Why is the median so much higher here than in the surrounding communities?

Because the jobs are bigger, not because the rate is different. Only 46% of the local work graded small against 63% across the surrounding communities, and 39% graded medium. The median crew here is 3 movers rather than 2, and the middle half of the days reaches 8.25 hours. A longer day at the same hourly rate is a larger bill.

How long does a move in York University Heights take?

3.5 hours is the middle of the 13 moves attributed to this boundary, but the middle half reaches 8.25 hours at the top, which is the widest duration band on any of these pages. Households here run larger and 52% of homes are in a building of five storeys or more, so a full home coming down a lift is the shape behind that.

What does a one-bedroom move near York University Heights cost?

$569 across Northwest Toronto, with half of the 22 at that size between $455 and $793, on two movers, one truck and 3 hours on site. This boundary has fewer than five of its own at that size, and only 26% of homes here hold one person, so it is not the size most local work looks like.

Does the time of year change what a move costs in York University Heights?

No. The hourly rate is the same in every month. February carries the most local moves on this page, at 5, while July, June and August lead across the surrounding communities. Those are counts of completed jobs rather than prices, and the size of the home is what moves your own figure.

Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in York University Heights?

Toronto publishes no rule that decides it, its street occupation permit being drafted for moving containers rather than trucks, so 311 is where a street gets settled. With 52% of homes in a building of five storeys or more, the loading area behind the building is usually the more useful arrangement, and management assigns it.

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Cactus has completed at least 13 residential moves inside York University Heights’s own community boundary, 9 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 York University Heights: what we know about moving here

York University Heights carries a record of its own that reads very differently from the ring around it, and the reason is job size rather than pricing. The moves attributed to this boundary grade small less than half the time and medium nearly as often, where the surrounding set is 63% small. The median crew here is 3 movers rather than 2, and while the middle day finishes in 3.5 hours the top of the middle half reaches 8.25. The median local move came to $2,121 with tax in, against $722 across the 70 moves in the northwest Toronto communities beside it.

The housing sets that up. Just over half the homes counted here are in buildings of five storeys or more, tenure splits nearly evenly between owned and rented, and the middle household holds close to three people. So a tower address in York University Heights still tends to mean a full home rather than a studio, and a full home is a longer day.

York University Heights neighbourhood guide for moving day

Two figures on this list organise the day. Just over half the homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, which puts most addresses at a lobby door and makes the elevator window and the loading area the two things worth arranging with building management as soon as a date exists. The second is tenure, which is near enough to even that lease turnovers and closings both belong to this neighbourhood's calendar. Toronto has published no rule about a moving truck standing at a residential curb. What it does publish is a street occupation permit written for containers, so 311 answers that for your address.

Most homes in York University Heights were built 1961 to 1980

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

People: 28,255

2021 federal census

Homes: 10,345
What people live in: 52% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
14% semi-detached houses
13% single-detached houses
In a building of five storeys or more: 52% of homes
Owned or rented: 47% owned
53% rented
One-person households: 26%

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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York University Heights moving costs, by the numbers

The band counts a residential job whenever either end of it sat inside the York University Heights boundary: the address the truck loaded at, or the one it unloaded at. At least 13 qualify since 2025, and that all-time figure is a floor rather than a total; the 9 from the past year are exact. The cost line rests on 9 priced jobs and the crew line on 12, which is why the $2,121 median is best read as the middle of a short list rather than as a quote. What the sample does support firmly is the shape of the work: 46% small, 39% medium, a median of 3 movers, and a duration reaching 8.25 hours at the top of the middle half.

What a local move cost: $2,121 median
Residential moves in York University Heights: at least 13
In the last 12 months: 9
Crew hours on site: 3.5 median
Crew size: 3 movers median

York University Heights’s own community boundary about 4.7 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. York University Heights 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 Northwest Toronto

$569
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $455 and $793 · 22 moves

3 hours on site half ran 3–4.88 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

York University Heights has fewer than five one-bedroom jobs of its own, so this card takes the 22 recorded at that size across Northwest Toronto. Two movers, one truck, 3 hours on site at the middle with half between 3 and 4.88 hours, and a middle bill of $569 with half between $455 and $793. It is the shortest card here, and it describes a size this boundary produces rarely: only 26% of homes hold a single occupant.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Toronto, across 22 moves.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Northwest Toronto

$925
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $673 and $1,259 · 14 moves

5.25 hours on site half ran 3.13–6.56 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Two bedrooms across Northwest Toronto runs 5.25 hours on site at the middle, with half of the 14 at that size between 3.13 and 6.56 hours, on two movers and one truck. The middle bill was $925 and half fell between $673 and $1,259. Fewer than five of that size sit inside this boundary. Where half the homes are in a building of five storeys or more, most of the extra time over a one-bedroom is trips through the lift.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Toronto, across 14 moves.

