Illustration of a thrift store window in Winnipeg

Thrift stores in Winnipeg

  • 12 shops
  • 3 thrift
  • 9 used books & secondhand
  • within 8 km of downtown

Winnipeg has 12 thrift stores, charity shops and used bookstores within 8 km of downtown. Portage Avenue carries 2 of the shops, and Value Village and Goodwill each run 2 branches around the city. Edmonton is 1194 km away, Calgary 1203 km and London 1436 km.

Showing 12 shops

  1. Opale Secondhand store
    0.3 km
  2. The Goodwill Store Secondhand store

    Mon–Fri 09:30–16:30

    0.4 km
  3. Bison Books Used bookstore

    Graham Avenue · R3C 0L8

    Mon–Sat 10:00–16:30

    0.9 km
  4. Just Like New to You Secondhand store

    Portage Avenue

    1.6 km
  5. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Sherbrook Street

    2.1 km
  6. Take Spines with you

    Heading out in Winnipeg? 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.

  7. Nearly New Shop Secondhand store

    Portage Avenue

    2.8 km
  8. 3.2 km
  9. Things Secondhand store

    Corydon Avenue

    Mon–Sat 10:30–15:30

    3.3 km
  10. Never Too Old Secondhand store

    Saint Mary's Road

    3.5 km
  11. Value Village Secondhand store

    Nairn Avenue

    Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00

    4.0 km
  12. Goodwill Thrift store

    Pembina Highway

    Mon–Fri 10:00–20:00

    6.9 km
  13. Value Village Secondhand store

    Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00

    7.7 km

Book hunting in Winnipeg

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.

6 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 3 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 8 of the 12 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 Winnipeg

3 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 Winnipeg?

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 Calgary· Thrift stores in London· Thrift stores in Kitchener· Thrift stores in Guelph· Thrift stores in Mississauga

Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Shop details can drift out of date: check opening hours before travelling.

Every shelf in Winnipeg, one photo Get Spines free