Humber Summit Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 70 residential moves across northwest Toronto: Humber Summit 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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Semi-detached houses are the dominant form in Humber Summit, with low-rise apartments and a smaller share of tall buildings behind them. Add heavy owner-occupation and large households, and the shape of a local move follows: families in houses they own, moving on closing dates rather than lease ends, with a whole household to carry rather than a studio. Stairs, a driveway and a basement are the usual constraints; a booked elevator is the exception here rather than the rule.
What follows is measured across the ring of northwest Toronto communities around Humber Summit, and it is the closest read we have on what a move in this corner of the city takes.
Moving costs around Humber Summit, by the numbers
Humber Summit borrows its figures from the ring it sits in: 28 northwest Toronto communities and 80 residential moves between them, led by York University Heights with 13, Yorkdale-Glen Park with 10 and Willowdale West with 8. That pool cost $755 at the middle with tax, half of it between $530 and $1,238, and ran 3.5 hours on site at the middle with half between 3 and 5.56. The size mix is the part worth noticing: 34% graded medium and 6% large against 60% small. Semi-detached houses hold 45% of the homes here, and that is the kind of work they produce.
- The comparison set
- 28 neighbourhoods · 80 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.5 median
- How big those moves are
- 60% small · 34% medium · 6% large
- Busiest months
- February, July and June
- What those moves cost
- $755 median
communities in northwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.56 hours · 80 moves
February 10, July 10, June 8
half fell between $530 and $1,238 · based on 80 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does a move in Humber Summit cost?
The pooled median is $755 with tax across 80 residential moves in the northwest Toronto communities around Humber Summit, with half of them between $530 and $1,238. Cactus bills a local move by the hour at a rate set by the crew and the truck, and the agreement states it before anything is lifted. The figure describes the ring, not your address.
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Why are more of the moves around Humber Summit graded medium?
Because the housing is bigger. Across this ring 34% of jobs were graded medium and 6% large against 60% small, and in Humber Summit itself 45% of homes are semi-detached houses holding 3.1 people at the middle. A whole house with a basement is a longer day than a one-bedroom, and since the rate is hourly that is what the grading is really recording.
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How long does a move in Humber Summit take?
3.5 hours on site at the middle of the 80 pooled moves, with half of them between 3 and 5.56 hours. Stairs and a basement are what push a day past that middle. 72% of homes here are owned, so the date usually follows a closing, and in that case both ends of the move often fall on the same day.
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Which neighbourhoods are the Humber Summit figures drawn from?
The 28 northwest Toronto communities that border one another here, Humber Summit included, and the 80 completed residential moves between them. York University Heights contributes 13, Yorkdale-Glen Park 10 and Willowdale West 8, with Yonge-Doris, Bedford Park-Nortown and Lansing-Westgate behind them. A pool that wide is what makes the median steady enough to publish.
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Is one month cheaper than another in Humber Summit?
No, the hourly rate holds whatever the date. February and July each carried 10 completed moves across the surrounding communities and June 8, which tells you when the work clusters rather than what it costs. With so many homes here owned, the date is usually set by the closing anyway.
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Humber Summit neighbourhood guide for moving day
The reading a crew takes from this panel is that most Humber Summit moves are whole-household ones: semi-detached housing dominates, ownership is high, and the homes hold more people than a unit does. Where there is no tower lift, everything travels on stairs, so having the basement and the garage sorted before the day matters more than it would in an apartment. And because the City publishes no rule for a moving truck at the curb, 311 is worth a call if your street is narrow enough that parking will be tight.
Most homes in Humber Summit were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 12,185
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 3,930
- What people live in
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- 45% semi-detached houses
- 19% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 18% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 18% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 72% owned
- 28% rented
- One-person households
- 18%
People per household
3.1
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 Humber Summit 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 Summit’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
These guys are the real deal. Niko and Josh arrived before time and were really very efficient. Thank you for making our move so smooth. Nothing was broken, and everything to the point.
5 out of 5
The team were great. On time, kind and willing to do whatever was asked. They hustled and were done faster than I expected.
5 out of 5
Joshua, Nikita and Dan did a great job today. Came on time and super respectful. Everything came in one piece with no damage at all. Would highly recommend :)
5 out of 5
We had a great experience with the Cactus Moving team. Very fast, easy to communicate and affordable prices.
5 out of 5
Excellent moving service! The team was professional, efficient, and very careful with our belongings. They packed everything securely and made the whole process smooth and stress-free. Highly recommend!
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- York University Heights 13 moves
- Yorkdale-Glen Park 10 moves
- Willowdale West 8 moves
- Yonge-Doris 7 moves
- Bedford Park-Nortown 6 moves
- Lansing-Westgate 6 moves
- Avondale
- Bathurst Manor
- Black Creek
- Clanton Park
- Downsview
- East Willowdale
- Elms-Old Rexdale
- Englemount-Lawrence
- Glenfield-Jane Heights
- Humbermede
- Lawrence Park North
- Lawrence Park South
- Maple Leaf
- Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown
- Newtonbrook East
- Newtonbrook West
- Oakdale-Beverley Heights
- Pelmo Park-Humberlea
- Rexdale-Kipling
- Rustic
- Thistletown-Beaumond Heights
- Westminster-Branson
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