Movers, Moving Supplies & Boxes

If you’re moving to Toronto from another city, or even if you’re just moving within the city, there are a number of useful resources that you can take advantage of. From downtown Toronto to Scarborough, Oakville, Mississauga, and Etobicoke, we’ve compiled a handy list of useful links and contact information for your reference.

Utilities:

• Toronto Hydro
• Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.

Telephone and Cable Companies:

• Rogers Cable – Rogers Communications Inc. provides cable television, broadband Internet access, video retailing, digital PCS and cellular services across Canada.
• Bell Canada – BCE provides residential and business customers with wireline and wireless telecommunications products, applications and services, satellite communications and direct-to-home television services, systems integration expertise, electronic commerce solutions, Internet access and high-speed data services.

Garbage drop-offs:

• Visit the Toronto Solid Waste Management page (http://www.toronto.ca/garbage/) to get general information about recycling and garbage programs in Toronto. A full list of locations, rules, and hours for drop-off depots can be found here: http://www.toronto.ca/garbage/pdf/solidwastedrop-offdepots.pdf.

Donating unwanted items:

Charity Village, a Canadian-based website dedicated to non-profit organizations, has a comprehensive list of agencies and charities that accept donations of unwanted items, from clothes to furniture. Many agencies will even pick up your used items. Check the website (http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/charityvillage/donate.asp) for a full list of donation locations, or simply reference the brief list we’ve compiled below.

• Salvation Army Canada
• Canadian Diabetes Association – Clothesline – Pick up available
• Double Take (Yonge Street Mission) – Pickup available for some items; please contact for more information
• Good Shepherd Ministries
• Oasis Clothing Bank – Drop off boxes throughout Toronto and surrounding areas
• Goodwill Greater Toronto, Central and Eastern Ontario– Will take household items and furniture as well as clothing.
• ReBoot – Electronic items, computers etc.

Miscellaneous:

• 211Toronto.ca (http://www.211toronto.ca/index.jsp ) – A directory of over 20,000 community, social, health and government services in the Greater Toronto Area.

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