Why does a move in South Riverdale cost more than in the neighbourhoods next to it?

Because the days are longer and the crews are bigger, not because the rate differs. The middle local job ran 5 hours on 3 movers against 3.25 hours across the surrounding communities. Only 23% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, so the load comes down stairs, and a third pair of hands is what keeps that inside a working day.

How long does a move in South Riverdale take?

5 hours is the middle of the 7 moves attributed to this boundary, with half of them between 3 and 6.63 hours. The surrounding southeast Toronto communities sit at 3.25 hours, so plan against the local figure. Older stock is the reason: the middle home predates 1960, and stair turns and doorway widths add time to every trip.

What does a one-bedroom move cost around South Riverdale?

$749 is the middle for a one-bedroom apartment or condo across Southeast Toronto, with half of the 54 at that size between $585 and $991, on two movers, one truck and 3.5 hours on site. South Riverdale has fewer than five of its own at that size. A walk-up rather than a lift usually puts a local job at the upper end of it.

What is included in the hourly rate here?

The movers and the truck the job needs, at a rate stated in the agreement before the crew starts. There is no charge for travel time inside city limits, so the hours billed are hours worked at the address. Packing services and bin rental are available in South Riverdale and are quoted separately.

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Cactus has completed at least 7 residential moves inside South Riverdale’s own community boundary, 7 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 South Riverdale: what we know about moving here

The median crew dispatched to a South Riverdale job is 3 movers rather than 2, and that is the figure to plan around. This is ground-oriented housing: low-rise apartments, semi-detached houses and other stairs-and-doorway forms, most of it built in 1960 or before. The hours go into staircases rather than into lift waits, and a third pair of hands is what shortens the day.

At least 7 residential moves have been attributed to the boundary since 2025, all 7 of them inside the last twelve months. The middle one ran 5 hours on site and came to $1,214 with tax in, against 3.25 hours and $714 across the 130 moves in the southeast Toronto communities around it. Seven jobs is a thin base: read it as the shape of the work here rather than as a quote for yours.

South Riverdale neighbourhood guide for moving day

This is a stairs-and-doorways profile rather than a lift one. Only about a quarter of homes are in a building of five storeys or more; the rest are low-rise apartments, semi-detached houses and other ground-access forms, most of them built in 1960 or before, and the hours here go into staircases. That is the plainest reason the median crew is 3 movers rather than 2. Owners hold the slight majority too, which spreads dates across the year rather than bunching them at lease ends. Parking is the unsettled part: Toronto publishes no permit covering a moving truck at a residential curb, so a call to 311 about your own address is worth making early.

Most homes in South Riverdale were built 1960 or before

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

People: 27,815

2021 federal census

Homes: 12,710
What people live in: 32% apartments in low-rise buildings
23% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
20% semi-detached houses
In a building of five storeys or more: 23% of homes
Owned or rented: 57% owned
43% rented
One-person households: 36%

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.

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South Riverdale moving costs, by the numbers

Those figures cover completed residential moves where one end of the job, the pickup or the drop-off, fell within South Riverdale, counted from 2025. The all-time number is a floor rather than a total, while the 7 from the past year are exact. Both the hours median and the cost median rest on the same 7 moves, a small enough base that one long day moves them.

What a local move cost: $1,214 median
Residential moves in South Riverdale: at least 7
In the last 12 months: 7
Crew hours on site: 5 median
Crew size: 3 movers median

South Riverdale’s own community boundary about 4.6 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move this size costs in Southeast Toronto

Sizes of move cut out of the completed residential jobs in Southeast Toronto, the communities beside this one. South Riverdale 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 Southeast Toronto

$749
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $585 and $991 · 54 moves

3.5 hours on site half ran 3–5.19 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Fewer than five one-bedroom moves sit inside South Riverdale, so this card is drawn from the 54 at that size across Southeast Toronto. Two movers and one truck, a middle day of 3.5 hours on site with half between 3 and 5.19 hours, and a middle bill of $749 with half falling between $585 and $991. On a street of older low-rise stock the staircase is what decides which end of that band the day lands at, since only 23% of homes here have a tower lift behind the door.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Toronto, across 54 moves.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southeast Toronto

