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Yonge-Doris Movers, Toronto

Cactus has completed at least 7 residential moves inside Yonge-Doris’s own community boundary, 5 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 Yonge-Doris: what we know about moving here

Yonge-Doris is a neighbourhood of recent towers and almost nothing else: more than nine homes in ten are apartments in buildings of five storeys or more, and the middle home dates from 2001 to 2005. Less predictable is the tenure. A majority of households here own rather than rent, so the dates in play are closings as much as lease ends, and they are not all pushed against the end of a month.

Our own record is short and reflects the housing. The middle day inside this boundary ran 3 hours on site with a median crew of two, half of the jobs using two to three movers, and half finishing between 3 and 5.5 hours. Households are small: around two people in the middle home, and better than a third of homes with a single occupant. The cards below take their prices from the surrounding northwest Toronto communities, since no single size inside this boundary has enough jobs to publish one.

Yonge-Doris neighbourhood guide for moving day

At more than nine homes in ten in a building of five storeys or more, a move here is an elevator move before it is anything else. The lift and the loading bay are booked with the building rather than with us, and in a tower they are usually handed out in windows, so property management is the first call after the date is chosen. Households are small, which is why two movers cover most of this work. For the curb, Toronto publishes nothing definitive about a moving truck on a residential street, so 311 is the number to try.

Most homes in Yonge-Doris were built 2001 to 2005

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

People
20,160

2021 federal census

Homes
9,845

People per household

2.1

2021 federal census, 25% sample

What people live in
  • 92% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
  • 6% apartments in low-rise buildings
In a building of five storeys or more
92% of homes
Owned or rented
  • 56% owned
  • 44% rented
One-person households
37%

2021 federal census, 25% sample

Booking the curb

Check with the City before the day

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.

Not sure what the City wants on your street before a truck parks on it? We move in Yonge-Doris every week and we will tell you who to ask: talk to our Toronto team

Yonge-Doris moving costs, by the numbers

Those counts take in household jobs from 2025 onward whose collection or delivery address sat inside this neighbourhood's own boundary. The all-time figure is a floor rather than a total; the 5 recorded in the last twelve months is an exact count. Seven jobs is a thin sample and the band carries no price because of it. What it does support is duration and crew: 3 hours in the middle, half of them between 3 and 5.5, and a median of two movers with the middle half running two to three.

Residential moves in Yonge-Doris
at least 7

attributed to the neighbourhood’s own boundary since 2025

In the last 12 months
5

an exact count, not a floor

Crew hours on site
3 median

half of these moves ran 3–5.5 hours Ā· 7 moves

Crew size
2 movers median

half of these moves used 2–3 Ā· 7 moves

Simplified outline of the official Yonge-Doris community boundary in Toronto, with a dot marking its centre.
Yonge-Doris’s own community boundary about 0.6 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move this size costs in Northwest Toronto

Sizes of move cut out of the completed residential jobs in Northwest Toronto, the communities beside this one. Yonge-Doris 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.

Clay-style illustration of a one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northwest Toronto: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northwest Toronto

$589
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $466 and $806 Ā· 24 moves

  • 3 hours on site half ran 3–4.63 hours
  • 2 movers Ā· 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Yonge-Doris has fewer than five one-bedroom jobs of its own, so this card takes the 24 recorded at that size across Northwest Toronto. Two movers, one truck, 3 hours on site at the middle with half running between 3 and 4.63 hours, and a middle bill of $589 with half between $466 and $806. It is the shortest card here and the one most local work resembles, since 37% of homes hold a single occupant. A held lift is what keeps it at three hours.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Toronto, across 24 moves.

Clay-style illustration of a two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northwest Toronto: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northwest Toronto

$907
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $621 and $1,229 Ā· 11 moves

  • 4.75 hours on site half ran 3.25–7.13 hours
  • 2 movers Ā· 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A second bedroom adds most of two hours: 4.75 hours on site at the middle across Northwest Toronto, with half of the 11 at that size between 3.25 and 7.13 hours, still on two movers and one truck. The middle bill was $907 and half fell between $621 and $1,229. Eleven jobs is a thin base and the spread shows it. In a tower the difference from a one-bedroom is trips through the lift rather than heavier furniture.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Toronto, across 11 moves.

