Junction-Wallace Emerson Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 130 residential moves across southwest Toronto: Junction-Wallace Emerson 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson: what we know about moving here
Junction-Wallace Emerson splits down the middle on tenure: half its homes are owned and half are rented. The practical effect is that the calendar here is pulled by closings and by lease ends in roughly equal measure, so neither kind of date owns the month and a booking can be built around either.
The housing is mostly apartments, and mostly low-rise ones: that is the most common home here, with taller blocks behind it and semi-detached houses behind those. Low-rise is also the shape that carries the most uncertainty on moving day, because a building of four storeys may have a lift and may not, and that single fact does more to the hours than the size of the load does. Households are small, a third of the homes hold one person, and the middle home dates from between 1961 and 1980. The move figures below come from the ring of southwest Toronto communities this one sits inside.
Moving costs around Junction-Wallace Emerson, by the numbers
Junction-Wallace Emerson leans on its neighbours for these numbers: 50 southwest Toronto communities that adjoin one another and 140 completed residential moves between them, with Fort York-Liberty Village at 10, Annex and High Park North at 9 each, and Alderwood, Etobicoke City Centre and Junction Area at 8 apiece. The pooled median is $728 with tax and the middle half runs $541 to $1,220. The middle day is 3.25 hours on site with half between 3 and 5.5 hours. 76% of that work graded small and 21% medium.
- The comparison set
- 50 neighbourhoods · 140 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.25 median
- How big those moves are
- 76% small · 21% medium
- Busiest months
- June, March and April
- What those moves cost
- $728 median
communities in southwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.5 hours · 140 moves
June 20, March 19, April 18
half fell between $541 and $1,220 · based on 140 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much do movers cost in Junction-Wallace Emerson?
$728 is the pooled median with tax, taken from 140 residential moves in the southwest Toronto communities next to this one, with half of them between $541 and $1,220. Cactus bills a local move by the hour. The rate is set by how many movers and how big a truck the job needs, and it is in the agreement before the day.
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What does a move in a low-rise building here involve?
It is the common case in Junction-Wallace Emerson: 39% of homes are in a building under five storeys, against 27% in one of five or more. A low-rise may have a lift or it may be a stair carry, and it usually has no loading area, so where the truck can legally stand becomes the question instead of which window the building will give you.
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How long is a moving day around Junction-Wallace Emerson?
3.25 hours on site at the middle of the 140 pooled jobs, with half of them between 3 and 5.5 hours and 76% graded small. Households here hold 2.3 people and a third are one person, so the loads are on the compact side. What stretches a day in this kind of housing is the carry rather than the volume.
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Does it matter whether I own or rent in Junction-Wallace Emerson?
Only for the date. Owning and renting are split evenly here, so half of these moves are set by a closing and half by a lease end, and the two behave differently: a closing can shift by a day, a lease end usually cannot. The crew, the truck and the hourly rate are identical either way.
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Is one month cheaper than another in Junction-Wallace Emerson?
No. The rate is hourly in every month of the year. June carried 20 completed moves across the surrounding communities, March 19 and April 18, which tells you when the work clusters rather than when it is priced differently. Booking further out buys the date you want, not a lower bill.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Junction-Wallace Emerson neighbourhood guide for moving day
Two homes in three here are apartments of one kind or another, so most moving days start at a shared entrance, and the two things worth settling with the building are the lift booking and where the truck may stand while it loads. Neither is in the crew's gift. The low-rise share is the one to ask about specifically: a building under five storeys may have a lift and may not, and where it does not the same load becomes a stair carry. The street occupation permit Toronto publishes is written for containers, and nothing it publishes covers a moving truck at a residential curb, so call 311 about your own block.
Most homes in Junction-Wallace Emerson were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 23,180
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 10,180
- What people live in
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- 39% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 27% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 12% semi-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 27% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 50% owned
- 50% rented
- One-person households
- 34%
People per household
2.3
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 Junction-Wallace Emerson 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Thank you cactus moving (and Aleksei, Nikita, Andrei, and Aleksandr) for making our warehouse move happen! Your team worked so hard and I really appreciate how much easier it made everything for my team.
5 out of 5
A special shout out to Nico and Baiaz - I just want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the exceptional service you provided. Your professionalism , efficiency and care for our belongings were truly impressive . You made a potentially stressful experience seamless and stress free.
5 out of 5
Amazing and quick work. Travelled from Hamilton to Kingston. Couldn’t have done it without both Alex and Alex. And we got a cute cactus lol.
5 out of 5
Absolutely wonderful experience with Aleksei and Niko today - everything was perfect and I will be using Cactus Moving again in the spring!
5 out of 5
Nico and Alex were so professional throughout the entire move. They were super careful and quick. And we got a cactus as a present at the end! 100% recommended.
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