FREE Moving Checklist for Canadian Residents

Hola everyone, Nancy here. Moving can be a highly stressful time, whether by yourself, with your family, or with friends.

Making sure that you are properly prepared in all areas involved in your move can lay heavily on you mentally.

The entire process can be so overwhelming that you may even forget to cover a few important steps that come with moving both before and after you've already moved. So this is why a checklist to help make sure that you have covered all important steps is quite essential. 

Canada Post has an excellent moving checklist. To summarize, it covers every important step essential for moving from A to Z. 

DISCLAIMER 

Canada Post is in no way affiliated with My Scrapbooking Mall. The opinions, views, and beliefs expressed on this site are strictly that of MY SCRAPBOOKING MALL.

The Canada Post website does not currently have a printable version of the checklist so I created a PDF file that you may print out to make it more convenient for you.

If you wish to view the list on the Canada Post website click on the following link: Canada Post Moving Checklist

Below are samples of the checklist. Click on the link beneath any of the images below to download and print out the complete list. They are FREE and you may download as many as you wish!

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Click on following link to print the complete checklist: FREE Moving Checklist for Canadian Residents

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Click on following link to print the complete checklist: FREE Moving Checklist for Canadian Residents

My Tips for Moving

My first and most important tip whenever it comes to moving, is to make sure that you start your packing three to four months BEFORE your actual moving day! This is the easiest and most efficient way to handle your moving. I learned this from my Mother!

My family and I have moved many times and each time that we moved the process has always been very smooth. This is because aside from packing months in advance, we always follow a formula that keeps us as comfortable as possible both during and especially after the move. Below are the steps that my family and I always followed during our moves.

DO NOT PACK UP THE FOLLOWING. Place them into a box labelled "Essentials":

• Whenever you are moving, you should set aside important things that you will be needing upon your arrival to the new location. Such as all prescribed medication for yourself, your family, pets, and other animals like farm animals. For those of you who have cats, set aside your kitty litter boxes, kitty litter, and litter box cleaning supplies. Your pets and animals' dry and wet foods, beds, and toys. Food and water bowls for your animals and their treats.
• Non-prescribed medication such as Tylenol, Gravol, allergy medication, and anything else you should be taking just in case.
• Moving day usually involves a lot of handwashing and wiping, so be sure to set aside at least three to five plastic shopping bags that you will be using as trash bins. You will be needing them before and after you move to your new location.
• Set aside, broom, or vacuum, and mop. Paper towels, dish soap, dish gloves, washing sponges or cloths, and hand soap. Make up, ear swabs, toothpaste, toothbrush, and mouthwash. Hair combs, picks, brushes, and any hot hairstyling tools if they're that important to you.
• Ready-to-eat store-bought foods like canned soups etc. and snacks for refueling yourselves throughout the day, evening, or night! Set aside as many scissors, plates, bowls, cups, mugs, and cutlery as there are the number of people who are moving with you. A pan or cooking pot for warming up the food. Take bottled water if you do not drink tap water. Dish rack and can opener.
• Clean bed sheets, pillowcases, and blankets. A clean change of clothing. Your house or bed slippers. Toilet paper, bath, and hand towels. Shower cap, shampoo, conditioner, and any other hair or scalp treatment you use. Deodorant, body lotion. Electric and manual razors. 
• Your phone and chargers.
• Fans, if your new location does not have air conditioning hooked up yet, or does not have it at all. 
• A lamp in case ceiling lights need to be replaced, and a blanket to sit on the floor for resting in case you're like me and can't stand sitting or lying on your bed or sofas before you've had the chance to shower!
• A little radio for listening to music or the news.

The list above does seem like a lot but if you want to make your first day and night in your new home as pleasant and stress-free as possible, following the steps above will surely make this possible for you.

Regarding packing months in advance, you might also be asking how is it possible to live in a practical way if all your packing has been done three to four months in advance. Well, the answer to your question is quite simple. 

You must leave the necessary things such as your food, bedding, your animal's things, and pots, pans, and other kitchen items unpacked.

My suggestion is that you pack up the majority of your kitchen items only leaving a very small number of these items still in your kitchen until you're ready to move on moving day. NOTE: leave the boxes labelled "kitchen" unsealed. This way, you will be able to easily pack away the rest of your kitchen items on or before moving day.

But for practical reasons, just leave out one pot and pan, a small number of plates, bowls, mugs, cups, cooking utensils, and cutlery. 

Other Tips

• Declutter: Decluttering is when you get rid of things that you no longer want or need. This is a very important step because it will help to make your moving transition a lot lighter and easier. Therefore, donate everything you don't need, throw away anything that could be put into the garbage, and then be sure to recycle the rest. 
• Never use large boxes to pack heavy things. Packing heavy things into large boxes makes transporting them very, very hard and painful! You also run the risk of injuring your back and I don't think that's what you want. So, instead, pack light things into large boxes such as pillows, blankets, stuffed toys, hats, and a small amount of clothing, and heavier things like pots, pans, shoes, and books into small boxes. 
• Label all sides of your boxes. This way, no matter how they get loaded onto your moving vehicle, a label will always be facing you, and you will be able to easily identify which room or area each box goes into upon arriving at your new home.

More Tips | Videos

ln the videos found in the bulleted links below you will find other helpful tips and hacks for moving. Be sure to be taking down notes so that you can make your moving experience as easy as possible.

• Moving House Hacks! Packing Hacks and Tips for Moving
• Top 17 Genius Moving Hacks That Will ACTUALLY Make Packing Easier

I'm hoping you found all the tips and hacks from this post very valuable and useful for your moving. 

Do You Have Any Tips and Hacks for Moving Not Already Mentioned Here?

If you do, please share them with us. We at My Scrapbooking Mall along with our readers would love to learn about other great ideas to help make our moving process a lot easier.

Also, if you have any questions or suggestions for me, please post them in the COMMENTS form at the bottom of this page. I will get to them as soon as possible!

Hi! This is me, Nancy. Please Share this page with your family and friends. It will help them to be better prepared during any moves they might be embarking on whether now or later.

Thank you for visiting! Christ bless you, your loved ones, pets, and homes. 

Nancy

¡Muchas gracias por visitarnos! Cristo los bendiga, a sus familias y animales. 

Nancy