FrançaisFree quote Talk to the gang

How much does it cost to move from Montreal to another province?

Short answer

$2,080 to $15,740

From Toronto to Vancouver, before taxes: dedicated truck, two movers, the truck’s return included. August 2026 diesel.

Every price below is calculated the same way, from the actual road distance, the diesel price published by Statistics Canada and the time the crew spends on the road, nights included. Nothing is rounded by feel: every page shows its calculation line by line.

+1 (438) 913-8100

Price by destination, from Montreal

Truck round trip, two movers. Before taxes. Click a city to see the calculation.
DestinationProvinceDistance (one way)DeliveryTruck round tripEstimate
TorontoOntario543 kmday after loading2 d · 1 night$2,080
HamiltonOntario608 kmday after loading2 d · 1 night$2,190
Kitchener-WaterlooOntario634 kmday after loading2 d · 1 night$2,240
SudburyOntario681 kmday after loading2 d · 1 night$2,320
London, OntarioOntario721 kmday after loading2 d · 1 night$2,390
FrederictonNew Brunswick815 km2 days after loading3 d · 2 nights$3,190
WindsorOntario898 km2 days after loading3 d · 2 nights$3,310
Saint JohnNew Brunswick926 km2 days after loading3 d · 2 nights$3,400
MonctonNew Brunswick985 km2 days after loading3 d · 2 nights$3,500
CharlottetownPrince Edward Island1,148 km2 days after loading3 d · 2 nights$3,840
HalifaxNova Scotia1,243 km2 days after loading4 d · 3 nights$4,590
Thunder BayOntario1,588 km2 days after loading4 d · 3 nights$5,120
WinnipegManitoba2,287 km3 days after loading6 d · 5 nights$7,560
ReginaSaskatchewan2,891 km4 days after loading8 d · 7 nights$9,800
SaskatoonSaskatchewan3,148 km4 days after loading8 d · 7 nights$10,230
CalgaryAlberta3,649 km5 days after loading10 d · 9 nights$12,360
EdmontonAlberta3,670 km5 days after loading10 d · 9 nights$12,340
KelownaBritish Columbia4,255 km6 days after loading11 d · 10 nights$14,460
VancouverBritish Columbia4,624 km6 days after loading12 d · 11 nights$15,740

Why a dedicated truck

Your things leave your door and arrive at your door in your new city. On the same truck.

The price on this page is not a teaser rate. It pays for a truck that carries only your belongings, and two movers who stay with them from the first box to the last piece of furniture.

  • Door to door, one truck

    We load at your home in Montreal and unload at your home in your new city. No warehouse, no terminal, no transfer to another truck along the way.

  • The same crew start to finish

    The two movers who wrap your furniture in blankets are the ones who set it down in your new living room. Nobody else touches your things.

  • White-glove handling

    Furniture wrapped in protective blankets, beds and tables taken apart and put back together, every piece placed in the room you point to. Not left in the hallway.

  • Insurance included

    Your belongings are covered for the whole move, with no extra charge hidden in the price. Certificate of insurance for your building on request. Tell us ahead of time about high-value pieces.

  • A real delivery date

    Your belongings are delivered on a date set in advance. Not a three-week “window” while you sleep on an air mattress.

  • A written price before loading

    Every line of the calculation is on the page. The price is set in a written quote before the truck is loaded. It is not renegotiated at your door with your things on the truck.

The lowball quote trap

On a long route across Canada, many “starting at” prices come from brokers. Here is how that model works, and what it really costs.

What happens to your things with a broker

  1. A salesperson takes your deposit with a low price, often without a walkthrough or video inventory.
  2. They sell the job to the cheapest carrier they can find, often a crew you will never meet.
  3. Your things are unloaded into a warehouse, then reloaded with other customers’ shipments heading the same way. Every stop is one more handling.
  4. Delivery in your new city becomes a window of several weeks, and the price can climb when it is time to deliver.

