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Best Vintage & Thrift Stores in Toronto (2026)

Our 2026 ranking of Toronto vintage and thrift: curated rooms, warehouses, by-the-pound bins, buy-sell-trade, and true thrift floors from Kensington and Queen West to Dundas West, the east end, and a Wilson Avenue warehouse. Flashback Vintage is off the list. Updated for 2026.

This ranking is for people hunting Toronto vintage and thrift in 2026: curated boutique rooms, warehouse and by-the-pound floors, buy-sell-trade, and true thrift anchors. We ranked on room character, neighbourhood usefulness, and how clear a first visit is, not paid placement. Flashback Vintage stays off the list; Uncle Vintage sits on that Kensington floor. Choose fast: Courage, Exile, or Uncle for a Kensington crawl; Public Butter or Prime Rewind for warehouse bins; Black Market or Mama Loves You on Queen West; Expo, Chosen, or Relocation on Dundas West; Gadabout or Boneyard east; Common Sort for buy-sell-trade; Shoneys for Kensington true thrift; Value Village Queen East and Salvation Army Bloor for full thrift floors. Confirm Expo outlet and Relocation hours before you go.

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No.1
Courage My Love Kensington Market shop photography from couragemylovetoronto.com
Shop• Kensington Market

Courage My Love

“Best Kensington original: fifty years of cashmere, beads, and the $5 sidewalk rack.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Courage My Love is still the Kensington Market vintage shop people mean when they say the street has a centre of gravity: Stewart and Patricia Scriver's room at 14 Kensington Ave, open since 1975, with Cece on the ledge in the window. Official couragemylovetoronto.com frames it as fifty years of hand-picked denim, Scottish cashmere, 1950s selvedge and workwear, occasion silk, leather, and the bead-and-button counter that gave the shop its name : Java, Mexico, Venetian glass, Mexican silver. The $5 rack on the sidewalk is a literal Kensington institution; inside, jewellery cases, coloured glass, cowboy boots, and oddities sit beside the clothing. This is not a Y2K streetwear drop: it is a treasure hunt with museum-grade curiosities. Dig the cashmere and the $5 rack first, then the bead room if you sew. Prices run from coffee-money on the sidewalk to proper vintage on the hangers. 14 Kensington Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2J7. (416) 979-1992. Instagram @cececourage.

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Public Butter vintage stock photography from publicbutter.com
Shop• Kensington Market

Public Butter

“Best big-room vintage: Augusta warehouse, below-market denim, 363 days a year.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Public Butter is the 2026 Kensington vintage warehouse people actually finish a Saturday in: the official hours page pins the shop at 250 Augusta Ave (across from Bungalo and Wanda's Pie in the Sky), open 363 days a year. Sister-brand Black Market still lists the Parkdale original at 1290 Queen St W as Public Butter Premium Vintage : start on Augusta if you want the big room. Levi's trucker jackets, deadstock denim, 80s/90s tees, leather, sunglasses, and accessories priced below the reseller internet. First-timers: denim and leather on the main floor, then accessories; this is volume with a buyer, not a boutique of twelve dresses. Hours on publicbutter.com: Monday-Wednesday 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Sunday 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; closed Christmas and New Year's. (437) 880-9307. Info@PublicButter.com. 250 Augusta Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2L7. Parkdale: 1290 Queen St W, (416) 535-4343.

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No.3
Black Market Vintage stock photography from blackmarkettoronto.com
Shop• Queen West

Black Market Vintage

“Best Queen West double: upstairs edit at 347, $10 rabbit hole at 256.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Black Market is still the Queen West punk-and-streetwear granddaddy: two rooms a block apart, both on blackmarkettoronto.com. Pin this list to the upstairs shop at 347 Queen St W, 2nd floor beside Aldo : printed tees, discount accessories, and a broader price range than the basement : then walk to Black Market Underground at 256 Queen St W (beside Shoppers) for the rabbit-hole warehouse where prices start around $10, graphic tees, crewnecks, jerseys, and vendors including The Mad One Barber. Official hours for both: Monday-Thursday 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Sunday 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; closed Christmas and New Year's. Upstairs (416) 599-5858; Underground (416) 599-5656. Info@BlackMarketToronto.com. First-timers: Underground if you want cheap volume and loud music; 347 if you want the prettier edit. Osgoode Station, walk west on Queen.

