Old East York Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 130 residential moves across southeast Toronto: Old East York and the 34 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Old East York is a compact, house-shaped neighbourhood: detached homes dominate it and most of them are owned rather than rented. That combination sets the tone of a moving day here. The date usually follows a closing rather than the end of a lease, the truck usually stands on a front path rather than at a loading bay, and the hours go into a full staircase and whatever the basement has collected. The housing is old, with the middle home built in 1960 or before, so landings and doorways are worth measuring in advance rather than discovering with a sofa halfway up. Buildings of five storeys or more are the exception here, not the rule.
The figures below come from the ring of southeast Toronto communities Old East York sits inside.
Moving costs around Old East York, by the numbers
Old East York is small in our records, so the numbers above come from the 34 southeast Toronto communities beside it and the 139 residential moves between them: a $710 median with tax, a middle half of $550 to $1,154, and 3.25 hours on site with half the days between 3 and 5 hours. Wellington Place holds 21 of those, Downtown Yonge East 15, and Harbourfront-CityPlace and Thorncliffe Park 11 apiece. 82% of the pooled work graded small, which is a lighter picture than a neighbourhood 59% detached will usually produce.
- The comparison set
- 34 neighbourhoods · 139 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.25 median
- How big those moves are
- 82% small · 16% medium
- Busiest months
- August, June and March
- What those moves cost
- $710 median
communities in southeast Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5 hours · 139 moves
August 17, June 17, March 17
half fell between $550 and $1,154 · based on 139 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does a move in Old East York cost?
$710 with tax at the middle of 139 residential moves in the southeast Toronto communities around Old East York, with half of them between $550 and $1,154. That pool leans to apartment work. Here 59% of homes are detached, and since the rate is hourly, a whole house means more hours and a larger bill at the same rate.
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What is the housing like for a move in Old East York?
Old and mostly detached. 59% of homes are single-detached, 14% sit in a building of five storeys or more and 12% are low-rise apartments, with most of the stock standing in 1960 or before. Narrow staircases, small landings and a basement are the usual features, and all three are worth a walk-through before the booking.
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How long does a move in Old East York take?
The pooled middle is 3.25 hours on site with half of the 139 jobs between 3 and 5 hours, but that figure comes from an apartment-heavy set. A detached house holding 2.5 people takes longer, and 66% of homes here are owned, which usually means years of accumulation rather than a rental turnover.
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Which neighbourhoods are the Old East York figures from?
Thirty-four southeast Toronto communities that adjoin one another, this one included, and the 139 completed residential moves between them. Wellington Place accounts for 21, Downtown Yonge East 15, with Harbourfront-CityPlace and Thorncliffe Park at 11 each. This boundary on its own has too few closed jobs to publish a separate figure.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Old East York?
Where there is a driveway, usually not. Otherwise 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 street. On the older narrow blocks here that call is worth making a few days out.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Old East York neighbourhood guide for moving day
The thing to plan around is that this is house stock, because a house move and a tower move are two different logistics problems. Here the truck usually stands on the drive or directly outside, there is no tower lift to reserve, and the hours go into carries and staircases instead. The small share of homes in taller buildings is the exception, and those are the ones where a booking with the property manager still matters. On the curb: Toronto has never published a rule for a moving truck outside a home, only a permit written for containers, which makes 311 the quickest way to check your own street before the day.
Most homes in Old East York were built 1960 or before
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 9,160
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 3,730
- What people live in
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- 59% single-detached houses
- 14% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 12% apartments in low-rise buildings
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 14% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 66% owned
- 34% rented
- One-person households
- 29%
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 Old East York 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 Old East York’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
These guys are the real deal. Niko and Josh arrived before time and were really very efficient. Thank you for making our move so smooth. Nothing was broken, and everything to the point.
5 out of 5
The team were great. On time, kind and willing to do whatever was asked. They hustled and were done faster than I expected.
5 out of 5
Joshua, Nikita and Dan did a great job today. Came on time and super respectful. Everything came in one piece with no damage at all. Would highly recommend :)
5 out of 5
We had a great experience with the Cactus Moving team. Very fast, easy to communicate and affordable prices.
5 out of 5
Excellent moving service! The team was professional, efficient, and very careful with our belongings. They packed everything securely and made the whole process smooth and stress-free. Highly recommend!
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- Wellington Place 21 moves
- Downtown Yonge East 15 moves
- Harbourfront-CityPlace 11 moves
- Thorncliffe Park 11 moves
- South Eglinton-Davisville 9 moves
- St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands 9 moves
- Bay-Cloverhill
- Birchcliffe-Cliffside
- Blake-Jones
- Broadview North
- Cabbagetown-South St. James Town
- Church-Wellesley
- Danforth
- Danforth-East York
- East End Danforth
- Greenwood-Coxwell
- Kensington-Chinatown
- Leaside-Bennington
- Moss Park
- Mount Pleasant East
- North Riverdale
- North St. James Town
- Oakridge
- Playter Estates-Danforth
- Regent Park
- Rosedale-Moore Park
- South Riverdale
- Taylor Massey
- The Beaches
- Woodbine Corridor
- Woodbine-Lumsden
- Yonge-Bay Corridor
- Yonge-St. Clair
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