How much do movers cost in Toronto and the GTA in 2026?

How much do moving companies charge in Toronto?

By the hour, almost always. For a local move in Toronto and the GTA, two movers and a truck cost about $100 to $185 an hour before tax, and most published rates sit between $115 and $160. Those are published rates from 17 GTA moving companies, read in November 2026. They are market figures. They are not CR Movers quotes, and nothing on this page is a CR Movers price.

One booking marketplace publishes its own Toronto numbers, drawn from more than 3,700 moving requests between November 2022 and July 2026: a median of $139 an hour for two movers, $180 for three, and a median quoted price of $1,400 for the whole move. If you want one number for the average cost of movers in Toronto, that is the closest thing to it. The rest of this page explains why a quote lands above or below it.

How much do movers charge per hour in Toronto?

It depends on the crew size first. These are the hourly ranges those companies publish, before HST. Several are starting rates for a quiet weekday, and the same company can charge more at month end.

A bigger crew costs more per hour and takes fewer hours. One Toronto mover's own worked example makes the point: two movers for 8 hours at $135 come to $1,080, and four movers for 4.5 hours at $239 come to $1,075.50. The bill is the same. The day is nearly half as long.

What does a local move cost by home size?

Hours multiplied by the rate, plus a travel or truck fee, plus tax. The ranges below are where most of the totals in eight GTA movers' guides and rate cards fall for each size of home, with the usual crew and the usual hours. A few of those movers print figures below or above them. Market ranges again, not our quotes.

Ontario's HST is 13 percent (the Canada Revenue Agency lists the rate by province), and most published rates leave it out. Two cautions about the table. Bedrooms do not carry boxes, so a full two bedroom condo on the 30th floor can take longer than a three bedroom bungalow with a driveway. And one Toronto mover that sends six to eight people to a three bedroom house publishes $2,500 to $4,500 for that move, so a premium service sits above these rows.

What else lands on the bill?

The hourly rate is the headline. These are the lines under it on a typical GTA moving invoice, with the figures the published guides give.

• Travel or truck fee. Usually a one-time charge of $100 to $300 for getting the truck to you and back to its yard. Some movers bill one extra hour at the hourly rate instead, and a few charge nothing inside city limits.
• Minimum hours. Two or three hours is normal, and a few movers go to four. A one hour job still pays the minimum.
• Stairs and long carries. Most movers charge these as time on the clock. One guide prints a fee of $25 to $75 a flight.
• Heavy items. Movers ask you to declare anything very heavy before the day, and one rate card draws the line at about 200 lb. Published fees start at $100 to $500 an item, and one guide puts a piano, a large safe or a hoist at $300 to $2,000.
• Packing. Material kits are published at about $135 for a studio and $650 or more for a large house, and packing labour at $40 to $80 an hour. CR Movers rents boxes to you for the move and takes them back.
• Month end, weekends and summer. Peak dates cost 10 to 30 percent more in the published guides. One Toronto mover prints $129 to $139 an hour for two movers on a regular day and $145 on a peak day, with a higher truck fee.
• Tax. 13 percent HST on the invoice, the truck fee included.

Get every one of these in writing before you book. Our list of questions to ask movers before you book covers them line by line. A tip is separate and up to you, and we wrote down how much to tip movers in Canada.

How much do movers cost in Mississauga and Brampton?

About the same per hour as Toronto, often a little less. Six Mississauga movers publish starting rates of $109 to $130 an hour for two movers and a truck. Five of them print a rate for three movers, from $140 to $219. In Brampton the figures other movers publish for two movers run from $119 to $150 an hour, the top of that from a 2025 page. None of these is a CR Movers rate. The rate is not where the cities differ. The hours are. A house with a driveway in Brampton loads faster than a tower near Square One with one booked elevator.

Every CR Movers crew goes out from the yard at 6 Tracey Blvd in Brampton. See what we plan around as movers in Brampton and as movers in Mississauga.

What makes a GTA move take longer?

The building, more than the furniture. On an hourly rate, anything that makes the crew wait or walk is on the bill.

• Condo elevator windows. Most towers give one moving elevator in a booked window. Miss it and the day stops. Read how to book a condo elevator for your move in Toronto before you pick a date.
• Downtown parking. If the truck cannot stop near the door, every item becomes a long carry. Our page for movers in Toronto has what we ask about a downtown building.
• Stairs in older houses. Narrow staircases and tight turns mean furniture comes apart or goes slowly. One Toronto mover's guide puts a third floor walk-up at a full extra hour on a one bedroom move.
• Unpacked drawers and loose items. Every loose item is its own trip to the truck. Open boxes and full drawers slow a crew more than a heavy sofa does.

How to keep the hours down

• Finish packing the night before: boxes taped, labelled by room and stacked near the door. One mover's guide puts being fully packed at 30 to 60 minutes saved.
• Book the elevator at both buildings and give the mover the window.
• Settle where the truck stops. Ask the building about the dock or the lay-by, and check the street's parking rules for your date.
• Take apart what you can: bed frames, table legs, shelving.
• Empty the drawers, and take down pictures and curtain rods.
• Send photos or a list when you ask for the quote, so the crew size fits the job.
• Let go of what you are not keeping before the day. Our own crew does junk removal, billed by the hour like every job.

What is the cheapest day and month to hire movers?

A weekday in the middle of the month, outside summer. The published guides agree on the pattern: Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the quietest days, the middle of the month (one guide says the 4th to the 26th) is quieter than month end, and peak season runs from May to September. One guide puts mid-week, mid-month dates 10 to 15 percent under the peak rate. One Toronto mover's 2026 table shows two movers at $100 to $120 an hour in low season and $130 to $150 in high season.

The quiet stretch is the cold one, well outside the May to September peak. Even where the rate does not change, the hours do: elevator windows are easy to get and the roads are emptier. Our guides to booking movers in peak season and moving in snow and winter weather cover both ends of the calendar.

How CR Movers prices a move

CR Movers does not print a rate. You tell us what is moving, where and when. We come back with an hourly rate and a crew size before you book, and on the day you pay for the hours it took. The site says it this way: "We clearly explain the moving details and costs upfront, so you know what to expect before moving day. No surprise fees or last-minute charges."

A flat rate exists only on some commercial jobs with a fixed, known scope, which our guide to hourly and flat rate movers explains.

CR Movers is CVOR registered and WSIB covered, with 4.8 on Google from 380+ reviews. For a number that is yours, ask for a house or condo move quote and tell us the building, the floor and the date.