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North Toronto Movers, Toronto

Cactus has completed at least 6 residential moves inside North Toronto’s own community boundary, 6 of them in the last twelve months. Here is what they cost, how long they ran and what the City wants at the curb.

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Movers in North Toronto: what we know about moving here

The moves recorded inside North Toronto’s own boundary were 100% small, run by a median crew of 2 movers, and yet they were long days. The middle one took 4.75 hours on site against 3 hours across the surrounding communities. Small loads on long days is what a neighbourhood of towers produces: almost every home here is in a building of five storeys or more, the households are small, and the hours go on the route out of the building rather than on the volume.

Renting is the tenure of the large majority, so the dates come from leases rather than closings. That combination of a small load, a tall building and a lift somebody else controls is also why this page’s own median total runs above the one for the communities around it, and the cards below split the work by the size of the home instead.

North Toronto neighbourhood guide for moving day

Two figures here drive the day. Almost every home is in a building of five storeys or more, which puts the elevator and the loading area at the head of the list to arrange. The 4.75-hour middle on our own jobs is what a tower does to a small load when that window is tight. Renting is the majority tenure, so lease endings rather than closing dates set the calendar in North Toronto. The kerb is covered by nothing the City has written down for moving vehicles, so treat 311 as part of the preparation.

Most homes in North Toronto were built 1991 to 2000

2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home

People
15,885

2021 federal census

Homes
9,430

People per household

1.7

2021 federal census, 25% sample

What people live in
  • 90% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
  • 9% apartments in low-rise buildings
In a building of five storeys or more
90% of homes
Owned or rented
  • 19% owned
  • 81% rented
One-person households
52%

2021 federal census, 25% sample

Booking the curb

Check with the City before the day

City of Toronto

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 North Toronto every week and we will tell you who to ask: talk to our Toronto team

North Toronto moving costs, by the numbers

This is a young record. All of these moves sit inside North Toronto’s own community boundary and 6 of them come from the last twelve months, so the all-time figure is a floor that will keep rising rather than a total. The hours are the useful entry: 4.75 in the middle, with the middle half running 3 to 6.69. The $1,195 median rests on 5 completed local totals and should be read as the middle of a handful of jobs rather than as a rate.

What a local move cost
$1,195 median

half fell between $519 and $1,257 · based on 5 residential moves, total cost with tax

Residential moves in North Toronto
at least 6

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2025

In the last 12 months
6

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
4.75 median

half of these moves ran 3–6.69 hours · 6 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–2 · 6 moves

Simplified outline of the official North Toronto community boundary in Toronto, with a dot marking its centre.
North Toronto’s own community boundary about 0.8 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move this size costs in Northeast Toronto

Sizes of move cut out of the completed residential jobs in Northeast Toronto, the communities beside this one. North Toronto has fewer than five of its own at each size, and a band resting on fewer than five moves is not published here at any scope.

Clay-style illustration of a one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northeast Toronto: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northeast Toronto

$868
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $564 and $1,155 · 24 moves

  • 5.13 hours on site half ran 3–6 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A one-bedroom job across northeast Toronto ran 5.13 hours on site at the middle of 24 moves, with half of them between 3 and 6 hours, on two movers and one truck, for an $868 median with a middle half of $564 to $1,155. That is a long day for one bedroom, and the building is the reason rather than the furniture. North Toronto has fewer than five of its own at this size, but with 90% of homes in a tower it is the shape most local moves take.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northeast Toronto, across 24 moves.

Clay-style illustration of a two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northeast Toronto: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northeast Toronto

$1,042
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $573 and $1,457 · 14 moves

  • 3.5 hours on site half ran 3–5.5 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Two bedrooms across northeast Toronto came to a $1,042 median with a wide middle half of $573 to $1,457, on 14 moves, two movers and one truck. The middle day was 3.5 hours with half of them between 3 and 5.5. Fourteen moves and a band that wide mean the figure points rather than promises. North Toronto holds fewer than five of its own at this size, so the card describes what a second bedroom takes in the communities beside it.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northeast Toronto, across 14 moves.

