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Thrift stores in Vancouver

  • 48 shops
  • 8 thrift
  • 40 used books & secondhand
  • 4 walking routes
  • within 10 km of downtown

Vancouver has 48 shops within 10 kilometres, and Main Street carries the most at 6. The Main Street run covers 5 shops in 12 minutes, among them Pulpfiction Books, Mintage Mall and Turnabout Luxury Resale, with The Salvation Army also on the way. Salvation Army has 7 branches across the city and Value Village 3, and East Hastings Street and Commercial Drive add 5 and 4 shops respectively. Surrey is 22 kilometres away, Nanaimo 61, Abbotsford 65.

Showing 48 shops

  1. High End Resale Secondhand store

    Hornby Street · V6Z 3B7

    Mon–Sun 10:30–17:30

    0.1 km
  2. Value Village Secondhand store

    Granville Street · V6Z 1L5

    Granville Street run · stop 1

    0.5 km
  3. Sheer Room Secondhand store

    Homer Street

    Mon–Sun 11:00–19:00 · Granville Street run · stop 2

    0.6 km
  4. The Paper Hound Used bookstore

    West Pender Street

    Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00

    0.6 km
  5. Wildlife Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Granville Street

    10:00–22:00 · Granville Street run · stop 3

    0.9 km

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  7. Community Thrift and Vintage - Unisex Shoppe Secondhand store

    West Hastings Street

    Mon–Sat 12:00–18:00

    1.1 km
  8. Union Gospel Mission Thrift Store Secondhand store

    East Hastings Street

    2.3 km
  9. Value Village Secondhand store

    Granville Street

    Mon–Wed 09:00–21:00

    2.4 km
  10. Thrift World Secondhand store

    Main Street

    Main Street run · stop 1

    2.5 km
  11. Pulpfiction Books Used bookstore

    Main Street · V5T 3E2

    Mon–Wed 10:00–20:00 · Main Street run · stop 2

    2.6 km
  12. Knockout Thrift Secondhand store

    East Hastings Street · V6A 1R6

    2.6 km
  13. Vancouver Flea Market Secondhand store
    2.6 km
  14. Mintage Mall Secondhand store

    East Broadway

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00 · Main Street run · stop 3

    2.7 km
  15. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    East 12th Avenue

    Main Street run · stop 4

    3.0 km
  16. Turnabout Luxury Resale Secondhand store

    Main Street · V5T 3G3

    Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 · Main Street run · stop 5

    3.0 km
  17. Second Chance Thrift Store Secondhand store

    East Broadway

    Tue–Sat 11:00–14:00

    3.0 km
  18. Aunt Leah’s Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Fraser Street

    Thu–Sun 11:00–17:00

    3.8 km
  19. Miscellany Finds Secondhand store

    Commercial Drive

    Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00

    3.8 km
  20. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    West Broadway · V6K 2G4

    Mon–Fri 09:00–21:00

    4.0 km
  21. Pulpfiction Books East Used bookstore

    Commercial Drive · V5N 4A3

    Mon–Sun 11:00–19:00

    4.0 km
  22. Spartacus Books Used bookstore

    Commercial Drive · V5N 4A8

    Mon–Fri 10:00–20:30, Sat–Sun 11:00–19:00

    4.1 km
  23. Houndstooth Secondhand store

    Main Street

    11:00–18:00 · Main Street run (part 2) · stop 1

    4.1 km
  24. Still Fabulous Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Main Street

    10:00–17:00 · Main Street run (part 2) · stop 2

    4.3 km
  25. Carson Books and Records Used bookstore

    Main Street

    Main Street run (part 2) · stop 3

    4.3 km
  26. Secret Attic Vintage Secondhand store

    East 1st Street

    Secret Attic Vintage and 5 more · stop 1

    4.4 km
  27. Thrift and Treasures Secondhand store

    East Hastings Street

    4.5 km
  28. Wild Honey Thrift & Vintage Secondhand store

    West 1st Street

    Sun–Tue 11:00–17:00 · Secret Attic Vintage and 5 more · stop 2

    4.5 km
  29. Cross & Crow Books Used bookstore

    Commercial Drive · V5N 4C6

    Mon–Sun 12:00–18:00

    4.5 km
  30. Hunter & Hare Secondhand store

    Lonsdale Avenue

    Secret Attic Vintage and 5 more · stop 3

    4.6 km
  31. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Lonsdale Avenue

    Mon–Fri 09:00–21:00 · Secret Attic Vintage and 5 more · stop 4

    4.6 km
  32. The Good Stuff Connection Secondhand store

    West 3rd Street

    Secret Attic Vintage and 5 more · stop 5

    4.7 km
  33. BookLovers Used bookstore

    East 3rd Street

    Mon–Sat 11:00–18:00 · Secret Attic Vintage and 5 more · stop 6

    4.7 km
  34. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Fell Avenue · V7P 2K2

    Mon–Fri 09:00–21:00

    4.8 km
  35. VGH Thrift Store Secondhand store

    East Hastings Street · V5K 1Z2

    Mon–Sat 11:00–16:00

    4.9 km
  36. SPCA Thrift Store Secondhand store

    West Broadway · V6R 2B7

    Mon–Sun,Public holidays 11:00–18:00

    5.0 km
  37. HOB Too Secondhand store

    West Broadway · V6R 2B7

    Mon–Sat 13:30–17:00

    5.1 km
  38. Iron Dog Books Used bookstore

    East Hastings Street · V5K1Z5

    Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00

    5.1 km
  39. Cheapskates Secondhand store

    West 16th Avenue

    Mon–Fri 11:00–18:00

    5.5 km
  40. Auxiliary to the Lions Gate Hospital Thrift Shop Thrift store

    West 16th Street

    Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00

    5.6 km
  41. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Marine Drive · V7V 1H8

    Mon–Fri 09:00–21:00

    5.8 km
  42. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    West 41st Avenue · V6M 1Z6

    Mon–Fri 09:00–21:00

    5.8 km
  43. Thriftique Secondhand store

    Kingsway · V5N 2T4

    Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00

    6.0 km
  44. BC SPCA Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Victoria Drive

    Mon–Sun 11:00–19:00

    6.5 km
  45. Urban Repurpose Secondhand store

    Brooksbank Avenue

    Tue–Sun 11:00–18:00

    6.6 km
  46. Lawrence Books Used bookstore

    West 41st Avenue

    Wed–Mon 13:30–17:30

    7.1 km
  47. Value Village Secondhand store

    Victoria Drive

    Mon–Sat 09:00–22:00

    7.4 km
  48. Companion Books Used bookstore

    Hastings Street

    Mon–Thu 10:00–18:00

    7.7 km
  49. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Hastings Street

    7.7 km

Book hunting in Vancouver

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.

36 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 25 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 30 of the 48 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 Vancouver

8 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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Nearby: Thrift stores in Surrey· Thrift stores in Nanaimo· Thrift stores in Abbotsford· Thrift stores in Victoria· Thrift stores in Courtenay· Thrift stores in Calgary

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