What the industry’s own bodies say

  • A broker arranges the transport of your goods using subcontractors. A broker is not the mover. [source]
  • Brokers, even the good ones, have no liability for what happens during your move. [source]
  • On long-distance moves, goods may be unloaded into temporary storage, then reloaded onto another truck with other people’s belongings. Contracts often give a 21-day delivery window, and it is sometimes missed. [source]
  • Minimum protection pays 60 cents per pound per item: a 10-pound stereo worth $1,000 pays out $6 if it is lost or broken. [source]

Five red flags before you sign

  • A large deposit demanded up front, before any walkthrough.
  • No in-home or video survey to confirm what is moving.
  • No business address, or a name that changes between the website, the contract and the receipt.
  • The salesperson cannot tell you who will drive the truck or where your things will sleep.
  • No written delivery date, only a “window”.

Every way to move from Montreal to your new city

Each option has a price and a hidden cost. The table compares what matters on the day your things leave your door.

Every way to move from Montreal to your new city
OptionWho loads and unloadsTransfers of your thingsDelivery dateCover for your goodsYour work
La Belle Gang: dedicated truckOur two movers, at both endsNoneSet in advance, in writingInsurance includedShow us where each piece goes
Broker or multi-stop tripSubcontractors, often different at each endOne or more (warehouse, another truck)A window, often 21 daysThe broker has no liability; often 60¢/lbChase updates and hope
Shared load (van line)The carrierOften, depending on the runA window of several daysPer contract; check the declared valueStay available for the whole window
Portable containerYou. The company only moves the boxThe container is stored, then shippedDepends on the container’s freight networkNo liability for loading you did yourselfPack, load, unload, tie down
Rent a truck and driveYou and your friendsNoneYours, if all goes wellOnly if you buy cargo coverEverything: load, drive, unload, get back
Ship boxes, sell the furnitureThe parcel carrierSeveral sorting centresVaries by parcelLimited per parcelSell, then buy and assemble a whole home again

The method

One formula for every city, so the prices compare:

  • Distance: the one-way road distance is multiplied by 2, because the truck comes back to Montreal.
  • Truck: $0.30 per kilometre driven (wear, tires, maintenance, rental).
  • Diesel: 25 L per 100 km for a 26-foot truck on the highway (our assumption), at the average diesel price in Montreal and the destination city according to Statistics Canada.
  • Time: an average of 80 km/h including stops, 10 hours of driving per day, then 14 hours of rest and sleep.
  • Crew: 2 movers, one of them the driver, at $500 a day for both of them, every day of the round trip.
  • Lodging: $100 per night on the road.
  • Amounts are before GST/HST and QST, and each line is rounded to $10.

What is added in the quote

  • Packing and materials (boxes, paper, covers).
  • Stairs, long carries and elevator waits beyond the usual.
  • A piano, a safe or any item over 300 lb.
  • Storage before or after delivery.
  • Taxes (GST/HST, QST).

The diesel prices used

Statistics Canada, self-service diesel, taxes included, August 2026. For each route, we average Montreal and the destination city (or the nearest city it tracks).
City (Statistics Canada)Price
Montréal, Quebec256.6 ¢/L
Toronto, Ontario221.1 ¢/L
Saint John, New Brunswick236.3 ¢/L
Charlottetown and Summerside, Prince Edward Island240.5 ¢/L
Halifax, Nova Scotia236.6 ¢/L
Winnipeg, Manitoba212.8 ¢/L
Regina, Saskatchewan209.1 ¢/L
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan205.8 ¢/L
Calgary, Alberta210.6 ¢/L
Edmonton, Alberta205.5 ¢/L
Vancouver, British Columbia251.7 ¢/L

Questions

How much does it cost to move from Montreal to another province?

With a dedicated truck and two movers, from $2,080 for Toronto to $15,740 for Vancouver, before taxes. The table on this page gives the price for each major city, and each route page shows the full calculation.

Why does the price count the distance twice?

Because the dedicated truck comes back to Montreal after delivery. The kilometres, diesel, crew days and nights of the return are real costs, and we would rather show them.

Is a shared load cheaper?

Often, yes: your belongings travel with other customers’ and the cost of the truck is shared. In exchange, delivery happens within a window of several days. The prices on these pages are for a dedicated truck, with a fixed delivery date.

Can I deduct moving costs from my taxes?

In some cases. The Canada Revenue Agency lets you deduct moving expenses (line 21900) if you move to work, run a business or study full time, and the new home is at least 40 km closer to your work or school. Keep the written invoice; see the source in the list below.