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Mama Loves You Vintage gallery photography from mamalovesyouvintage.com
Shop• Queen West

Mama Loves You Vintage

“Best colour-coordinated vintage: pink Queen West room, $5 bin, Victorian to Carhartt.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Mama Loves You is the Queen West maximalist vintage room from Melo and Mahro Anfield: bubblegum pink, marabou, colour-coordinated racks, and pieces that run from 1880s gowns to 90s Carhartt. Official mamalovesyouvintage.com: 541 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2B6; every day 12:00-6:00 p.m.; (416) 603-4747; contact@mamalovesyouvintage.com; worldwide shipping from the online shop. Instagram @mamalovesyouvintage. This is curated, not a warehouse : first-timers should ignore a shopping list and walk the colour wall, then hunt the five-dollar bin if the Victorian prices sting. Weekdays are quieter if you want history from the staff. Melo still sources from Vancouver; Mahro runs the Toronto floor, which is why the mix does not look like every other Queen West vintage shop. No appointment. Budget extra time; the room is dense.

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Gadabout Vintage Leslieville storefront from gadaboutvintage.com
Shop• Leslieville

Gadabout Vintage

“Best east-end curiosity shop: 1800s-1970s, film-wardrobe haunt, closed Sunday.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Gadabout is the Leslieville curiosity shop film and theatre people actually use: late 1800s through late 1970s clothing, textiles, posters, ephemera, housewares, and a labelled-drawer basement of spats, opera glasses, slide rules, and office supplies : not furniture, not consignment. Official gadaboutvintage.com: 1300 Queen St East, Toronto, ON M4L 1C4. (416) 463-1254. info@gadaboutvintage.com. Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; closed Sundays and statutory-holiday Mondays. First-timers: clothing and textiles on the ground floor, then the stairwell gallery and the manly-man corner (300+ decks of cards, fishing gear, military patches) if you are not only shopping a dress. This is east-end vintage that is not Kensington streetwear and not Value Village chaos. Wardrobe is sold, not rented, except when it is being used as set decoration.

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Exile Vintage Kensington photography from exilevintage.ca
Shop• Kensington Market

Exile Vintage

“Best Kensington tee room: family-owned since 1976, daily 11-7, Harley and cartoons.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Exile is the other Kensington lifer: family-owned since 1976 at 60 Kensington Ave, now a Shopify shop that still tells you to come in person. Official exilevintage.ca: authentic handpicked pieces, new arrivals every week, band/Disney/Looney Tunes/Harley/sports tees in the $40-$250 range, plus Whatnot lives with a referral credit. In-store hours printed on the site: Monday-Sunday 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. 60 Kensington Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T 2K2. First-timers: graphic tees and Harley if that is your decade; the basement remains the folklore move for costumes and the weirder racks. This is not Courage's bead counter and not Public Butter's denim warehouse : it is the rock-and-cartoon tee room on the same block. Free shipping over $100 on the site if you would rather not fight Saturday Kensington.

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I Miss You Vintage designer consignment photography from imissyouvintage.com
Shop• Ossington Strip

I Miss You Vintage

“Best Ossington designer vintage: consignment labels, walk-in Wed-Sun, closed Mon-Tue.”

— Very Toronto Editors

I Miss You is the Ossington women's boutique that still does designer consignment the slow way: Zimmermann, Celine, Bottega, Saint Laurent on the current Shopify grid, plus vintage that is not a $12 graphic tee. Official imissyouvintage.com: 63 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, ON M6J 2Z2. (416) 916-7021. imissyouvintage@gmail.com. Women's boutique hours: Wednesday-Sunday walk-in 12:00-6:00 p.m., no appointment; closed Monday-Tuesday and Ontario statutory holidays. Brother shop I Miss You Man rebranded as Seagrave and moved to 1066 Yonge in Summerhill : this list pins the original women's room on Ossington. First-timers: current-season consignment on the front racks, then vintage if you want the older cut. Prices are not Kensington basement; you are paying for labels that still have life. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays, so do not pair this with a Monday Courage run unless you like locked doors.

