Thrift stores in Halifax
If you like the hunt, Halifax, NS is worth a wander: 12 second-hand and charity shops are mapped here. 5 of them are charity shops and 7 are independent second-hand stores, so Halifax gives you both flavours of thrifting in one trip.
This guide covers every thrift store we could verify in and around Halifax (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Habitat for Humanity ReStore and Value Village, plus Salvation Army Thrift Store — each with its own personality, which is half the fun. If a shop's missing from Halifax's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Halifax thrift lineup
12 mapped within about 40 km:
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Charity shop
Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a charity shop on 81 Wright Avenue, Dartmouth.
81 Wright Avenue, Dartmouth, B3B 1H4
Value Village
Second-hand store
Value Village is an independent second-hand store on 85 Damascus Road, Bedford. Value Village also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 10:00-19:00.
85 Damascus Road, Bedford, B4A 0C2
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 10:00-19:00
Salvation Army Thrift Store
Charity shop
Salvation Army Thrift Store — a charity shop, found on 205 Damascus Road in Bedford. Also worth knowing about Salvation Army Thrift Store: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su off.
205 Damascus Road, Bedford, B4A 0C2
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su off
The Salvation Army Thrift Store
Charity shop
The Salvation Army Thrift Store — a charity shop. Also worth knowing about The Salvation Army Thrift Store: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
reiyee Buy-Sell-Trade
Second-hand store
reiyee Buy-Sell-Trade is an independent second-hand store. reiyee Buy-Sell-Trade also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 12:00-18:00.
Hours: Tu-Su 12:00-18:00
Metro Care and Share Society
Charity shop
Metro Care and Share Society is a charity shop on 2624 Windsor Street, Halifax. Metro Care and Share Society also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-16:00, Fr 10:00-15:00, Su 10:00-12:00; it has a website with more detail.
2624 Windsor Street, Halifax, B3K 5C8
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-16:00, Fr 10:00-15:00, Su 10:00-12:00
Elsie's
Second-hand store
Elsie's — an independent second-hand store. Also worth knowing about Elsie's: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Venture Thrift Boutique
Second-hand store
Venture Thrift Boutique is an independent second-hand store on 942 Cole Harbour Road. Venture Thrift Boutique also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su-Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-We 10:00-18:00; Th-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
942 Cole Harbour Road, B2V 1E6
Hours: Su-Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-We 10:00-18:00; Th-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +1-902-404-1650
Encore
Second-hand store
Encore — an independent second-hand store, found on 2748 King Street in Halifax. Also worth knowing about Encore: the map lists its hours as Su-Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2748 King Street, Halifax
Hours: Su-Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +1-902-706-3763
Encore
Second-hand store
Encore is an independent second-hand store on 2748 King Street. Encore also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa, Su 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
2748 King Street
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa, Su 10:00-17:00
Value Village
Second-hand store
Value Village — an independent second-hand store, found on 165 Chain Lake Drive in Halifax. Also worth knowing about Value Village: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00, Su 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
165 Chain Lake Drive, Halifax, B3S 1B3
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00, Su 10:00-19:00
Phone: +1-902-450-5134
Mission Mart
Charity shop
Mission Mart — a charity shop, found on 265 Susie Lake Crescent in Beechville. Also worth knowing about Mission Mart: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00, Sa-Su 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
265 Susie Lake Crescent, Beechville
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00, Sa-Su 10:00-17:00
Phone: +1 902-453-6278
What the map tells us about thrifting in Halifax
11 of the 12 shops list their opening hours, which is unusually helpful for Halifax — thrift stores are notorious for surprise closures. Still, call ahead if you're making a special trip to Halifax; volunteer-run shops sometimes close early on quiet days.
6 shops have websites listed, worth a look before you go — some post new arrivals or sale days online.
Thrift shops cluster a little: 2 of them sit on 2748 King Street, so you can string those into one walk and hit the rest by car.
The Halifax thrift circuit
Making a day of it in Halifax? Work this order: Habitat for Humanity ReStore on 81 Wright Avenue, Value Village on 85 Damascus Road, Salvation Army Thrift Store on 205 Damascus Road, The Salvation Army Thrift Store, reiyee Buy-Sell-Trade, Metro Care and Share Society on 2624 Windsor Street, Elsie's, and Venture Thrift Boutique on 942 Cole Harbour Road. That's 12 stops, and if you hit them in sequence you won't backtrack. 4 more are listed below.
Thrifting tips for Halifax
A few things worth knowing before you work through Halifax's thrift stores:
- Measure the car, not just the room at Habitat for Humanity ReStore. That bookshelf fits the wall but not the hatchback. Know your cargo space before you fall in love.
- Weekday mornings beat Saturday crowds at Value Village. Serious pickers go early on weekdays. Weekends are for browsers; the stock is the same but the competition isn't.
- Go often, buy rarely. The regulars' secret: short frequent visits beat rare long ones. Ten minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly expedition.
- Ask about the back room. Some shops hold overflow donations out back. A polite question occasionally gets you first look at unprocessed boxes.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Halifax — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to for a thrifting run. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new shop in Halifax can take a while to appear. The 12 above are only as current as the community map. A shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
Prices at Halifax's thrift stores are set by each shop and change constantly, so we don't list them. As a rough rule, charity shops are the cheapest, independents sit in the middle, and anything labelled vintage costs more everywhere — Halifax included.
Thrift store listings for Halifax: 12 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.