Is insurance included in the price?

Yes. Your belongings are covered for the whole move from Montreal to your new city, with no hidden line in the price. We provide a certificate of insurance if your building asks for one. Tell us before moving day if a piece has a particular value.

Do you subcontract the trip or transfer my things?

No. One truck and the same two-mover crew, from your door to your door. Your things never go through a warehouse or onto another truck. That is the difference with a broker, who sells the job to subcontractors.

Sources

  1. Table 18-10-0001-01: Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography — Statistics Canada. Diesel price at self-service stations, taxes included, by city and month.
  2. Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations (SOR/2005-313) — Government of Canada, Justice Laws Website. Legal cap of 13 driving hours per day; we plan 10.
  3. OpenStreetMap and the OSRM routing engine — OpenStreetMap contributors. Road distances from city centre to city centre, on Canadian roads only.
  4. Consumer advice: before the move — Office de la protection du consommateur (Quebec). For a long-distance move: get an on-site evaluation and a written estimate.
  5. Moving advice — Office of Consumer Affairs, ISED Canada. Broker or mover, inventory, insurance and claims for a move between provinces.
  6. Asking for an Estimate — Canadian Association of Movers. What a detailed written estimate should contain.
  7. Movers vs Brokers — Canadian Association of Movers. Brokers have no liability; a mover is liable for at least 60¢ per pound per item; portable container companies do not load for you.
  8. Moving Scams — Canadian Association of Movers. 21-day delivery windows, temporary storage and reloading, 60¢-per-pound protection, red flags.
  9. Line 21900 – Moving expenses — Canada Revenue Agency. Deducting moving costs when the new home is at least 40 km closer to work or school.

Updated 2026-10-15.

Moving prices · Cost calculator

La Belle Gang

Your city is not on the list?

Call us with the two addresses. We apply the same method and send you a written price.

+1 (438) 913-8100

Talk to the gangGet my quote

The gang’s notebook

Preparing the move

Straightforward advice, written to be read at your pace.

What the quote actually looks at

A fair quote starts with two addresses, not a price given on the phone with no detail. We ask for the floor you are leaving, the floor you are going to, whether there is an elevator, and how many steps there are if there is not. A house with a basement is not the same volume as a small apartment. A piano, a built-in fridge, or a very heavy bed has to be named at the start, or the first number will not hold on truck day. Distance counts too, especially when a bridge sits between the two doors. Where the truck parks is part of the time: a driveway, a dock, or a street that needs a permit is not the same half hour.

The quote is written, and it is free. It says whether packing, unpacking, or holding goods between two dates is included. It books nothing until you accept it. If a floor was left out, or twenty boxes appear in the morning that were not in the story, the work changes and we say so before going on. The aim is not a surprise at the end. The aim is that the text you read stays the text of the day, as long as the home you described is the home we find.

How the day actually goes

We arrive in the window we agreed. Someone on the crew says where we start: often the fullest room, or the one whose doorway blocks the others. You do not have to carry. You can sit, answer the phone, or simply point to the corner for the bed and the wall for the sideboard. A family member can be there for the decisions. One person confirms whether a piece goes or stays. Too many instructions at once slow everyone down and scuff the door frames.

Medication, papers, the charger, and a change of clothes stay with you, not at the back of the truck. So do the keys to both homes. If the building has an end time for the elevator, we keep it. A finished room and boxes grouped together is better than running past the hour and leaving everything in the lobby. At the end of the load, we do a last walk of the closets, the balcony, and the garage if you told us they are part of the trip.

Close view of stacked boxes by a window, some marked by hand.
Every box gets a number, so nothing goes missing on arrival.

Buildings, stairs, and parking

In Montreal and nearby, many moves are decided by the building’s rules more than by the road. The elevator is often booked days ahead, especially at the start of the month. Management sometimes wants a certificate of insurance before they release the time. Ask them the exact name to print and the deadline. We prepare the document. Then tell us the start and the end, and whether it is the service elevator or the one in the lobby. A narrow hall or a low ceiling changes how a sofa turns.

