How much does junk removal cost in Toronto and the GTA?

What are junk removal prices in the GTA?

Published price lists run from about $50 to $180 for the minimum load to about $390 to $800 for a full truck, and none of them is ours. That is the spread of published prices from eleven junk removal companies in the GTA and Kitchener-Waterloo, read in November 2026. Most of them price by volume: a minimum charge, then a quarter, a half, three quarters and a full truck. Each range covers every list that prints that size. They are market figures, not CR Movers prices.

Read the ranges with three cautions. Several of the low figures are "from" prices, so the bottom of each range is a starting point and not a typical bill. Some lists print prices before HST. And a full truck is not one size: where a company prints it, the box holds about 15 or 16 cubic yards. One national franchise's pricing guide, on its Canadian site, prints higher averages than the local lists: $600 to about $1,100 for a half to a full truck.

Why do some companies charge by the truck and others by the hour?

Because they are pricing two different things: space and time. Neither wins on every job.

• By volume. You pay for the truck space, however long the loading takes. That suits a slow carry-out. A basement emptied box by box, up a flight of stairs, can take hours and fill a quarter of the truck.
• By the hour. You pay for the crew and the clock, however much space the load takes. That suits a few bulky items that are ready to go. Two sofas and a mattress at the garage door fill a lot of truck and take minutes to load.
• By weight. Concrete, soil, tile and shingles are priced by weight on several of the lists we read, because the disposal site charges by the tonne.

The models also mix. One GTA company publishes that a full load includes 90 minutes of labour, and that extra time is billed by the hour. So ask every company the same two questions: what is the unit, and what is not included.

What moves the price of junk removal?

Seven things, and only the first is about size.

• Volume. The main driver on a volume price list. On an hourly job, how long the carry takes matters more than how full the truck gets.
• Stairs and carry distance. Three of the companies we read say stairs are in the price. At least one publishes a surcharge for extra flights. A long walk from the unit to the truck costs time either way.
• Mattresses, fridges and tires. These cost more to dispose of, and the public sites show why. Toronto's Drop-Off Depots take mattresses at two locations only, for a fee by weight, and do not accept tires until further notice. York Region charges per unit for a fridge or freezer that arrives without a CFC removal sticker. The Region of Waterloo adds a CFC removal fee on some appliances.
• Paint, propane and batteries. These are household hazardous waste. Toronto, Peel, York and Halton take them at their depots at no charge, so there is no reason to pay a hauler for them.
• Disposal fees. Every public site in the table below charges for garbage, by weight above a minimum. Some company price lists say disposal is included. Others add it. Ask.
• Same-day requests. One Toronto company publishes a 20 percent surcharge for same-day service. If your date can wait, say so.
• Condo elevator windows. In a condo the load leaves through the service elevator, in a booked window. On an hourly job the clock runs while the crew waits, so book the condo elevator before you book the truck.

Where can I get rid of junk for free, or close to it?

At the curb, if you live in a house. Every municipality below collects furniture and mattresses from houses as part of regular service, and each has a public drop-off site. In Toronto you have already paid for it: the City charges every household an annual fee for the pickup, used or not. Check the official page before you put anything out, because item limits and collection days differ.

In Brampton and Mississauga, curbside collection passes from Peel Region to the two cities on October 1, 2027, so check again after that date. None of this reaches a condo or an apartment tower the same way. The building decides where large items go, so ask the property manager first. Our mattress and furniture disposal guide goes city by city, with the rules for buildings, appliances and bed bugs.

Donate or sell what still works

A usable piece costs nothing to remove if someone wants it. Habitat for Humanity GTA's ReStore, the affiliate for Toronto, Brampton, Caledon, York Region and Durham Region, takes furniture and appliances in saleable condition, and collects qualifying donations from the curb or from a condo loading bay at no charge. A pick-up fee applies when the drivers have to come inside. It does not take mattresses, box springs or sofa beds. In Mississauga, Oakville and Burlington the ReStores belong to a different Habitat affiliate, which charges a fee for a residential pick-up.

For the longer list, read where to donate your items before a move. If a piece has resale value and you have a few weeks, read the best time to sell furniture before a move.

When is paying a crew worth it?

When the curb is not available, or not in time.

• You live in a condo or an apartment and the building has no place for large items.
• You have more than the limit. Vaughan counts large items in a three-item limit, Halton takes three bulk items per collection, and Waterloo Region takes three per house once a month.
• The load is in a basement or up a flight of stairs, and nobody at home can carry it.
• There is a date: a closing, a listing photo, the end of a lease. Halton says a metal or appliance pickup can take two to three weeks from the request.
• The curb will not take it. Toronto does not collect renovation waste at the curb, and Peel does not collect large appliances.
• You have no vehicle. Toronto's depots do not admit walk-ins.

An office at the end of a lease is the same problem with a building schedule on top: desks, chairs and the storage room, out through the loading dock in the building's window. That job is office furniture removal.

How does CR Movers bill junk removal?

By the hour, like every other job. You get an hourly rate and a crew size before the crew comes, and you pay for the hours it took. We do not print a rate on this page, and none of the figures above are ours.

Junk removal is done by our own crew, in house, on moving day or on its own. The usual loads are sofas, mattresses, appliances and office furniture, plus basements, garages and offices at the end of a lease. A photo on WhatsApp is enough for a first answer. If something in the pile is unusual, tell us what it is and we tell you before the day.

An hourly job pays you back for preparation. Sort what is going from what is staying. Bring the small things near the door. Book the elevator and tell us the window. Clear the path from the unit to the truck.

Every crew goes out from the Brampton yard. We do junk removal in Toronto, junk removal in Brampton, junk removal in Mississauga and junk removal in Vaughan. The same crew can take the junk on the day it moves you: see movers in Toronto.