Thrift stores in Ottawa
- 44 shops
- 16 thrift
- 28 used books & secondhand
- 4 walking routes
- within 10 km of downtown
Ottawa has 44 shops within 10 kilometres, and Bank Street and Merivale Road each carry 5, the most of any street. The Bank Street run packs 4 shops into 2 minutes, including The Jungle Ottawa and Walk In Thrift, while the Merivale Road run covers 3 shops in 6 minutes past Value Village, The Salvation Army and Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. Salvation Army has 5 branches and Saint Vincent de Paul 4, and a further run past The Free Store, May Court Bargain Box and Barely Bruised Books takes 9 minutes for 3 shops. Montreal is 166 kilometres off, Toronto 352.
Chains with several branches: Salvation Army (5) · Saint Vincent de Paul (4) · Value Village (3) · Habitat ReStore (2)
Book-hunting routes
4 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Bank Street run4 shops
The Jungle Ottawa → The Jungle Ottawa → Walk In Thrift → Walk In Thrift
· ~2 min -
The Salvation Army and 2 more3 shops
The Salvation Army → Treasure Bin → Treasure Bin
· ~2 min -
Merivale Road run3 shops
Value Village → The Salvation Army → Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store
· ~6 min -
The Free Store and 2 more3 shops
The Free Store → May Court Bargain Box → Barely Bruised Books
· ~9 min
Showing 44 shops
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0.5 km
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Past Lives Thrift Secondhand store0.5 km
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The Community Thrift Shop Secondhand store0.7 km
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1.1 km
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Earth Value Store Thrift store1.1 km
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The Free Store Thrift store
Tue,Thu 10:00–16:00 · The Free Store and 2 more · stop 1
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May Court Bargain Box Thrift store
Laurier Avenue East · K1N 6P2
Tue–Sat 11:30–15:00 · The Free Store and 2 more · stop 2
1.3 km -
1.4 km
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Barely Bruised Books Used bookstore
Wilbrod Street · K1N 6M3
Mon–Sun 12:00–17:00 · The Free Store and 2 more · stop 3
1.5 km -
1.8 km
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St-Vincent De Paul Thrift store
Rue Eddy · J8X 2W4
1.9 km -
2.3 km
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The Jungle Ottawa Secondhand store
Bank Street · K1S 3W3
Mon–Fri 12:00–18:00 · Bank Street run · stop 1
2.4 km -
The Jungle Ottawa Secondhand store
Bank Street run · stop 2
2.4 km -
2.4 km
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Walk In Thrift Secondhand store
Bank Street run · stop 3
2.4 km -
Walk In Thrift Secondhand store
Bank Street · K1S 3W4
Tue–Sun 12:30–18:30 · Bank Street run · stop 4
2.4 km -
2.6 km
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3.2 km
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The Salvation Army Thrift store
Mon–Fri 10:00–20:00 · The Salvation Army and 2 more · stop 1
3.6 km -
Treasure Bin Secondhand store
Montréal Road · K1L 6B1
Mon–Sun 09:30–19:30 · The Salvation Army and 2 more · stop 2
3.7 km -
Treasure Bin Secondhand store
The Salvation Army and 2 more · stop 3
3.7 km -
3.8 km
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4.5 km
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5.4 km
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5.6 km
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Renaissance Boutique Secondhand store5.8 km
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The Salvation Army Thrift store
Alta Vista Drive
6.1 km -
6.2 km
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7.3 km
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St. Vincent de Paul Thrift store
Avenue Gatineau · J8T 4J7
7.4 km -
7.5 km
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Frip-à-Brack Les 3 soeurs Secondhand store
Rue Graveline
7.6 km -
Friperie Qualité Plus Thrift store7.6 km
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7.7 km
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Friperie Lentre 2 Secondhand store
Boulevard Maloney Ouest · J8P 3V8
7.8 km -
8.0 km
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Quick Pick Gatineau Secondhand store
Sat–Thu 10:00–18:00
8.3 km -
Value Village Secondhand store
Merivale Road · K2G 3K2
Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00 · Merivale Road run · stop 1
8.4 km -
The Salvation Army Thrift store
Ogilvie Road
8.5 km -
8.6 km
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Comptoir Familial Thrift store
Rue Raymond
8.7 km -
8.7 km
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The Salvation Army Thrift store
Richmond Road
9.9 km
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Book hunting in Ottawa
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.
26 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 19 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 26 of the 44 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 Ottawa
16 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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