Movers in Kenora, Ontario

Zero Hour Moving helps Kenora households in Keewatin, Norman, Jaffray Melick and the city core. Kenora sits on Lake of the Woods next to the Manitoba border and far from any other large Ontario city, so many moves here are long hauls west or east, and each summer the arrival of cottagers nearly doubles the population.

Kenora movers for lake-country homes and moves to Manitoba

Most Kenora homes are detached houses, and the housing has some age to it: roughly two in three homes were built before 1981, and very little has been added in the last decade. Older houses can come with narrow stairs, small doorways and steep entries, so we plan for disassembly and extra padding from the start. Households are small, with about one in three people living alone, and renting is common, mostly in low-rise apartment buildings and duplexes where stairs, not elevators, are the norm. Because so few new homes are being built, the timing of a move often depends on when the next house or unit opens up, and we work around that date rather than forcing yours.

Highway 17 runs through the urban core and the Highway 17A by-pass loops around the city, both part of the Trans-Canada, so trucks have a direct route east or west. Winter is long. Snow usually covers the ground from November through March, with sleet and freezing rain at times, so keep driveways and walkways clear and expect careful driving on the highway. In spring and summer the picture changes, as seasonal residents, many of them from Manitoba and Minnesota, nearly double the population and fill the roads and lake properties; book summer moves early. That season also brings frequent thunderstorms, and June is usually the wettest month, so we keep plastic wrap on every truck.

Our crews serve all of Kenora, including Keewatin, Jaffray Melick, Lakeside, Minto, Pinecrest, Rideout, Rabbit Lake and Norman. We also handle regional moves to Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Dryden and Rainy River. Thunder Bay, the nearest large Ontario centre, is roughly 411 km away and Toronto roughly 1,333 km, so a move east is a serious long-distance job. Kenora also draws almost as many newcomers from other provinces as from the rest of Ontario, and we plan moves to Winnipeg and farther west just as carefully. Share your move details and we will come back with a clear, written quote.