Taylor Massey Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 130 residential moves across southeast Toronto: Taylor Massey 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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Or call (647) 525-5855 nowMovers in Taylor Massey: what we know about moving here
Taylor Massey is a small, vertical, mostly rented neighbourhood: better than three quarters of its homes are apartments in buildings of five storeys or more and only a tenth are detached houses. The practical effect is that the building, not the furniture, is the main variable: whether the service elevator is held for the window it was booked for, and how far the truck can get from the loading door. Renting dominates, so dates follow lease ends and the building has to be given notice. And the households here are not single-occupant ones as a rule, which means the load coming down a lift is more often a family's than a studio's.
The figures immediately below are drawn from the ring of southeast Toronto communities Taylor Massey sits in.
Moving costs around Taylor Massey, by the numbers
Taylor Massey has too few priced jobs on its own books for a figure, so the band below pools the 34 southeast Toronto communities beside it and the 133 moves between them. Wellington Place brings 21 of those, Downtown Yonge East 15 and Harbourfront-CityPlace 11, with South Eglinton-Davisville, St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands and The Beaches at 9 each. Half of that work cost between $567 and $1,169 and ran between 3 and 5 hours, with $725 and 3.25 hours in the middle. 82% of it graded small.
- The comparison set
- 34 neighbourhoods · 133 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
- $725 median
communities in southeast Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5 hours · 133 moves
August 17, June 16, March 16
half fell between $567 and $1,169 · based on 133 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Taylor Massey?
$725 is the middle of 133 moves recorded across the 34 southeast Toronto communities around Taylor Massey, with half of them between $567 and $1,169. The neighbourhood itself has too few priced jobs to publish. Billing is hourly and follows the crew and the truck, so in a building the time spent waiting for a lift is billed the same as the time spent carrying.
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How long does a move in Taylor Massey take?
The middle day across the surrounding southeast Toronto communities ran 3.25 hours on site, with half of the 133 between 3 and 5 hours and 82% graded small. Households here hold 2.5 people, so what comes down the lift is more often a family's furniture than one person's boxes, and the lift window has to be long enough to take it.
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Do I need to book the elevator for a Taylor Massey move?
Almost certainly. 76% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, and in those the lift, the permitted hours and the door the crew may use are all the property's to grant. Measure the lift and the doorways too, because the width decides whether a wardrobe or a sofa travels whole or comes apart first.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Taylor Massey?
No City page settles it. Toronto's street occupation permit was drafted for moving containers left on the road and says nothing about a truck loading for an afternoon, so 311 is where to ask about your address. Where the truck cannot get close to the loading door, the extra walk is what shows up on an hourly bill.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Taylor Massey neighbourhood guide for moving day
One figure governs this panel: better than three quarters of homes are in buildings of five storeys or more. Every one of those moves turns on things the property controls: the lift booking, the permitted hours, the door the crew is allowed to use. All three are worth settling in the week beforehand rather than on the morning itself. Stock of this age is also worth measuring rather than assuming: lift dimensions and door widths decide whether a piece goes up whole. Nothing the City publishes covers a truck standing outside a tower for a few hours; the permit it does publish names moving containers. Ask 311 what applies at your own address.
Most homes in Taylor Massey were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 15,025
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 6,010
- What people live in
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- 76% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 10% single-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 76% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 34% owned
- 66% rented
- One-person households
- 30%
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 Taylor Massey 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 Taylor Massey’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
I had a really good moving experience with 2 guys Josh and Josh from Cactus Moving Toronto: they moved all my things carefully and quick what made my moving day easier and more relaxed. Thank you guys! 🙏🏼
5 out of 5
I am very satisfied with the customer service — from the booking process all the way to the move itself. The guys helped relocate my online store from my home to a new warehouse. Thank you once again for the move and the coffee!
5 out of 5
Had a great experience with Cactus Moving! Fast, efficient, came early, brought me a coffee!! Overall a great experience. I would recommend them to anyone planning a move in the GTA.
5 out of 5
Thank you so much joshua and nikita! Very professional! On time! Took the stress from moving away and made the day as smooth as possible!
5 out of 5
Josh and Niko were great. Very friendly, professional and efficient. They eased our worries throughout the move, updated us frequently throughout the process and told us to just 'sit back and relax'. Probably the best moving experience I've had.
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- Wellington Place 21 moves
- Downtown Yonge East 15 moves
- Harbourfront-CityPlace 11 moves
- South Eglinton-Davisville 9 moves
- St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands 9 moves
- The Beaches 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
- Old East York
- Playter Estates-Danforth
- Regent Park
- Rosedale-Moore Park
- South Riverdale
- Woodbine Corridor
- Woodbine-Lumsden
- Yonge-Bay Corridor
- Yonge-St. Clair
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