Thrift stores in Courtenay
- 13 shops
- 2 thrift
- 11 used books & secondhand
- 1 walking route
- within 6 km of downtown
Courtenay has 13 thrift stores, charity shops and used bookstores within 6 km of downtown. A run of 6 shops covers Island Traders, Too Good To Be Threw, Sweet Salvage Consignment, Second Page Used Books, Isla Consignment and This 'n' That in about 19 minutes on foot. Salvation Army runs 2 branches in the city. Nanaimo is 96 km away, Vancouver 143 km and Surrey 165 km.
Chains with several branches: Salvation Army (2)
Book-hunting routes
1 routeShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Island Traders and 5 more6 shops
Island Traders → Too Good To Be Threw → Sweet Salvage Consignment → Second Page Used Books → 2 more
· ~19 min
Showing 13 shops
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Island Traders Secondhand store
Island Traders and 5 more · stop 1
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0.2 km
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Sweet Salvage Consignment Secondhand store
Mon,Sun 11:00–15:00 · Island Traders and 5 more · stop 3
0.3 km -
0.3 km
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This 'n' That Secondhand store
Island Traders and 5 more · stop 6
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Isla Consignment Secondhand store
Tue–Sat 10:00–16:30, Sun 10:00–15:00 · Island Traders and 5 more · stop 5
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Free to Grow Thrifting Secondhand store0.7 km
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Value Village Secondhand store
Old Island Highway
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Family and Friends Thrift Store Secondhand store1.1 km
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Habitat for Humanity ReStore Thrift store
13th Street
1.3 km -
The Salvation Army Thrift store2.4 km
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Cottage Thrift Shop Secondhand store4.6 km
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The Salvation Army Thrift Shop Secondhand store
Comox Avenue
5.5 km
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Book hunting in Courtenay
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.
2 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 1 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 10 of the 13 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 Courtenay
2 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.
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