Movers · Saint-Hyacinthe, Montérégie
Saint-Hyacinthe Movers
Who Read the By-law First
A two-mover crew in Saint-Hyacinthe starts at $125 an hour, with the 2 hours of transport for the round trip from Montreal written on the quote before you sign. Half the city rents, and half the leases end the same week. The 20-hour street rule, the 1 h to 6 h winter ban and the three bulky-pickup weeks are all on this page.
What it costs
How much do movers cost in Saint-Hyacinthe?
Movers in Saint-Hyacinthe with AKA cost $125 an hour for two movers and a truck, or $150 an hour for three. Every job carries a 3-hour minimum plus transport. Saint-Hyacinthe is about an hour east of our base on the A-20, so the transport on a Saint-Hyacinthe quote is 2 hours for the round trip, written on your quote before you sign, not added at the door. No fuel fee, no mileage fee, no hidden fees. Moves from Saint-Hyacinthe to Montreal, Laval or the South Shore are quoted the same way.
What makes a Saint-Hyacinthe move cost more
A third-floor walk-up on rue des Cascades with the truck parked around the corner, a two-storey plex in Notre-Dame with an interior staircase, a piano, or a student 3½ that has to be out the same morning as forty others. Each of these adds hours, and hours are the only thing you pay for.
Get your own number in two minutes
Run the moving cost calculator with your floors and crew size, then read the Montreal moving cost guide for what is included on every truck: blankets, mattress covers, dollies, straps and free double coverage insurance.
Where you are moving
A renter's city with a heritage core, and each quarter moves differently
Saint-Hyacinthe counts about 61,000 residents and, unusually for a city its size, 49% of homes are apartments and 51% of households rent. Seventy percent of the housing was built before 1990. The city's own urban plan sorts it into old quarters, newer quarters and village cores, and a crew needs to know which one it is driving into.
Centre-Ville, Notre-Dame & Sacré-Coeur
The old quarters between the Yamaska and the railway. Two- and three-storey multi-unit buildings, shops below and flats above on rue des Cascades, heritage houses on the western strips, and streets that were never drawn for a 26-foot truck. We plan where the truck stops before the crew arrives, and every interior staircase gets blankets on the rails.
Bois-Joli, Saint-Sacrement & L'Assomption
The newer quarters north of the tracks, toward the A-20 and the Galeries. Bois-Joli is almost entirely detached houses with driveways and garages, so the volume is the job, not the access. Saint-Sacrement mixes two-storey plexes with single-family streets. Fast loads, easy parking.
La Providence, Saint-Joseph & Douville
The three villages merged in 1976, on both banks of the river. Mostly single-family with a few two-storey plexes, joined to downtown by the Barsalou and Douville bridges. The écocentre sits in Saint-Joseph on rue Brouillette. Riverside basements near ruisseau Mercier sit in a mapped flood zone, so tell us if the basement has a sump pump and we plan the load order around it.
Sainte-Rosalie & Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin
The 2002 village cores at the edges: detached houses on long lots along boulevard Laurier Est and route 137, garages, sheds and a lot of driveway. New condo projects are rising across the city, with more than 7,000 units planned, so a freight-elevator booking is becoming a normal part of a Saint-Hyacinthe quote.
Students at the veterinary faculty, the ITAQ and the Cégep arrive and leave on the same dates every year, and the summer bulky-item collection is timed to the same week. Moving out of Saint-Hyacinthe? The same crew runs to Montreal, Laval, the South Shore and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Beyond Greater Montreal, our long distance moving team keeps one crew with your belongings from Saint-Hyacinthe to the destination. All our service areas are on the movers by city page.
Truck parking on moving day
Do you need a permit to park a moving truck in Saint-Hyacinthe?
Not while it is loading. The new traffic and parking by-law, Règlement 1700, in force since June 1, 2026, caps trucks and trailers on a public street at 60 minutes, but article 53 exempts vehicles doing loading and unloading as long as the work does not stop. A moving truck working your door is legal without a permit. Four rules still catch people.
Official sources: Règlement 1700, traffic and parking (PDF) · winter parking status (Info-déneigement) · Règlement 399, use of the municipal right-of-way (PDF) · temporary occupation permit form (PDF) · parking in Saint-Hyacinthe
Getting rid of what is not coming
Saint-Hyacinthe écocentre and bulky item pickup, explained
Waste in Saint-Hyacinthe is run by the RIAM, the regional board for Acton and the Maskoutains. The écocentre is free for residents, open three days a week in season, and bulky items are collected only three weeks a year. Or, on moving day, our crew takes the old sofa, the dead fridge and the basement pile in the same truck.
Écocentre de Saint-Hyacinthe
1880, rue Brouillette (Saint-Joseph sector, off route 137). Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8 h 30 to 16 h 30, from April 10 to November 29 in 2026. Free for residents of the RIAM municipalities with proof of residence, one visit per person per day, trailers up to 4 by 8 feet. Takes furniture, appliances, fridges and freezers, electronics, construction debris, metals and car tires. Refuses commercial loads and truck tires. Household hazardous waste has two drop-off days a year at the Stade L.-P.-Gaucher.
