Thrift stores in Regina

If you like the hunt, Regina, SK is worth a wander: 7 second-hand and charity shops are mapped here. 1 of them are charity shops and 6 are independent second-hand stores, so Regina gives you both flavours of thrifting in one trip.

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

The Regina thrift lineup

7 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about thrifting in Regina

4 of the 7 shops list their opening hours, which is unusually helpful for Regina — thrift stores are notorious for surprise closures. Still, call ahead if you're making a special trip to Regina; volunteer-run shops sometimes close early on quiet days.

2 shops have websites listed, worth a look before you go — some post new arrivals or sale days online.

The Regina thrift circuit

The efficient Regina thrifting route strings these together: Value Village, The Salvation Army on 836 Albert Street, Cashopolis on 2327 2nd Avenue, Secondhand Wonderland, Encore, Happy Jack's Pawn on 3016 Dewdney Avenue, and The Log House Thrift Shop on 2741 Dewdney Avenue — 7 shops, one logical loop, no backtracking.

Thrifting tips for Regina

Thrifting in Regina goes better with a little prep:

• Smell the leather at Value Village. Real leather smells like leather. If it smells like plastic, it is plastic — price it accordingly.
• Look behind the front row at The Salvation Army. Shoppers pull things out and shove them back carelessly. The best find is often one rack deep, half-hidden.
• Check zippers, buttons and seams. Thirty seconds of inspection at the rack beats discovering the broken zipper at home. Thrift stores don't do returns.
• Check for completeness. Board games missing pieces, cameras missing caps, tools missing bits — open the box before it goes in your bag.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Regina — 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 Regina can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 7, or a shop we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

Prices at Regina'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 — Regina included.