A three-bedroom house move in Northwest Toronto

$1,076
Median, total cost with tax

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

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

Ten three-bedroom jobs across Northwest Toronto sit behind this card, because York University Heights has fewer than five of its own that size. Three movers, one truck, and a middle day of 5 hours on site, with half of the ten spread from 3.13 to 8.75 hours and $694 to $1,996. It is the loosest band on the page. Locally the median crew is already 3 movers, which is what the size mix here asks for, and at three bedrooms it is what keeps a job inside a working day.

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

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How much does it cost to move in York University Heights?

$2,121 is the middle of the 9 priced jobs recorded inside the boundary, with half of them between $1,214 and $2,172. That is far above the $722 middle across the 70 moves in the 28 northwest Toronto communities around it. Nine jobs is a short list, so read it as the middle of real work here rather than as a rate.

Why is the median so much higher here than in the surrounding communities?

Because the jobs are bigger, not because the rate is different. Only 46% of the local work graded small against 63% across the surrounding communities, and 39% graded medium. The median crew here is 3 movers rather than 2, and the middle half of the days reaches 8.25 hours. A longer day at the same hourly rate is a larger bill.
How long does a move in York University Heights take?

3.5 hours is the middle of the 13 moves attributed to this boundary, but the middle half reaches 8.25 hours at the top, which is the widest duration band on any of these pages. Households here run larger and 52% of homes are in a building of five storeys or more, so a full home coming down a lift is the shape behind that.
What does a one-bedroom move near York University Heights cost?

$569 across Northwest Toronto, with half of the 22 at that size between $455 and $793, on two movers, one truck and 3 hours on site. This boundary has fewer than five of its own at that size, and only 26% of homes here hold one person, so it is not the size most local work looks like.
Does the time of year change what a move costs in York University Heights?

No. The hourly rate is the same in every month. February carries the most local moves on this page, at 5, while July, June and August lead across the surrounding communities. Those are counts of completed jobs rather than prices, and the size of the home is what moves your own figure.
Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in York University Heights?

Toronto publishes no rule that decides it, its street occupation permit being drafted for moving containers rather than trucks, so 311 is where a street gets settled. With 52% of homes in a building of five storeys or more, the loading area behind the building is usually the more useful arrangement, and management assigns it.

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Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside York University Heights’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

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Thank you cactus moving (and Aleksei, Nikita, Andrei, and Aleksandr) for making our warehouse move happen! Your team worked so hard and I really appreciate how much easier it made everything for my team.
Jana Falls
August 2025
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5 out of 5
A special shout out to Nico and Baiaz - I just want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the exceptional service you provided. Your professionalism , efficiency and care for our belongings were truly impressive . You made a potentially stressful experience seamless and stress free.
abhishek arya
July 2025
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5 out of 5
Amazing and quick work. Travelled from Hamilton to Kingston. Couldn’t have done it without both Alex and Alex. And we got a cute cactus lol.
Mike B
July 2025
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5 out of 5
Absolutely wonderful experience with Aleksei and Niko today - everything was perfect and I will be using Cactus Moving again in the spring!
Andrea Thornton
July 2025
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5 out of 5
Nico and Alex were so professional throughout the entire move. They were super careful and quick. And we got a cactus as a present at the end! 100% recommended.
Francisco Rojas
July 2025
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto

The ring around this boundary describes lighter work than the boundary itself. 28 northwest Toronto communities carry 70 moves between them, with a middle bill of $722 and a middle day of 3.5 hours, and half of it between $522 and $1,185. Yorkdale-Glen Park supplies 10, Willowdale West 8 and Yonge-Doris 7, with Bedford Park-Nortown, Lansing-Westgate and Lawrence Park North at 6 each. 63% of that graded small against 46% here, which is the whole reason the local median sits where it does.

Measure	York University Heights	Northwest Toronto
Median local move	$2,121	$722
Median crew hours on site half of York University Heights’s ran 3–8.25 hours	3.5 hrs	3.5 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	46%	63%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published	February	July, June and August
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 28 communities, this one and everything next to it	at least 13	70

In York University Heights 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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