Park-Swansea
- Humber Heights-Westmount
- Humewood-Cedarvale
- Islington
- Junction-Wallace Emerson
- Keelesdale-Eglinton West
- Kingsview Village-The Westway
- Kingsway South
- Lambton Baby Point
- Little Portugal
- Long Branch
- Markland Wood
- Mimico-Queensway
- Mount Dennis
- New Toronto
- Oakwood Village
- Palmerston-Little Italy
- Princess-Rosethorn
- Rockcliffe-Smythe
- Roncesvalles
- Runnymede-Bloor West Village
- South Parkdale
- Stonegate-Queensway
- Trinity-Bellwoods
- University of Toronto
- West Queen West
- Weston
- Weston-Pelham Park
- Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview
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