Thrift stores in Kamloops

If you like the hunt, Kamloops, BC is worth a wander: 8 second-hand and charity shops are mapped here. 4 of them are charity shops and 4 are independent second-hand stores, so Kamloops gives you both flavours of thrifting in one trip.

This guide covers every thrift store we could verify in and around Kamloops (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Station 10 Marketplace and The Mustard Seed, plus Value Village — each with its own personality, which is half the fun. If a shop's missing from Kamloops's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Kamloops thrift lineup

8 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about thrifting in Kamloops

2 of the 8 shops list their opening hours, which is unusually helpful for Kamloops — thrift stores are notorious for surprise closures. Still, call ahead if you're making a special trip to Kamloops; volunteer-run shops sometimes close early on quiet days.

The Kamloops thrift circuit

Plot these 8 on a map and the day plans itself: Station 10 Marketplace on 533 Tranquille Road, The Mustard Seed, Value Village, Jack's Hidden Treasures on 220 Opal Drive, Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Cariboo Place, Flutter Buys on 1800 Tranquille Road, Lys's Thrift & Vintage, and St. Vincent de Paul Society Thrift Store on 168 Briar Avenue. That's the full Kamloops circuit in one sensible order.

Thrifting tips for Kamloops

A few things worth knowing before you work through Kamloops's thrift stores:

• Visit at opening time at Station 10 Marketplace. Serious pickers arrive at opening. You don't have to be one of them, but the first hour has the best pick of the day's restock.
• Bring a tape measure at The Mustard Seed. The perfect sideboard is useless if it won't fit through your door. Tape measure in the bag, every trip.
• Shop the wrong season on purpose. Coats are cheapest in spring, fans in autumn. Off-season racks are picked over less and priced to move.
• Follow the shop if it's online. Some stores post new arrivals or sale days on social media. One follow costs nothing and catches the announcements.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Kamloops — 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 Kamloops can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 8 that's closed, or a great shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

Prices at Kamloops'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 — Kamloops included.