Morningside Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northeast Toronto: Morningside 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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Or call (647) 525-5855 nowMovers in Morningside: what we know about moving here
Two different moving days happen in Morningside, and they are close to equally common. Detached houses hold the largest share of homes here, apartments in buildings of five storeys or more are barely behind them, and row housing fills much of the rest. One of those days runs down a staircase to a truck at the door; the other runs through a service elevator and a booked loading bay. Tenure is mixed in a similar proportion, so closing dates and lease dates both shape the calendar, and households run to three people, which keeps the loads themselves substantial whichever door the crew arrives at.
What follows is drawn from the wider ring of northeast Toronto communities Morningside belongs to.
Moving costs around Morningside, by the numbers
None of the money on this page was measured in Morningside. The neighbourhood has too few completed jobs to publish, so the band pools the 43 northeast Toronto communities beside it and the 89 residential moves between them: a $675 median with tax, a middle half of $488 to $1,247, a 3 hour middle day and a middle half of 3 to 5.25 hours. 78% graded small and 21% medium. Banbury-Don Mills is the heaviest contributor at 18 moves, then Thorncliffe Park at 11 and Bayview Village at 10.
- 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
How much do movers cost in Morningside?
$675 is the pooled median with tax across 89 residential moves in the northeast Toronto communities around Morningside, with half of them between $488 and $1,247. Where you land inside that depends on the home: 39% here are detached and 36% are in a building of five storeys or more, and those are different days at one hourly rate.
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Is a Morningside move a house or an apartment?
Close to half and half. 39% of homes here are single-detached, 36% sit in a building of five storeys or more and 16% are row houses. In the towers the elevator and the loading door are booked with the building and they set the window for the day. On the house side the driveway and the front steps do it instead.
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How long does a move in Morningside take?
3 hours on site is the pooled middle, with half of the 89 jobs between 3 and 5.25 hours and 78% graded small. Households here run to 3.0 people, so the local loads are fuller than that share implies. Nothing is billed for travel inside the city, so the hours on an invoice are hours spent at the two addresses.
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Which neighbourhoods do the Morningside figures come from?
The 43 northeast Toronto communities that adjoin one another here and their 89 completed residential moves, Morningside included. Banbury-Don Mills carries 18 of them, Thorncliffe Park 11 and Bayview Village 10, with Don Valley Village, North Toronto and Henry Farm smaller again. A single-neighbourhood median would rest on too few jobs to be worth printing.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Morningside?
In a tower the loading area normally covers it, and 36% of homes here are in one. On the house side a driveway usually does. Where neither is available, Toronto publishes no page about a moving truck at a residential curb and its street occupation permit is written for containers, so 311 is the call to make.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Morningside neighbourhood guide for moving day
More than a third of the homes in Morningside are in a building of five storeys or more, and for those the most useful thing to do ahead of the date is book the elevator and the loading bay with the building, since that part of the day cannot be made up later. For the detached share, which is a little larger again, the constraint is stairs and volume instead, at three people to the typical household. The curb is an open question either way: Toronto publishes no rule for a moving truck parked outside a door, only a street occupation permit aimed at containers, so 311 is where to settle it for your street.
Most homes in Morningside were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 17,660
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 5,875
- What people live in
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- 39% single-detached houses
- 36% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 16% row houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 36% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 60% owned
- 40% rented
- One-person households
- 20%
People per household
3.0
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 Morningside 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 Morningside’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Niko and Alex did a great job with the move from Toronto to kitchener
5 out of 5
I deal with a lot of movers and see them do their job. Today I saw Alex,Nicole and Andrei of Cactus Moving do a pretty heavy duty move for one of my clients. I must say they did the move so smoothly and with a smile.
5 out of 5
I'm in the midst of a renovation job and needed to empty my house after 25 years of living there. After 3 weeks of purging and packing, my partner went on a quest to find a mover. One of the self-storage facilities that she spoke to recommended Cactus.
5 out of 5
Thank you so much Alex.. amazing work.. on time and all done.. see you next .. GBU
5 out of 5
Niko and Alex were amazing! So kind, efficient, and quick. They made our move go so quickly and took the stress off of our shoulders. Thank you!!!
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Reading one that sounds like your move? Our Toronto coordinators will walk through the whole day with you before anything is booked: call the Toronto office
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
- Ionview
- Kennedy Park
- L’Amoreaux West
- Malvern East
- Malvern West
- Milliken
- 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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