Princess-Rosethorn Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 140 residential moves across southwest Toronto: Princess-Rosethorn 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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Princess-Rosethorn is a house neighbourhood almost without qualification. Detached homes make up the overwhelming share of it, ownership runs at the same level, and only a small fraction of the housing stands five storeys or higher. Households are full rather than solitary. Those facts all point the same way on moving day: more rooms in use, more storage that has been filling since the house was bought, and more stairs between all of it and the truck. Jobs here tend to want a bigger crew and a longer window than compact apartment work does. Most of the housing was standing before 1960, so stairwells and doorways are worth measuring in advance.
The measured numbers below belong to the southwest Toronto communities around this one.
Moving costs around Princess-Rosethorn, by the numbers
Princess-Rosethorn is a small neighbourhood with a record too short to publish, so the band above takes 143 residential moves from the 50 southwest Toronto communities beside it: a $733 median with tax, a middle half of $541 to $1,223, and 3.25 hours on site with half the days between 3 and 5.5 hours. 77% of it graded small. That share is the part to discount here, because 85% of homes in Princess-Rosethorn are single-detached and most of them were standing in 1960 or before. Fort York-Liberty Village, Annex and High Park North supply the biggest shares of the pooled work.
- 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 Princess-Rosethorn cost?
The pooled median is $733 with tax across 143 residential moves in the southwest Toronto communities around Princess-Rosethorn, with half of them between $541 and $1,223. That pool holds a great deal of apartment work. Here 85% of homes are detached houses, so a local move is more hours at the same hourly rate.
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Why does a Princess-Rosethorn move take longer than the pooled figures?
Because it is nearly always a whole house. 85% of homes here are single-detached and 85% are owned, with 2.9 people in the middle household, and most of the stock was standing in 1960 or before. Old houses have narrow stairs, deep basements and full garages, and all three add hours the pooled median does not carry.
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How long does a move in Princess-Rosethorn take?
3.25 hours is the middle of the 143 pooled jobs, with half of them between 3 and 5.5 hours, but that describes the surrounding communities rather than this one. A detached house of this size is a longer day, and the way to size it properly is a walk-through that includes the basement and the garage.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Princess-Rosethorn?
Almost always no, because nearly every home here has a driveway. If the truck does have to hold road space, 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 check. On these streets it is rarely necessary.
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Does an owned home change how a Princess-Rosethorn move is booked?
It changes what fixes the date. 85% of homes here are owned, so nearly every booking hangs on a closing rather than a lease end. That usually means weeks of notice, and it also means the date can move by a day. Say so when you book and the crew can hold the slot properly.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Princess-Rosethorn neighbourhood guide for moving day
Because this is detached, pre-1960 housing almost throughout, the variables that move the clock are stairs, basements and how close a truck can get to the front door, not elevator windows, which only a small share of homes here involve at all. Fuller households generally mean more rooms in use and more to carry out of them, so a walkthrough before the date earns its time: it is what says how many movers and how big a truck the day actually needs. On parking, the City has issued no permit written for a moving truck at the curb; the permit it does maintain addresses containers, so 311 is where to confirm what your own frontage allows.
Most homes in Princess-Rosethorn were built 1960 or before
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 11,170
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 3,900
- What people live in
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- 85% single-detached houses
- 11% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 11% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 85% owned
- 15% rented
- One-person households
- 15%
People per household
2.9
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 Princess-Rosethorn 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 Princess-Rosethorn’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Thank you cactus moving (and Aleksei, Nikita, Andrei, and Aleksandr) for making our warehouse move happen! Your team worked so hard and I really appreciate how much easier it made everything for my team.
5 out of 5
A special shout out to Nico and Baiaz - I just want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the exceptional service you provided. Your professionalism , efficiency and care for our belongings were truly impressive . You made a potentially stressful experience seamless and stress free.
5 out of 5
Amazing and quick work. Travelled from Hamilton to Kingston. Couldn’t have done it without both Alex and Alex. And we got a cute cactus lol.
5 out of 5
Absolutely wonderful experience with Aleksei and Niko today - everything was perfect and I will be using Cactus Moving again in the spring!
5 out of 5
Nico and Alex were so professional throughout the entire move. They were super careful and quick. And we got a cactus as a present at the end! 100% recommended.
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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
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