Thrift stores in Calgary
- 35 shops
- 6 thrift
- 29 used books & secondhand
- 3 walking routes
- within 10 km of downtown
Calgary has 35 shops within 10 kilometres. The busiest run groups 4 shops over 10 minutes, among them Adorn Boutique, Peacock Boutique and Change is Good. Goodwill has 6 branches and Value Village 4, and the 58 Avenue SW run adds Value Village, World Serve Thrift Store and The Salvation Army Thrift Store over 6 minutes, while the Macleod Trail S run covers Goodwill Thrift Store, Goodwill Donation Centre and Value Village in 4 minutes. Edmonton is 281 kilometres away.
Chains with several branches: Goodwill (6) · Value Village (4)
Book-hunting routes
3 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
-
Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers) and 3 more4 shops
Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers) → Adorn Boutique → Peacock Boutique → Change is Good
· ~10 min -
Macleod Trail S run3 shops
Goodwill Thrift Store → Goodwill Donation Centre → Value Village
· ~4 min -
58 Avenue SW run3 shops
Value Village → World Serve Thrift Store → The Salvation Army Thrift Store
· ~6 min
Showing 35 shops
-
0.5 km
-
0.9 km
-
Good Thrift Secondhand store
Wed–Fri,Sun 12:00–17:00
0.9 km -
1.7 km
-
1.8 km
-
Take Spines with you
Heading out in Calgary? Read every shelf in one photo.
Point your phone at a shelf. Spines names every book on it, pulls the ratings, and flags the ones worth grabbing for your taste. Free to try, with 3 scans a month on us.
-
Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers) Used bookstore
9 Avenue SE · T2G 0S5
Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 · Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers) and 3 more · stop 1
2.2 km -
Adorn Boutique Secondhand store
Sat–Wed 11:00–18:00 · Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers) and 3 more · stop 2
2.6 km -
Peacock Boutique Secondhand store
Mon–Sat 11:00–18:00 · Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers) and 3 more · stop 3
2.6 km -
Change is Good Secondhand store
Tue–Sat 11:00–17:00 · Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers) and 3 more · stop 4
2.7 km -
3.4 km
-
17th Ave Thrift Secondhand store
17 Avenue SW · T3E 0A5
3.7 km -
Blackfoot Thrift Store Secondhand store
17 Avenue SE · T2G 1K4
3.8 km -
WINS Secondhand store
Richmond Road SW · T3E 4N3
4.5 km -
Goodwill Price Drop Shop Thrift store
Macleod Trail SW · T2H 0J9
Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00 "Donation only", Mon–Fri 10:00–20:00
4.6 km -
Value Village Secondhand store
58 Avenue SW · T2H 0N7
Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00 · 58 Avenue SW run · stop 1
4.7 km -
4.8 km
-
4.9 km
-
4.9 km
-
4.9 km
-
5.2 km
-
5.2 km
-
5.4 km
-
5.5 km
-
Bound and Copied Used bookstore
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00
5.6 km -
WINS Thrift Store Secondhand store6.4 km
-
7.0 km
-
Value Village Secondhand store7.3 km
-
7.8 km
-
Goodwill Thrift store
52 Street NE · T2A 4T8
8.3 km -
Goodwill Thrift Store Secondhand store
Macleod Trail S · T2J 0P6
Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00 · Macleod Trail S run · stop 1
8.5 km -
Goodwill Donation Centre Secondhand store
Macleod Trail S run · stop 2
8.5 km -
Value Village Secondhand store
Macleod Trail S · T2J 0P6
Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00 · Macleod Trail S run · stop 3
8.7 km -
WINS (Women In Need Society) Thrift Store Secondhand store
Bowness Road NW
9.0 km -
Macleod Thrift Store Thrift store
Macleod Trail SE · T2J 0P8
9.5 km -
Armadio by Delia Secondhand store9.8 km
No shops match. Clear the search or pick another filter.
Book hunting in Calgary
Nearest-first is a decent route plan on its own: cluster your visits, start with the shops closest to each other, and save the outliers for days you're passing anyway. Thrift stores re-shelve constantly, most put new donations out every day or two, so a shop that was quiet on Saturday can be a different shop by Wednesday. Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons, and it's always worth asking staff when the book cart comes out.
23 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 18 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 27 of the 35 are general second-hand shops.
If you want the odds on your side, read our guides to finding good books in thrift and charity shops and spotting the books worth grabbing before you set out.
Donating books in Calgary
6 of the shops here are charity-run and take book donations during opening hours. Ask at the counter for a receipt if you want to claim the donation against tax. Shops pay to dispose of what they cannot sell, so a bad donation costs the charity money. The test before you pack a bag: would someone buy this today? Recent fiction, classics, cookery and children's books move. Old textbooks, out-of-date travel guides and anything damp or mouldy do not.
Our guide to where to donate books covers which shops suit which books, and what to do with a whole house clear-out.
Scanning shelves in Calgary?
Spines reads a whole shelf from one photo and shows you which books are worth grabbing, tailored to your taste. Free to try.
Nearby: Thrift stores in Edmonton· Thrift stores in Abbotsford· Thrift stores in Surrey· Thrift stores in Vancouver· Thrift stores in Victoria· Thrift stores in Nanaimo
Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Shop details can drift out of date: check opening hours before travelling.