Thrift Store Chains
Of these 5 chains, 2 are for-profit resellers and 3 are nonprofits that put your purchase straight into local programs. Each page below names its type and links its source.
- The Salvation Army198 locations across 9 provinces
The Salvation Army Thrift Store is a registered charity. Every sale funds Salvation Army programs across Canada: shelters, food banks, and addiction recovery services.
- Value Village147 locations across 7 provinces
Value Village is a for-profit thrift retailer. It doesn't fund a charity directly, but pays local nonprofits for the goods people donate, keeping billions of pounds of clothing and housewares out of landfills each year.
- Goodwill55 locations across 3 provinces
Goodwill isn't one company. It's a network of independent, community-run nonprofits, each with its own leadership and no shared ownership. Proceeds fund job training and employment programs for people facing barriers to work, staying in the region where you shopped.
- Mission Thrift Store51 locations across 3 provinces
Mission Thrift Store runs on volunteers, not paid staff. Net proceeds back over 500 local community causes in Canada and support international ministry work through Bible League Canada.
- Talize16 locations across 1 province
Talize is a for-profit, Canadian-owned retailer founded in 2005. It buys and resells secondhand goods like any other retailer, not a charity.