How long does a move in Oakwood Village take?

3.5 hours on site at the middle of the 5 jobs recorded inside the boundary, with half of them between 3 and 3.75 hours, against a 3.25 hour middle across the surrounding communities. Two movers is the median crew on both sides. Five jobs is a small sample, so the local band is narrow by accident rather than by rule.

Which kind of home is a move in Oakwood Village from?

Usually street level. 32% of homes here are single-detached and 27% are low-rise apartments, with 18% in a building of five storeys or more. Most of that stock was standing in 1960 or before, so the staircase and the hallway are the constraints far more often than an elevator booking is.

What does a one-bedroom move around Oakwood Village cost?

$757 at the median across 36 one-bedroom jobs in the surrounding southwest Toronto communities, with half between $564 and $1,139 and a middle day of 3.63 hours on two movers and one truck. Oakwood Village holds fewer than five of its own at that size, so the card names what the size takes nearby.

Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Oakwood Village?

Older streets, few driveways and no loading bays make this worth asking rather than assuming. Toronto publishes no page covering a moving truck at a residential curb, and its street occupation permit is written for containers, so 311 is the number for your address. Give yourself a few days before the move to ask.

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Cactus has completed at least 5 residential moves inside Oakwood Village’s own community boundary. Here is what they cost, how long they ran and what the City wants at the curb.

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Movers in Oakwood Village: what we know about moving here

Oakwood Village is a big neighbourhood that has never settled on one kind of home. Houses, walk-ups and taller buildings each hold a meaningful share of it, and tenure splits evenly between owners and renters. No single description of a moving day here would be true of the whole book. Some jobs start on a driveway. Some start at a lobby door with a lift and a loading bay to book. Some start at the bottom of a staircase.

What the completed work here shows is how little that variety moved the clock. The moves matched to this boundary since 2025 ran close together in length and were handled by the same size of crew, which is the sort of consistency that makes an hourly rate easy to plan against. The dollar figures, and the size-by-size cards further down, come from the wider ring of southwest Toronto communities this one sits inside.

Oakwood Village neighbourhood guide for moving day

Three kinds of home in one neighbourhood means three different bottlenecks, and the one that applies to you is worth naming when you book. Where the address is in a tall building, the elevator and the loading bay are the building's to grant and should be arranged before the date is fixed. Where it is a low-rise, the staircase is what the hours are made of, so say how many flights there are. Where it is a house, the question is how close the truck can stand to the door. Toronto publishes nothing that settles that last one, because its street occupation permit was written for containers. That makes 311 the call to make about your own block.

Most homes in Oakwood Village were built 1960 or before

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

People: 20,710

2021 federal census

Homes: 8,635
What people live in: 32% single-detached houses
27% apartments in low-rise buildings
18% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
In a building of five storeys or more: 18% of homes
Owned or rented: 50% owned
50% rented
One-person households: 31%

2021 federal census, 25% sample

Booking the curb

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

Oakwood Village moving costs, by the numbers

This band counts residential moves with a pickup or a drop-off inside Oakwood Village's own boundary since 2025, and the count is a floor rather than a total. With a sample that size the honest figures are the ones about time: a 3.5-hour median on site, a middle half between 3 and 3.75 hours, and a median crew of 2 movers. The narrowness is the part worth noticing. Separate days in a neighbourhood of 8,635 homes landed within three-quarters of an hour of one another, which makes an hourly rate a workable thing to plan against rather than a source of surprise.

Residential moves in Oakwood Village: at least 5
Crew hours on site: 3.5 median
Crew size: 2 movers median

Oakwood Village’s own community boundary about 1.7 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move this size costs in Southwest Toronto

Sizes of move cut out of the completed residential jobs in Southwest Toronto, the communities beside this one. Oakwood Village 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.

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southwest Toronto

$757
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $564 and $1,139 · 36 moves

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

Oakwood Village has fewer than five one-bedroom moves of its own, so the card reports the 36 completed at that size across southwest Toronto. Two movers, one truck, a 3.63 hour middle day with half of them between 3 and 5.13 hours, and a $757 median with the middle half at $564 to $1,139. Over a quarter of homes here are low-rise apartments in stock built in 1960 or before, and in those the staircase does more to the hours than the contents do.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 36 moves.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southwest Toronto

$1,056
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $683 and $1,501 · 25 moves

5.75 hours on site half ran 4.25–6 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Two bedrooms across southwest Toronto took 5.75 hours on site at the middle of 25 jobs, half of them between 4.25 and 6 hours, on two movers and one truck, for a $1,056 median with a middle half of $683 to $1,501. Oakwood Village holds fewer than five moves at that size. The jump from one bedroom is mostly boxes: the crew and the truck stay the same, and the number of trips does not.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 25 moves.