$1,078
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $612 and $1,205 · 15 moves

5.5 hours on site half ran 3.88–6.75 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

The two-bedroom card is the wider one: $1,078 in the middle across Southeast Toronto with half of the 15 at that size between $612 and $1,205, and 5.5 hours on site with half between 3.88 and 6.75. Two movers and one truck cover most of them. South Riverdale has fewer than five of its own that size. Locally the median crew is 3 rather than 2, which is what a neighbourhood of stairs rather than lifts asks for.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Toronto, across 15 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in South Riverdale?

$1,214 is the middle of the 7 residential moves recorded inside the boundary, with half of them between $712 and $1,499. That is well above the $714 middle across the 130 moves in the 32 southeast Toronto communities around it. Seven jobs is a thin base, so read it as the shape of the work here rather than a quote.

Why does a move in South Riverdale cost more than in the neighbourhoods next to it?

Because the days are longer and the crews are bigger, not because the rate differs. The middle local job ran 5 hours on 3 movers against 3.25 hours across the surrounding communities. Only 23% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, so the load comes down stairs, and a third pair of hands is what keeps that inside a working day.
How long does a move in South Riverdale take?

5 hours is the middle of the 7 moves attributed to this boundary, with half of them between 3 and 6.63 hours. The surrounding southeast Toronto communities sit at 3.25 hours, so plan against the local figure. Older stock is the reason: the middle home predates 1960, and stair turns and doorway widths add time to every trip.
What does a one-bedroom move cost around South Riverdale?

$749 is the middle for a one-bedroom apartment or condo across Southeast Toronto, with half of the 54 at that size between $585 and $991, on two movers, one truck and 3.5 hours on site. South Riverdale has fewer than five of its own at that size. A walk-up rather than a lift usually puts a local job at the upper end of it.
What is included in the hourly rate here?

The movers and the truck the job needs, at a rate stated in the agreement before the crew starts. There is no charge for travel time inside city limits, so the hours billed are hours worked at the address. Packing services and bin rental are available in South Riverdale and are quoted separately.

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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 South Riverdale’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
Very careful and attentive movers! Great customer service. Would recommend. The team worked very hard and protected our house and items.
Arif Jetha
moved from Regent Park to South Riverdale, July 2026 · 3 bedroom
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5 out of 5
Dima M and Artem K helped me move today, they did a decent job, packed my things and delivered them safely, thank you very much.
Изабелла Камбильете
December 2024
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5 out of 5
Cactus Moving was amazing! The team was super nice, worked quickly, and took great care of my stuff. Customer service was friendly and professional, which made everything so easy. I’m really happy with how it all went and would 100% recommend them! 😊🚚
Alex Surnin
November 2024
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5 out of 5
They took a very professional approach to my move, quickly and neatly placed our furniture. Special thanks to Maksym Sushko for his professionalism.
Vitalii Turlak
November 2024
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5 out of 5
I rarely write reviews, but now I want to write. Just to say thank you! Special thanks to your Max Sushko! Guys, you are just great! Keep it up! If you work like this, you will always be in demand and profitable.
Vadym Suprun
November 2024
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto

Set against South Riverdale's own figures, the surrounding ring looks like different work. 32 southeast Toronto communities carry 130 moves between them, with a middle bill of $714 with tax in and a middle day of 3.25 hours, half the work between $556 and $1,128. Wellington Place supplies 21, Downtown Yonge East 15 and Harbourfront-CityPlace 11, with South Eglinton-Davisville, St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands and The Beaches at 9 apiece. Inside this boundary the middle job ran 5 hours and came to $1,214, on a base of 7.

Measure	South Riverdale	Southeast Toronto
Median local move	$1,214	$714
Median crew hours on site half of South Riverdale’s ran 3–6.63 hours	5 hrs	3.25 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	71%	82%
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 32 communities, this one and everything next to it	at least 7	130

In South Riverdale 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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