Thrift stores in Victoria
- 19 shops
- 4 thrift
- 15 used books & secondhand
- 1 walking route
- within 8 km of downtown
Victoria has 19 thrift stores, charity shops and used bookstores within 8 km of downtown. Start with the run that takes in Beacon Community Services Thrift Store, Alphabet city, Brica Brac Salvage, Bastion Books and Russell Books, 5 shops covered in about 18 minutes on foot. Pandora Avenue holds 2 of the shops, and Salvation Army has 4 branches around the city. Nanaimo is 92 km away, Surrey 93 km and Vancouver 97 km.
Chains with several branches: Salvation Army (4)
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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Beacon Community Services Thrift Store and 4 more5 shops
Beacon Community Services Thrift Store → Alphabet city → Brica Brac Salvage → Bastion Books → 1 more
· ~18 min
Showing 19 shops
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Beacon Community Services Thrift Store Thrift store
Pandora Avenue
0.1 km -
Alphabet city Used bookstore
Pandora Avenue · V8W 1N7
Sun 10:00–16:00 · Beacon Community Services Thrift Store and 4 more · stop 2
0.2 km -
Brica Brac Salvage Secondhand store
Yates Street
0.2 km -
Bastion Books Used bookstore
Bastion Square
Mon–Sat 11:00–17:00 · Beacon Community Services Thrift Store and 4 more · stop 4
0.4 km -
Russell Books Used bookstore
Mon–Sun 09:30–18:00 · Beacon Community Services Thrift Store and 4 more · stop 5
0.5 km -
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WIN Westside Thrift store
Wilson Street · V9A 7N6
1.2 km -
Beacon Community Services Thrift Shop Secondhand store
Quadra Street
1.2 km -
The Salvation Army Thrift store
Hillside Avenue
1.3 km -
1.7 km
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2.4 km
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Burnside Boutique Secondhand store
Burnside Road East
2.4 km -
Good Things Consignments Secondhand store
10:00–17:30
2.8 km -
Salvation Army Secondhand store4.1 km
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4.3 km
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4.4 km
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4.5 km
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SUBtext Books & Things Used bookstore
Sep–Apr Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00
5.9 km -
6.4 km
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Salvation Army Secondhand store
Island Highway
6.5 km
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Book hunting in Victoria
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.
11 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 4 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 11 of the 19 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 Victoria
4 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 Nanaimo· Thrift stores in Surrey· Thrift stores in Vancouver· Thrift stores in Abbotsford· Thrift stores in Courtenay· Thrift stores in Calgary
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