Bulky item pickup (gros rebuts)
Three times a year, one week each. In 2026: May 4 to 8, June 29 to July 3, and October 5 to 9, with each of the five collection sectors on its regular garbage day. The summer week is deliberately set on moving week. Put items out before 7 h, at the curb, stacked neatly. Mattresses and box springs are accepted in a sealed bag; stoves, washers, water heaters and furniture too. Fridges, freezers, air conditioners, electronics and renovation debris are refused and go to the écocentre.
Or we haul it during your move
Nine months of the year there is no bulky pickup coming, and the écocentre is closed four days a week. The most efficient way to clear a home is to fold the junk into the move you are already booking: same crew, same truck, same day, sorted for donation and recycling on the way out. For a stand-alone cleanout, see junk removal, priced at movers' rates plus a small disposal fee.
Official sources: RIAM écocentres · RIAM bulky item collection · City of Saint-Hyacinthe waste sorting · 2026 collection calendar by sector (PDF) · hazardous waste days
Storage between two Saint-Hyacinthe addresses
When the lease ends before the next place is ready
With a 2% vacancy rate and more than 7,000 new units still under construction, Saint-Hyacinthe leases end on July 1 whether the new building is finished or not. Instead of renting a unit and paying two crews to move everything twice, we load once, hold your belongings in our monitored warehouse in Montreal for a week or a season, and deliver when the keys are real. One crew, one inventory list, one invoice. Details on the warehousing and storage page.
Change of address and city paperwork
The Saint-Hyacinthe moving checklist nobody sends you
Most of the cost of a move happens after the truck leaves: a Hydro account still in your name, a tax bill mailed to the old address, a black garbage bin you did not know you had to buy. Six things to do, with the official link for each.
Add Canada Post mail forwarding and you are done. Everything else on this list, the crew handles on the day.
Why Saint-Hyacinthe calls a Montreal crew
Our own crew, our own trucks, the real hours in writing
AKA Moving was founded in 2019 and runs from a warehouse at 10500 Côte-de-Liesse in Lachine. We do not broker your move to a subcontractor. The crew that quotes the job is the crew that shows up, with blankets, mattress covers, dollies, straps and floor protection on the truck, and double coverage insurance through Northbridge included on every job. On July 1 we staff with our own trained movers and never overbook. Licensing, insurance and the people behind the company are on the about page.
AKA Moving
Questions
Saint-Hyacinthe moving questions, answered
Q What is the price of a move in Saint-Hyacinthe?
Movers in Saint-Hyacinthe cost from $125 an hour for two movers and a truck, or $150 an hour for three, with a 3-hour minimum plus 2 hours of transport for the round trip from Montreal, written on the quote. A 4½ with normal access usually takes four to five hours of work. Stairs, a piano or an unbooked elevator add time. The rate includes the truck, fuel, equipment and double coverage insurance, with no hidden fees.
Q Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Saint-Hyacinthe?
No, not while it is loading. Règlement 1700 limits trucks on a street to 60 minutes but exempts vehicles doing continuous loading and unloading. Any vehicle is limited to 20 hours on a street, so a truck cannot be left overnight. A container or reserved parking spaces need a temporary occupation permit under Règlement 399. From November 1 to April 15, street parking is banned from 1 h to 6 h unless the City's evening status says otherwise.
Q Where is the Saint-Hyacinthe écocentre and what does it take?
The RIAM écocentre is at 1880, rue Brouillette in the Saint-Joseph sector, open Friday to Sunday from 8 h 30 to 16 h 30 between April and the end of November. It is free for residents with proof of residence, one visit per person per day, trailers up to 4 by 8 feet. It takes furniture, appliances, fridges, electronics, construction debris, metals and car tires, and refuses commercial loads and truck tires.
Q When is bulky item pickup in Saint-Hyacinthe?
Three weeks a year. In 2026 the weeks are May 4 to 8, June 29 to July 3, and October 5 to 9, each sector on its regular garbage day. Items go out before 7 h at the curb. Mattresses in a sealed bag, furniture, stoves, washers and water heaters are accepted; fridges, freezers, air conditioners, electronics and renovation debris are refused. Outside those three weeks, our crew takes it on the truck.
Q How far ahead should I book movers in Saint-Hyacinthe for July 1?
Four to eight weeks for the last week of June and the first week of July. Half the city rents, students at the veterinary faculty, the ITAQ and the Cégep move on the same dates, and the bulky collection lands the same week, so the streets are busy. AKA staffs July 1 with its own trained crew and does not overbook. A mid-month weekday move can often be booked within a week.
Q Do you move from Saint-Hyacinthe to Montreal, Laval or the South Shore?
Yes, every week. Saint-Hyacinthe to Montreal runs the A-20 west, about an hour, and the transport time is already in the quote. Laval and the South Shore are the same crew and the same rate card. Moves beyond Greater Montreal, to Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto or across Canada, are quoted as a fixed price by our long distance team.
Q Can you store my belongings if my new place in Saint-Hyacinthe is not ready?
Yes. We load once, hold everything in our monitored warehouse in Montreal for as long as you need, and deliver to Saint-Hyacinthe when the keys are ready. Same crew, one inventory list, so nothing is moved twice by two different companies.
Get your Saint-Hyacinthe moving quote
Tell us the quarter, the floors and the date. We quote the real hours in writing, transport included, no hidden fees.
