Markland Wood Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 140 residential moves across southwest Toronto: Markland Wood 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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Markland Wood is split almost evenly between apartments in buildings of five storeys or more and detached houses, with row housing a small remainder. What sits on top of that split is the interesting part: three in four homes here are owner-occupied. A large share of the apartment stock is therefore lived in by the people who own it, which means an apartment move in this neighbourhood follows a closing date about as often as a lease date, and tends to be booked further ahead than a rental turnover allows.
The figures set out below come from the wider southwest Toronto ring this community belongs to.
Moving costs around Markland Wood, by the numbers
What the band above measures is the neighbourhood's surroundings rather than Markland Wood itself, which holds too few closed jobs to publish: 50 southwest Toronto communities, 143 residential moves, a $733 median with tax and a 3.25 hour middle day. Half of those bills fell between $541 and $1,223 and half of the days between 3 and 5.5 hours, with 77% of the work graded small. Fort York-Liberty Village leads that pool with 10 moves, and Annex and High Park North follow with 9 apiece.
- The comparison set
- 50 neighbourhoods · 143 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.25 median
- How big those moves are
- 77% small · 20% medium
- Busiest months
- June, March and April
- What those moves cost
- $733 median
communities in southwest Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.5 hours · 143 moves
June 20, March 19, April 18
half fell between $541 and $1,223 · based on 143 residential moves, total cost with tax
What does a move in Markland Wood cost?
$733 with tax is the middle of 143 residential moves recorded in the southwest Toronto communities around Markland Wood, with half of them between $541 and $1,223. This neighbourhood is close to evenly split between towers and detached houses, so both kinds of day sit inside that one figure. The rate underneath is hourly and identical for both.
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Tower or house: which move am I having in Markland Wood?
47% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more and 42% are single-detached, so it is close to a coin toss. The tower version starts with an elevator and a loading area booked through the building. The house version starts with a driveway and a front staircase. The crew is the same. The sequence of the morning is not.
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How long does a move in Markland Wood take?
3.25 hours at the middle of the 143 pooled jobs, with half of them between 3 and 5.5 hours and 77% graded small. Households here hold 2.5 people. What separates a short day from a long one is almost always access rather than contents: a lift held for the whole window, or a driveway the truck can back into.
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Does owning here change how a Markland Wood move is scheduled?
74% of homes here are owned, so most of these dates come from a closing and a possession hour rather than from a lease end. In a tower that has to be reconciled with the building's own booking calendar, which is a separate conversation and worth starting the same week. In a house it is just the day the keys change hands.
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Is one time of year cheaper in Markland Wood?
No. The hourly rate holds in every month. June carried 20 completed moves across the surrounding communities, March 19 and April 18, which describes when the work happens rather than what it costs. If your date is flexible, the thing worth chasing is a good elevator window rather than a quiet month.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Markland Wood neighbourhood guide for moving day
An apartment share close to half puts the elevator at the centre of a large part of the work here. It is reserved with the building, for a window, before the date. The other side of the split arrives at a driveway, where the only real question is how close the tailgate can get to the door. There is no city permit written for a truck at the curb on moving day; the street occupation permit that does exist is meant for containers, so 311 is the way to check your own street. Because most homes here are owner-occupied, there is usually notice enough to do that comfortably.
Most homes in Markland Wood were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 10,365
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 4,220
- What people live in
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- 47% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 42% single-detached houses
- 7% row houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 47% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 74% owned
- 26% rented
- One-person households
- 26%
People per household
2.5
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 Markland Wood 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 Markland Wood’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Cactus Moving moved us from Toronto to Georgetown and the service was exceptional! Niko and Alexander were fabulous, fast and efficient, they made the whole moving experience a breeze. Thanks guys!
Chelsea Gagne
moved from Etobicoke City Centre to Markland Wood, August 2025 · 1 bedroom
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I am very satisfied with the customer service — from the booking process all the way to the move itself. The guys helped relocate my online store from my home to a new warehouse. Thank you once again for the move and the coffee!
5 out of 5
Had a great experience with Cactus Moving! Fast, efficient, came early, brought me a coffee!! Overall a great experience. I would recommend them to anyone planning a move in the GTA.
5 out of 5
Thank you so much joshua and nikita! Very professional! On time! Took the stress from moving away and made the day as smooth as possible!
5 out of 5
Josh and Niko were great. Very friendly, professional and efficient. They eased our worries throughout the move, updated us frequently throughout the process and told us to just 'sit back and relax'. Probably the best moving experience I've had.
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