Clay-style illustration of a three-bedroom house move in Northwest Toronto: the crew, the truck and the boxes a job this size typically takes.

A three-bedroom house move in Northwest Toronto

$1,076
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $694 and $1,996 Ā· 10 moves

  • 5 hours on site half ran 3.13–8.75 hours
  • 3 movers Ā· 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

The three-bedroom card is a house card in a neighbourhood with almost no houses, drawn from the 10 recorded at that size across Northwest Toronto. Three movers and one truck, 5 hours on site at the middle, and a middle half running from 3.13 to 8.75 hours and $694 to $1,996. Ten jobs behind a band that wide means the spread is the honest reading. The third mover is what keeps a home that size inside a working day.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Toronto, across 10 moves.

One of these look like your move? Where in its band you land comes down to the date, the elevator booking and how close the truck can park. Price your own move

How much does it cost to move in Yonge-Doris?

Seven local jobs is too thin a base for a price median, so the figure to work from is $737, the middle of 75 moves across the 28 northwest Toronto communities around the boundary, with half between $530 and $1,239. That ring holds more house work than Yonge-Doris does, so a condo job here usually sits below its midpoint.

  • What does a one-bedroom condo move near Yonge-Doris cost?

    $589 across Northwest Toronto, with half of the 24 at that size between $466 and $806, on two movers, one truck and 3 hours on site. Yonge-Doris has fewer than five of its own that size. Given that 92% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, this is the size most bookings look like.

  • How long does a move in Yonge-Doris take?

    3 hours is the middle of the 7 moves attributed to this boundary, with half of them between 3 and 5.5 hours, on a median crew of 2 and a middle half running two to three movers. The surrounding northwest Toronto communities sit at 3.5 hours, because more of their work is house-sized.

  • Why does the elevator matter more than the boxes in Yonge-Doris?

    Because 92% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, and a tower hands out lift windows rather than leaving the door open. The load is small, so the carrying is quick; the waiting is not. Book the lift and the loading bay with property management in the same conversation as the date.

  • Is a move here different because most residents own their home?

    It changes the calendar rather than the day. 56% of homes here are owned, so closings turn up as often as lease ends and the dates are not all pushed to the end of a month. The rate, the crew and the elevator booking work exactly the same either way.

Ask Toronto in person, or price the move yourself in a minute.

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 Yonge-Doris’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 good and green service. Niko and Alex are very friendly and helpful to move all stuff very carefully to drop off place.

    Lavanya Attaluri

    moved from Yonge-Doris to St.Andrew-Windfields, September 2025 Ā· 1 bedroom

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  • 5 out of 5

    A short poetic piece. It's outrageous, outrageously grand! With Alexei Y. 's beard and Nikita Ch. 's smooth hand, They whisked my world from old house to new, Not a scratch on a lamp, not a wrinkle in view.

    Алексей Янин

    November 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Niko and Yevhen helped us for moving . We were 100 % satisfied. They did it with care and without any damage . Thank you the team

    homai gh

    October 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Josh and Nico were absolutely incredible!!! They were super fast and made this whole move sooo easy, I didn’t have to worry about a thing!! Overall the sweetest guys ever! Easy to talk to and you can tell they really enjoy doing this. Love them! Going to recommend them to everyone I know!

    Teresa Perri

    October 2025

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  • 5 out of 5

    Josh and Niko were fantastic! They made moving day an enjoyable experience when I was absolutely dreading it! Please ask for Josh and his team when booking you moving services, you will not be disappointed!

    Trish Forde

    October 2025

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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

Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto

Seven local jobs cannot carry a price, so the money question goes to the ring: 28 northwest Toronto communities and 75 moves between them, a middle bill of $737 with tax in on a 3.5-hour middle day, with half the work between $530 and $1,239. York University Heights supplies 13, Yorkdale-Glen Park 10 and Willowdale West 8, with Bedford Park-Nortown, Lansing-Westgate and Lawrence Park North at 6 each. Only 61% of that work graded small, against 32% medium and 7% large, a heavier mix than a tower neighbourhood like this one produces.

Measure Yonge-Doris Northwest Toronto
Median crew hours on site half of Yonge-Doris’s ran 3–5.5 hours 3 hrs 3.5 hrs
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 28 communities, this one and everything next to it at least 7 75

In Yonge-Doris 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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