Ionview Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northeast Toronto: Ionview 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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Ionview is a renting neighbourhood built mostly of apartment towers, and both of those facts point the same way on moving day. More than half the homes here are in a building of five storeys or more and three in five are rented, so the date is usually a lease date, the job starts in a lobby rather than on a driveway, and the elevator that has to carry it belongs to somebody else.
The households are not small, though. The middle one holds closer to three people than to two, so these are family loads coming out of apartment doors. Detached and semi-detached houses make up the rest of Ionview and are the minority of it. The move figures below cover the ring of northeast Toronto communities this one sits inside, which is where the recorded work in this corner of the city is.
Moving costs around Ionview, by the numbers
The figures beside this text belong to a ring rather than to Ionview: 43 northeast Toronto communities that border one another, and 89 residential moves recorded between them. Banbury-Don Mills supplies the most of those at 18, then Thorncliffe Park at 11 and Bayview Village at 10. The middle of the 89 cost $675 with tax and ran 3 hours on site, with the middle half spanning $488 to $1,247 and 3 to 5.25 hours. 78% were graded small and 21% medium. Ionview's own closed work is too thin to carry a figure by itself.
- 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
What does a local move cost in Ionview?
The median local move across the 89 residential jobs recorded in the northeast Toronto communities around Ionview came to $675 with tax included, and half of them fell between $488 and $1,247. Four in five of those moves were graded small. A local move is billed by the hour, at a rate the agreement states before the crew begins.
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How long does an apartment move in Ionview take?
3 hours on site is the middle figure across those 89 moves, with half of them landing between 3 and 5.25 hours. In Ionview the elevator is the thing to settle: 55% of homes are in a building of five storeys or more, and a lift released late is the usual reason a short job turns into a long one.
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What should I sort out with the building before moving day in Ionview?
The service elevator and the loading area, booked as soon as the date is fixed. 55% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more and 61% are rented, so a lease end and a building calendar usually have to agree with each other. The next fifth of homes are detached, where a driveway replaces both.
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Which neighbourhoods sit behind the Ionview figures?
Every community touching this one, 43 of them across northeast Toronto, and the 89 completed residential moves between them. Banbury-Don Mills carries 18, Thorncliffe Park 11 and Bayview Village 10, with Don Valley Village, North Toronto and Henry Farm behind them. None of it was measured at an Ionview address, which is why the page says so plainly.
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Is there a busier season for moving in Ionview?
August is the fullest month across the surrounding communities at 18 completed moves, with June at 11 and February at 9. That is a count of work done rather than a price list: the hourly rate is identical in August and in October. Where the address is a tower, the building calendar matters more to your date than the season does.
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Ionview neighbourhood guide for moving day
One line on this list decides most Ionview moving days: more than half the homes are in a building of five storeys or more. That makes the service elevator and the loading door the first appointment to make, and it is made with the superintendent rather than with the movers. A lift held for your window is the difference between carrying a load and queuing with it. Renting is the norm here rather than the exception, so those dates tend to be fixed weeks in advance, which is notice enough to arrange both. The houses in the neighbourhood are the smaller share and skip the question entirely.
Most homes in Ionview were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 13,365
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 4,965
- What people live in
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- 55% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 21% single-detached houses
- 8% semi-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 55% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 39% owned
- 61% rented
- One-person households
- 25%
People per household
2.7
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 Ionview 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 Ionview’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
A short poetic piece. It's outrageous, outrageously grand! With Alexei Y. 's beard and Nikita Ch. 's smooth hand, They whisked my world from old house to new, Not a scratch on a lamp, not a wrinkle in view.
5 out of 5
Niko and Yevhen helped us for moving . We were 100 % satisfied. They did it with care and without any damage . Thank you the team
5 out of 5
Josh and Nico were absolutely incredible!!! They were super fast and made this whole move sooo easy, I didn’t have to worry about a thing!! Overall the sweetest guys ever! Easy to talk to and you can tell they really enjoy doing this. Love them! Going to recommend them to everyone I know!
5 out of 5
Josh and Niko were fantastic! They made moving day an enjoyable experience when I was absolutely dreading it! Please ask for Josh and his team when booking you moving services, you will not be disappointed!
5 out of 5
Josh and Nico were the very best help for us as we moved today, they arrived on time and were very enthusiastic as they helped us to move. They both deserve a raise! Thank you to the wonderful team at Cactus Moving.
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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
- Henry Farm
- Agincourt North
- Agincourt South-Malvern West
- Bayview Woods-Steeles
- Bendale South
- Bendale-Glen Andrew
- Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills
- Centennial Scarborough
- Clairlea-Birchmount
- Cliffcrest
- Dorset Park
- East L’Amoreaux
- Eglinton East
- Fenside-Parkwoods
- Flemingdon Park
- Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn
- Guildwood
- Highland Creek
- Hillcrest Village
- Kennedy Park
- L’Amoreaux West
- Malvern East
- Malvern West
- Milliken
- Morningside
- 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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