Steeles Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northeast Toronto: Steeles and the 43 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Steeles is 1980s housing and it is settled. The middle home here was built between 1981 and 1990, and better than four homes in five are owned rather than rented, so dates come off closings rather than lease ends and are usually set months ahead. Households are large with it, which matters more than the housing split does: whichever kind of address a job starts at, there is generally a family's worth of belongings to move rather than one person's. Just under half the homes are detached houses and better than a third are in buildings of five storeys or more, a real division rather than one dominant type. The neighbourhood produces two quite different kinds of day.
The measured figures below come from the wider set of northeast Toronto communities Steeles sits inside.
Moving costs around Steeles, by the numbers
Steeles has too few priced jobs on its own books to publish, so the band below is the 43 northeast Toronto communities around it and the 88 moves between them. Banbury-Don Mills holds 18 of those, Thorncliffe Park 11 and Bayview Village 10, with Don Valley Village, North Toronto and Henry Farm making up part of the rest. The middle bill came to $662 with tax in on a 3-hour middle day, half the work between $488 and $1,250 and between 3 and 5.25 hours. 78% graded small and 21% medium.
- The comparison set
- 43 neighbourhoods · 88 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3 median
- How big those moves are
- 78% small · 21% medium
- Busiest months
- August, June and February
- What those moves cost
- $662 median
communities in northeast Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5.25 hours · 88 moves
August 18, June 11, February 9
half fell between $488 and $1,250 · based on 88 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Steeles?
$662 is the middle of 88 residential moves recorded across the 43 northeast Toronto communities around Steeles, with half of them between $488 and $1,250. Steeles itself has too few priced jobs to publish. The rate is hourly and set by how many movers and how big a truck the job needs, so a full house at 2.9 people per household is a longer day than that midpoint suggests.
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How long does a move around Steeles take?
The middle day in the surrounding northeast Toronto communities ran 3 hours on site, with half of the 88 between 3 and 5.25 hours. Steeles skews toward the longer part of that for one reason: households here hold 2.9 people and only 19% of homes hold one, so there is generally a whole home to bring out rather than a room of it.
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Is moving out of a detached house in Steeles different from a tower move?
Yes, and both are common: 47% of homes are detached and 36% are in a building of five storeys or more. A house gives you a driveway, a front walk and interior stairs, with nothing to reserve. A tower gives you a lift and permitted hours that property management sets. Fix those with the building on the day you fix the date and the rest of the plan holds.
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What does the hourly rate cover on a Steeles move?
The crew and a truck sized to the job, at a rate written into the agreement before the first item moves. Travel inside city limits is not billed, so every hour on the invoice is an hour spent at the address. Packing and bin rental are available in Steeles and quoted separately from the hourly rate.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Steeles neighbourhood guide for moving day
Two things here, and the build era is the friendlier of them: housing from the 1980s was laid out for furniture on roughly the scale people still own, so doorways and stairwells are less often the obstacle they are in older stock. What varies is the address type. A detached house means a driveway, a front walk and interior stairs, and with households this size there is a full home behind them. A tall building means a lift and loading hours to check with property management before the date. The City leaves the curb undocumented, its permit naming containers rather than trucks. Confirm what your own block requires with 311.
Most homes in Steeles were built 1981 to 1990
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 22,765
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 7,865
- What people live in
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- 47% single-detached houses
- 36% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 7% row houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 36% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 83% owned
- 17% rented
- One-person households
- 19%
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 Steeles 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 Steeles’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
Niko and both of his colleagues were great. On time, fast and easy to communicate with. Amazing timing because of my moves.
5 out of 5
Josh and Alex were so incredibly helpful when I had to move twice in a month due to unforeseen circumstances!! So friendly and efficient. I do not know how to attach an image to a review but my grandma insisted on taking a photo with Josh because of how great he was!
5 out of 5
The team was amazing. They disassembled and reassembled beds and sofas in a very quick manner. Protected everything with moving blankets. Moved heavy machinery on and off the truck with ease. Overall, they were efficient and pleasant. I would highly recommend them to anyone for their move.
5 out of 5
Such a great experience! 💚 Moving is never fun but Niko & Josh made it a breeze! From the moment I contacted Cactus, there was great and clear communication. The guys were professional and friendly, took good care of my things and got the job done quickly.
5 out of 5
I’m happy to say that I had an absolutely amazing move with Cactus Moving! I’ve unfortunately had to move roughly 10 times in 10 years, and this was the quickest and smoothest move to-date! Every one of my other moves took way longer (3-6+ hours longer, with other moving companies!
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- Banbury-Don Mills 18 moves
- Thorncliffe Park 11 moves
- Bayview Village 10 moves
- Don Valley Village 6 moves
- North Toronto 6 moves
- Henry Farm
- Agincourt North
- Agincourt South-Malvern West
- Bayview Woods-Steeles
- Bendale South
- Bendale-Glen Andrew
- Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills
- Centennial Scarborough
- Clairlea-Birchmount
- Cliffcrest
- Dorset Park
- East L’Amoreaux
- Eglinton East
- Fenside-Parkwoods
- Flemingdon Park
- Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn
- Guildwood
- Highland Creek
- Hillcrest Village
- Ionview
- Kennedy Park
- L’Amoreaux West
- Malvern East
- Malvern West
- Milliken
- Morningside
- Morningside Heights
- O`Connor Parkview
- Parkwoods-O’Connor Hills
- Pleasant View
- Scarborough Village
- St.Andrew-Windfields
- Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan
- Victoria Village
- West Hill
- West Rouge
- Wexford/Maryvale
- Woburn North
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