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This is the home for moving between the UK and Canada. Whichever way you're heading, your things travel by sea, in a container, and clear customs at the far end. Most moves take 4 to 8 weeks and cost between roughly £900 and £14,000, depending on how much you ship. Below, pick your route, your service or your Canadian city, and we'll connect you with one FIDI-certified mover. That part is free.
Written by Darren Benjamin, founder of International Removals Companies, who has arranged international moves for over 15 years. The service has handled 850,000+ enquiries since 2010. Reviewed July 2026.
The direction changes the customs, so it's the first thing to settle. Choose your route, and the guide walks you through the rest.
Both directions share the same sea crossing. What sets them apart is the paperwork at the far end, and that's where the right guide saves you time. Most people moving out are after work, family or a fresh start. Most moving back are returning Britons, or Canadians settling here. Either way, the shipping is the easy part once the customs is lined up.
The full guide to the move out: shipping, containers, costs, and CBSA customs from start to finish.
Coming home? The return route, with HMRC Transfer of Residence relief and UK arrival ports.
Some parts of a move deserve their own answer. These guides go deep on each one.
You don't need to read them all. Pick the ones that fit your move. Shipping a car? Start there, since not every vehicle is allowed in. Weighing up what to take? The cost and furniture guides help you decide. Each one links back here, so you won't lose your place.
Real price ranges, what drives the cost, and how to spend less.
Sizes, what fits, and full versus shared loads explained.
Packing, crating, and whether to ship or buy new.
The 15-year rule, RoRo or container, duty and GST.
No quarantine, the rabies certificate, and how pets travel.
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This page is for international removals between the UK and Canada. It isn't a man with a van, a local removal van or a house clearance job. Those are short, local jobs. A move to Canada means sea freight, a shipping container and customs at the far end. It needs an international removal company, not a local van.
Want to compare your options? You can weigh us against booking a removal company yourself, or a named brand such as Pickfords. The difference is simple. With us, you fill in one form, and one suitable, FIDI-certified partner mover handles your quote. You won't get a flood of calls, and your data isn't shared with many companies. You can still choose a full container or a part load to suit your budget.
The same service covers the specialist parts of a move too. That runs from shipping furniture and vehicle shipping to pet relocation and storage. Each has its own guide above. We're a free enquiry service. We aren't a removal company, a man with a van or a house clearance firm.
We keep this page useful for real users, however they search. Related terms include UK removals, removals international, international moving and removal services, even European removal. A removal to Canada from the United Kingdom works the same way. One short form brings your quote by email.
Know where you're landing? Each city page covers its arrival port, local access and rough costs. Here are the main destinations, grouped by region.
Customs is the part people worry about, but it's mostly straightforward. The rules differ by direction, which is why the right route guide does the heavy lifting.
Into Canada, your goods are declared to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on form BSF186. Used belongings, your personal effects, usually count as settler effects. Into the UK, you claim HMRC Transfer of Residence relief on the ToR1. Used belongings then come in free of import VAT and duty. That holds whether you're settling in England, Wales or Scotland.
That's the short version. The UK to Canada and Canada to UK guides cover customs clearance in full. Your mover prepares the paperwork with you.
Here's the simple bit. Tell us about your move, and we connect you with a single mover suited to your route and your size of job. No call centre, no ten quotes to wade through.
Every firm we work with holds FIDI FAIM, the global standard that international movers are audited against, through an independent Ernst and Young review. In Britain, BAR Overseas signals the same level of vetting. That's your protection on a long Atlantic crossing.
A word on who we are. International Removals Companies isn't a mover itself. We point your enquiry to one vetted, FIDI-certified firm, and they carry out the move. This free service has run since November 2010. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, ICO ZB022743, Norman House, Saint Saviours Estate, Abbey Street, London, SE1 3DH. Working Member of AGM Group since 2010.
Both. We handle UK to Canada and Canada to UK moves. Each direction has its own customs, so we point you to the right guide and mover.
Most moves fall between £2,000 and £14,000. A few boxes can start near £900. Our cost guide breaks it down; a survey gives the firm figure.
About 4 to 8 weeks door to door by sea. A full container is quicker, a shared one slower. The crossing takes up most of it.
Every one. Toronto to Vancouver, Halifax to small towns. We have pages for the main destinations and provinces.
Into Canada, the CBSA and form BSF186; used goods owned six months enter free as settler effects, new items can carry GST. Into the UK, HMRC's ToR1 relief.
Both covered. A car must meet the 15-year rule, so check first. Pets fly separately, with no quarantine for dogs and cats.
One. We connect each enquiry with a single vetted, FIDI-certified mover, not a wave of cold calls.
Yes, free and no obligation. One mover comes back with a price and a plan. There's nothing to pay us.
Tell us your route, your dates and roughly what you're shifting. One FIDI-certified mover will come back with a price, a plan and the timings. No cost, no obligation.
Start My Canada MoveFree. One FIDI-certified partner mover. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, operating since 2010.
We connect moves between the UK and Canada with one vetted, FIDI-certified partner mover. We aren't a removal company, a man with a van or a house clearance service. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, ICO ZB022743. Norman House, Saint Saviours Estate, Abbey Street, London, SE1 3DH. Working Member of AGM Group since 2010.
Every price, transit time, insurance and customs detail is confirmed by the mover before you book.