Without an elevator, the number of steps is the detail people forget most often. A third floor in a walk-up is nothing like a ground floor. Turning stairs in a duplex sometimes mean taking a piece apart on the landing. The truck does not always park at the door. Some streets need a permit, some buildings have the dock at the back, and in Old Quebec a large vehicle stops farther away. The longer the carry, the more it needs to be said beforehand, not on arrival.

Packing without losing track

Packing often takes longer than loading. If you do it yourself, start with the kitchen and with what breaks: dishes, lamps, mirrors, frames. Fill the empty space. A half-empty box gets crushed under the others. Write the room on two sides, not only on the top, because the top disappears in the stack. “Fragile” alone does not say whether the box belongs in the bedroom or the living room. If we pack, we use paper and pads, and the boxes carry the same kind of label.

Unpacking can be added to the quote, or left for the next day. Nothing requires every box to be opened that night. Open the essentials first: sheets, the coffee pot, one pot, toiletries. The rest can wait. What is not coming should not sit in a box “just in case”. A quote based on the whole house will be too high if half the furniture is staying with family. Decide before the truck, not while the ramp is already out.

Strapped furniture and a wrapped mattress against the truck wall.
Straps hold the stacks. The mattress stays upright, on its own.

Inside the truck

The order in the truck is not random. Heavy, flat pieces go against the walls, strapped, so nothing walks when the brakes come on. Mattresses often stay upright, away from furniture corners. Heavy boxes go low, light boxes go high. A piano or an armoire is not braced like a carton of books. If the drive crosses a bridge or lasts more than an hour, the straps matter more. We do not fill the floor at random just so it fits.

You can look before the doors close if you want to see that the bed and the sideboard are actually there. Then the truck rolls. On a local job, unloading often follows the same day. On a longer distance, the delivery window is said ahead of time. You do not have to guess where the boxes are. If the two addresses are not ready on the same day, holding the goods between those dates can be planned. The place and the length of time belong in the quote, not as a surprise at the dock.

At the new address

At the new address, the same idea: a clear path, one person pointing to the rooms, and the building’s rules if there are any. We set furniture where you show us, not only inside the door. The bed goes against the wall you chose, and the sideboard too, as far as the room allows. Labelled boxes go to the room written on them. If a door is narrower than the piece, we say so before forcing it. Sometimes the feet have to come off, or the piece has to come in through another opening.

Plan a place to sit from the start, even a kitchen chair. The day is long for you as well. When the last room is empty in the old home and the new one has received what was on the list, we confirm it with you. If a box is missing, it is better to see that while the truck is still there. Keep the labels until the next day. They still help when you are looking for the lamp or the sheets.

Chairs under blue pads and a sofa under plastic wrap.
Pads on the fabric, plastic on the sofa.

Dates, July 1, and lead time

A few weeks of notice makes the day simpler, especially in summer. In Quebec, many leases change on July 1. That day, elevators are taken and the streets in apartment neighbourhoods are full. If your date can be a Tuesday in May or September, the same home moves more calmly. If the date is fixed in that busy week, call early and already have the elevator time. We say clearly whether the day is still open.

A weekday move is often smoother than a Saturday, because buildings and streets are less crowded. That is not always possible, and it is not a rule. Evenings can be discussed when the building allows them. In winter, in Quebec City as in Montreal, ice and snow add time on outdoor steps. Tell us if the entrance is a porch that has not been cleared. That is not a cosmetic detail. It is the path the sideboard has to take.

What changes the price

There is no single rate on this site, because a studio and a suburban house do not need the same crew or the same time. The price follows the volume, the distance, the stairs, the elevator, the packing, and, if needed, holding the goods. A long carry from the street, a third floor with no elevator, or two buildings that each require a booking, make the day longer. One heavy item is still a real job: the price then follows the weight, the steps, and the distance, not the size of a whole house.

What does not change the price is a question asked beforehand. Call to ask if a date is open, or whether a piece will fit through a door. What changes it is a new fact on the morning. We would rather have a ten-minute call the week before than a discussion on the sidewalk. The accepted quote is the one that governs. If a page on the site and that text differ, the accepted text is the one that counts.

A covered piano in front of a television, with a door open to another room.
The piano stays in the room until the doorway is clear.
CallFree quote