A four-bedroom-plus move in Southwest Toronto

$1,162
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $822 and $1,420 · 6 moves

5.75 hours on site half ran 3.63–6.56 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

There are six four-bedroom-plus moves across southwest Toronto behind this card, none of them inside Oakwood Village, which has fewer than five that size. They came to a $1,162 median with a middle half of $822 to $1,420, on two movers and one truck, over 5.75 hours at the midpoint with half between 3.63 and 6.56. On a sample of six the useful reading is the spread. A home that size here is one of the 32% that are detached.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southwest Toronto, across 6 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 Oakwood Village cost?

No local price is published, because too few of the jobs inside the boundary carried one. The nearest measure is the ring around it: a $744 median with tax across 139 residential moves in the surrounding southwest Toronto communities, with half of them between $546 and $1,231. A local move is billed by the hour at a rate agreed beforehand.

How long does a move in Oakwood Village take?

3.5 hours on site at the middle of the 5 jobs recorded inside the boundary, with half of them between 3 and 3.75 hours, against a 3.25 hour middle across the surrounding communities. Two movers is the median crew on both sides. Five jobs is a small sample, so the local band is narrow by accident rather than by rule.
Which kind of home is a move in Oakwood Village from?

Usually street level. 32% of homes here are single-detached and 27% are low-rise apartments, with 18% in a building of five storeys or more. Most of that stock was standing in 1960 or before, so the staircase and the hallway are the constraints far more often than an elevator booking is.
What does a one-bedroom move around Oakwood Village cost?

$757 at the median across 36 one-bedroom jobs in the surrounding southwest Toronto communities, with half between $564 and $1,139 and a middle day of 3.63 hours on two movers and one truck. Oakwood Village holds fewer than five of its own at that size, so the card names what the size takes nearby.
Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Oakwood Village?

Older streets, few driveways and no loading bays make this worth asking rather than assuming. Toronto publishes no page covering a moving truck at a residential curb, and its street occupation permit is written for containers, so 311 is the number for your address. Give yourself a few days before the move to ask.

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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 Oakwood Village’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
Had a seamless moving experience with Cactus. Three movers and one truck managed to fully move us out of our old place, into our new place. They were professional, thoughtful, hard working and respectful of our properties.
Aliya Noormohamed
July 2026
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5 out of 5
From the start Faye was very helpful in arranging time, how many movers needed etc. Niko and his team were on time professional and courteous They also thought outside the box to deal w unexpected challenges- which always seem to come when you’re doing a stressfull move.
Fiona Devine
moved from Oakwood Village to High Park North, May 2026 · 2 bedroom
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5 out of 5
Alex and Nikita were super professional and quick! Will definitely recommend. Now to see my cactus grow.
Devan Carmino
moved from Oakwood Village to Yorkdale-Glen Park, April 2025 · 1 bedroom
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5 out of 5
It was a very smooth moving process. The movers were friendly, efficient, and came on time, which made us feel less stressed overall. They were super quick at disassembling and assembling the large furniture such as my bed even though I knew it was a bit complex to build.
Helen Chan
August 2026
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5 out of 5
The guys were delightfullly friendly and impeccably professional. Becca in the headoffice made sure everything is in perfect order. Cactus was a great choice!
Mike Shainski
July 2026
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto

Five residential jobs inside the Oakwood Village boundary is enough to publish hours and a crew size, not a price. The band beside them pools 50 southwest Toronto communities and 139 moves: a $744 median with tax, a middle half of $546 to $1,231, and 3.25 hours on site with half the days between 3 and 5.63. Oakwood Village's own middle day was 3.5 hours, with half of the five between 3 and 3.75. Fort York-Liberty Village supplies 10 of the pooled moves, with Annex and High Park North at 9 each.

Measure	Oakwood Village	Southwest Toronto
Median crew hours on site half of Oakwood Village’s ran 3–3.75 hours	3.5 hrs	3.25 hrs
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 50 communities, this one and everything next to it	at least 5	139

In Oakwood Village 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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