Woburn North Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northeast Toronto: Woburn North 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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Or call (647) 525-5855 nowMovers in Woburn North: what we know about moving here
Woburn North is a neighbourhood of towers that mostly belong to the people living in them. Something over three homes in five are apartments in buildings of five storeys or more, yet a majority of households own rather than rent. A move here usually begins at a shared entrance even though the paperwork behind it is as often a closing as a lease. Households run to nearly three people, which means family-sized loads coming out of apartment-sized doors, and the elevator carries all of it. Most of the stock was built between 1961 and 1980.
Everything measured below is the northeast Toronto ring around Woburn North rather than this boundary itself.
Moving costs around Woburn North, by the numbers
Everything in the band below was measured outside Woburn North, in the 43 northeast Toronto communities around it, because the neighbourhood has too few priced jobs to publish. Those communities account for 88 moves: 18 in Banbury-Don Mills, 11 in Thorncliffe Park, 10 in Bayview Village, with Don Valley Village, North Toronto and Henry Farm behind. The middle bill was $662 with tax in and the middle day 3 hours, half the work between $488 and $1,208 and between 3 and 5.25 hours. 77% graded small and 22% medium.
- The comparison set
- 43 neighbourhoods · 88 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3 median
- How big those moves are
- 77% small · 22% 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 $1,208 · based on 88 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Woburn North?
$662 is the middle of 88 residential moves recorded across the 43 northeast Toronto communities around Woburn North, with half of them between $488 and $1,208. Woburn North itself has too few priced jobs to publish. Billing is hourly and follows the crew and the truck, which in a tall building means the lift wait is billed like the carrying.
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What is a high-rise move in Woburn North like?
It is the usual job here, with 62% of homes in a building of five storeys or more. The service elevator and the loading area belong to the building, and a crew that misses its window waits at your expense. Households hold 2.7 people, so what comes down is often a family's furniture through an apartment-sized door.
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Does owning rather than renting change when I can move in Woburn North?
It changes what fixes the date, not what it costs. 54% of homes here are owned and 46% rented, so closings and lease ends turn up in roughly equal numbers. Either way, if the address is in a tower the building's elevator schedule is the third party that has to agree, and it is worth asking early.
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How long does a local move around Woburn North take?
The surrounding northeast Toronto communities come in at 3 hours in the middle, with half of the 88 between 3 and 5.25 hours. Only 25% of homes here hold one person, so the load is usually a household's rather than an individual's, and a shared lift is what carries a job toward the top of the band.
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Do I need a permit for a moving truck at the curb in Woburn North?
There is no published rule to point at. Toronto's street occupation permit was written for containers rather than for a truck loading outside a lobby, so 311 is the place to ask about your address. In a tower the loading area is usually the more useful thing to secure, and it comes from management.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Woburn North neighbourhood guide for moving day
Most homes here sit in a building of five storeys or more, which puts the two things worth arranging early outside our control: the elevator window and the loading area both belong to the building, and a crew that misses its window waits. Tenure is the second thing to notice: owned and rented run close to even, so both kinds of date turn up here and neither dominates the month. If your address is one of the detached quarter instead, the question becomes where the truck stands, and Toronto publishes no rule about that at a residential curb, so 311 is the number.
Most homes in Woburn North were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 26,580
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 9,825
- What people live in
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- 62% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 27% single-detached houses
- 6% duplex apartments
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 62% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 54% owned
- 46% rented
- One-person households
- 25%
People per household
2.7
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 Woburn North 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 Woburn North’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
It was a very smooth moving process. The movers were friendly, efficient, and came on time, which made us feel less stressed overall. They were super quick at disassembling and assembling the large furniture such as my bed even though I knew it was a bit complex to build.
5 out of 5
The guys were delightfullly friendly and impeccably professional. Becca in the headoffice made sure everything is in perfect order. Cactus was a great choice!
5 out of 5
I had an incredible experience with Cactus Moving. After being let down by another company, Vinay and David stepped in at the last minute and were fantastic.
5 out of 5
We had the most wonderful experience with Cactus Moving. The guys who showed up were super professional. They arrived early and they were so respectful of our space, and belongings.
5 out of 5
Huge thanks to the Cactus Moving for making our move so smooth and stress-free! 🚛✨ The team was professional, careful, friendly, and very organized from start to finish. Everything was handled with care, arrived safely, and the whole process was much easier than we expected.
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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
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- 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
- Steeles
- Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan
- Victoria Village
- West Hill
- West Rouge
- Wexford/Maryvale
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