Thrift stores in Kitchener
- 19 shops
- 8 thrift
- 11 used books & secondhand
- 1 walking route
- within 8 km of downtown
Kitchener has 19 shops within 8 kilometres, and King Street West carries the most at 3. The King Street West run covers those same 3 shops in 7 minutes, among them A Second Look, YW Thrift Boutique and KW Bookstore. Value Village and Goodwill each run 2 branches in the city. Guelph is 22 kilometres away, Hamilton 55, Mississauga 70.
Chains with several branches: Value Village (2) · Goodwill (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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King Street West run3 shops
A Second Look → YW Thrift Boutique → KW Bookstore
· ~7 min
Showing 19 shops
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0.2 km
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YW Thrift Boutique Secondhand store
King Street West
Tue–Thu 12:00–16:00 · King Street West run · stop 2
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KW Bookstore Used bookstore
King Street West · N2G 1B7
Mon–Thu 10:00–18:00 · King Street West run · stop 3
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0.7 km
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0.8 km
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Carousel Clothing Secondhand store1.0 km
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1.5 km
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1.7 km
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2.1 km
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Change4Change Thrift store
King Street East
2.3 km -
2.7 km
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Retail Therapy Thrift KW Secondhand store2.9 km
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3.1 km
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4.2 km
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The Perfect Find Secondhand store4.4 km
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4.7 km
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Goodwill Thrift store
Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00
4.7 km -
6.3 km
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Habitat for Humanity ReStore Thrift store
Northfield Drive East
6.7 km
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Book hunting in Kitchener
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.
13 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 6 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 9 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 Kitchener
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 Guelph· Thrift stores in Hamilton· Thrift stores in Mississauga· Thrift stores in London· Thrift stores in Toronto· Thrift stores in Ottawa
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