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Toronto is the most popular Canadian city for UK movers, and the route is well worn. Your things travel by sea, in a container. Because Toronto is inland, the container lands at an Atlantic port and finishes the trip by road or rail. Plan for 5 to 9 weeks door to door. Costs run from about £900 for a few boxes to £14,000-plus for a big home. We'll connect you with one FIDI-certified mover for Toronto, who handles the shipping, the delivery and the customs. 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.
Here's a thing many people don't realise. Toronto sits inland, on Lake Ontario, so your container doesn't dock in the city itself.
It usually arrives at the Port of Montreal or Halifax on the Atlantic coast. From there it travels on to Toronto by road or rail. That inland leg adds a few days over a coastal city, but a good mover plans it in and keeps it smooth.
From the UK, containers sail from ports like Liverpool, Southampton and Felixstowe. The Atlantic crossing is still the bulk of the journey, with the leg into Toronto a short final stretch.
We don't lift a box ourselves. We put your move with a single vetted, FIDI-certified firm, and they do the rest.
Delivery covers the whole Greater Toronto Area. Downtown condo towers, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke, out to Mississauga and Markham. Wherever you land in the Toronto area, a mover delivers and unpacks.
The one Toronto quirk to plan for is condo access. Most towers ask you to book the service elevator and loading dock ahead of the delivery. Some want a deposit and a certificate of insurance too. Tell your mover the building, and they handle the booking and the paperwork.
Detached homes in the suburbs are simpler, with driveway access and more room for the lorry. Either way, flag the access at survey so the crew comes prepared.
Two ways to ship. A shared container, groupage or LCL, carries your load with others and bills you for the space you fill; it leaves once full. Your own full container, FCL, is sealed in the UK and opened in Toronto.
Costs sit between roughly £900 for a few boxes in shared space and £14,000 or more for a big home in its own box. The inland leg to Toronto adds a modest amount over a coastal city.
Toronto sits inside Canada, so customs apply when your shipment lands. Your goods are declared to the CBSA on form BSF186. Belongings owned and used for at least six months usually clear free of duty, as settler effects. Newer items, or anything sold within a year, may attract duty plus GST or HST.
For the full how-to, see Removals UK to Canada, and our cost of moving to Canada guide for the price detail.
You set the level, and the crew does the rest. A mover can pack the whole home, or just the breakables. They wrap it all for the sea voyage and load the container. At the Toronto end they clear the customs, book the condo lift if needed, deliver and unpack. Storage waits at either end if your dates don't line up. Cars, pianos and antiques get the careful handling they need.
Away from the move, we've long helped people change money in any currency through trusted partners. That's handy for the Canadian dollars you'll need on arrival. Choose full door-to-door and the lifting's done for you. Choose a part service and you save by packing your own boxes.
A Toronto move has a couple of local wrinkles worth knowing. Winter is the big one. December through March brings snow and ice, so a winter delivery needs a little more flex on the timing.
Condo living is the other. In most downtown towers, booking the loading dock and service lift isn't optional. Plan both of these in, and the delivery day runs without a hitch.
For a move this far, accreditation matters. The one to look for is FIDI FAIM, the global benchmark for international movers. It carries an independent Ernst and Young audit. In the UK, BAR Overseas is the parallel mark. A firm with both has been checked on its money, its training and the care it takes with your home.
A word on our role. International Removals Companies doesn't carry out moves itself. We connect your move to one vetted, FIDI-certified firm, and they run it from survey to delivery in Toronto. We've connected moves to vetted firms 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.
Toronto is one of many. Browse the other destinations, or read the guides that go deeper on cost, cars and pets.
Roughly £900 for a few boxes sharing a container, up to £14,000 or more for a large home. The inland leg to Toronto adds a little. A survey sets the firm price.
Toronto is inland. Containers land at Montreal or Halifax, then travel on by road or rail. The inland leg adds a few days.
About 5 to 9 weeks door to door. A full container is quicker. The inland leg adds a few days over a coastal city.
Yes, all of it. Downtown to North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Mississauga and Markham. A mover delivers anywhere in the Toronto area.
Yes. Most towers need the service lift and loading dock booked ahead, sometimes with insurance. Your mover arranges it.
The CBSA and form BSF186. Used goods owned six months or more enter free as settler effects. New items may carry GST or HST.
Both. A car must meet the 15-year rule. Pets go by air, and dogs and cats skip quarantine. See our guides.
No. We aren't a removal company. We connect you with one vetted, FIDI-certified Toronto mover, and they do the work.
Send your UK postcode, your Toronto address, the move date and roughly what you're shifting. A single FIDI-certified mover replies with your price, your timeline and the customs steps. No cost, no obligation.
Get My Toronto QuoteFree. One FIDI-certified partner mover. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, operating since 2010.
We connect removals to Toronto with one vetted, FIDI-certified partner mover. We don't run removals ourselves. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, ICO ZB022743. Norman House, Saint Saviours Estate, Abbey Street, London, SE1 3DH. Working Member of AGM Group since 2010.
Price, transit time, insurance and customs paperwork are confirmed by the mover before you book.