Clay-style illustration of a three-bedroom house move in Northeast Toronto: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A three-bedroom house move in Northeast Toronto

$761
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $632 and $1,309 · 8 moves

  • 3.88 hours on site half ran 3.38–5.06 hours
  • 2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A three-bedroom move across northeast Toronto ran 3.88 hours on site at the middle of 8 jobs, with half of them between 3.38 and 5.06, on two movers and one truck. The bills came to a $761 median with a middle half of $632 to $1,309. Eight moves is a small set. A three-bedroom home is uncommon inside North Toronto itself, where 90% of the housing is in a building of five storeys or more, so this card describes the size rather than the address.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northeast Toronto, across 8 moves.

One of these look like your move? Where in its band you land comes down to the date, the elevator booking and how close the truck can park. Price your own move

How much does a move in North Toronto cost?

$1,195 is the median of the 5 priced jobs attributed to North Toronto, total cost with tax, with half of them between $519 and $1,257. Across the 46 surrounding northeast Toronto communities the median is $680 on 97 moves. Five jobs is a small sample, so read the pooled figure as the steadier of the two.

  • Why is the local median so much higher than the surrounding communities?

    Because the days are longer, not because the rate is different. The middle job here ran 4.75 hours on site against 3 across the surrounding communities, and 100% of the local work graded small. 90% of homes are in a building of five storeys or more, so an elevator window and a long walk to the truck are what the extra hours buy.

  • What does a one-bedroom move around North Toronto cost?

    $868 at the median across 24 one-bedroom jobs in the surrounding northeast Toronto communities, with half between $564 and $1,155, and a middle day of 5.13 hours on two movers and one truck. That is a long middle for one bedroom. In a neighbourhood where 52% of households are one person and 90% of homes are towers, it is also the likeliest job.

  • How long does a move in North Toronto take?

    4.75 hours on site at the middle of the 6 jobs recorded here, with half of them between 3 and 6.69 hours, against 3 hours across the surrounding communities. Two movers is the median crew and the middle half used two. What varies is the building: how long the lift is held, and how far the loading door sits from the unit.

  • What should I arrange with the building in North Toronto?

    The elevator and the loading door, as early as the date is fixed. 81% of homes here are rented and 90% are in a building of five storeys or more, so a lease end and a building calendar have to line up. Buildings differ on notice, and that question is cheaper asked in advance than discovered on the day.

  • Is there a busier month to move in North Toronto?

    August, at 19 completed moves across the surrounding communities, then June at 13 and February at 9. The rate does not change between them. With most homes here rented, the dates follow lease ends, which is what puts the weight on the summer months.

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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 North Toronto’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.

143 five-star reviews with a written comment on the Toronto and Mississauga listings since November 2024

  • 5 out of 5

    I recently faced a pretty big challenge—moving into a new home—and honestly, I was completely overwhelmed. I had no time to properly prepare: my stuff was all over the place, some furniture was half-disassembled, and some pieces would have to be carried by hand.

    Dmytriy Repchenkov

    March 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Would like to thanks to Cactus moving team! I recently used Cactus moving company for my family member house moving and I cannot recommend them enough! The movers arrived right on time, carefully wrapped and packed all of their belongings, and handled everything with care.

    Victoria Go

    March 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Cactus made our moving super easy. Alex and Nikita were very efficient and quick. I will recommend cactus if you are looking for a hassle free moving.

    Mahesh Soundar

    February 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Very excellent service very helpful and reliable customer service overall very very good quality service ❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏

    Sharnette Mccalpin

    February 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Dima M and Artem K, did a great job and showed the highest level in moving. Thanks for helping guys!

    Alina

    December 2024

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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto

North Toronto reads high against its surroundings and on a thin sample. The pooled band is 46 northeast Toronto communities and 97 residential moves at a $680 median with tax and 3 hours on site, while the five priced jobs inside this boundary ran a $1,195 median over 4.75 hours, with 100% of the local work graded small. Banbury-Don Mills carries 18 of the pooled moves, Thorncliffe Park 11, Bayview Village 10 and Yonge-Eglinton 5. Small loads taking long days is a tower pattern, and 90% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more.

Measure North Toronto Northeast Toronto
Median local move $1,195 $680
Median crew hours on site half of North Toronto’s ran 3–6.69 hours 4.75 hrs 3 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job 100% 78%
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 46 communities, this one and everything next to it at least 6 97

In North Toronto or any of the neighbours beside it, the crew and the hourly rate are the same. Tell us the address

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.

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