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Vintage Depot stock photography from vintagedepotcanada.ca
Shop• Kensington Market

Vintage Depot

“Best two-room vintage: Kensington since 2003, Danforth since 2013, daily new stock.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Vintage Depot is the two-room Toronto vintage shop that has been restocking daily since 2003 in Kensington and 2013 on the Danforth: tees, Hawaiian trunks, sports graphics, and the kind of mixed-era rack that is neither a $10 basement nor a couture boutique. Official vintagedepotcanada.ca: Kensington at 70 Kensington Ave, (416) 596-6513; Danforth Village at 2777 Danforth Ave, (416) 792-6513; new items added daily; free shipping over $100. Pin this list to Kensington so it sits on the same crawl as Courage, Exile, and Public Butter. Public Butter's February 2026 Kensington crawl still listed the market room daily 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. : confirm the Danforth hours by phone if you are only going east. First-timers: graphic tees and outerwear; this is a volume shop with a buyer, not twelve curated gowns. Do not confuse it with Vintage Candy or with the by-the-pound rooms further west.

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No.9
69 Vintage Queen West photography from 69vintage.com
Shop• Trinity Bellwoods

69 Vintage

“Best Bellwoods vintage: Kealan Sullivan since 2004, gowns and Hawaiian shirts, closed Monday.”

— Very Toronto Editors

69 Vintage is Kealan Sullivan's Trinity Bellwoods vintage company, est. 2004, in the 921 Queen St W room across from the park: 1950s gowns and evening coats, 70s prairie dresses, Hawaiian shirts, gingham dinner jackets, fur, and Levi's : a tighter women's-leaning edit than Black Market two blocks east. Official 69vintage.com: Toronto-based vintage clothing, follow @69_Vintage, mailing list for events. Address 921 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1G5. (416) 516-0669. Directory hours still showing in July 2026: Tuesday-Saturday 12:00-7:00 p.m.; Sunday 12:00-5:00 p.m.; Monday closed : confirm on Instagram before a Monday swing past Bellwoods. First-timers: eveningwear and the 60s-90s racks, not the $10 tee hunt (that is Underground). This is the Queen West vintage shop that survived the 1100 Queen closure era by staying small and specific.

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No.10
Expo Vintage Dundas West photography from expovintageclothing.ca
Shop• Little Portugal

Expo Vintage

“Best Dundas West vintage: 1450 flagship since 2019, accessible prices, confirm the outlet.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Expo is the Dundas West vintage shop that opened its flagship at 1450 Dundas St W in 2019 on accessible prices and a mixed-era floor, not a twelve-piece boutique. Official expovintageclothing.ca still lists the flagship and a by-the-pound Outlet at 1978 Dundas St W (also a DIY music room in some coverage). As of Sep 10, 2026 treat the outlet as confirm-before-you-go. Instagram @expotoronto. First-timers: start at 1450 for the edited floor; only commit to 1978 when the outlet hours are confirmed that day.

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Chosen Vintage Dundas West photography from chosen-vintage.com
Shop• Brockton Village

Chosen Vintage

“Best 80s-Y2K boutique: Dundas West since 2011, daily restock, closed Monday.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Chosen is the 2011 Dundas West boutique for wearable 1980s-to-Y2K, restocked daily in the room and weekly on Etsy (thechosenones) for the rarer vault pieces, with Chez Moi Books : spicy paperbacks and paper ephemera : in the same shop. Official chosen-vintage.com: 1599 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6K 1T9. Tuesday-Sunday 12:00-6:00 p.m.; Monday closed. (647) 346-1993. info@chosen-vintage.com. Instagram @chosenvintage. First-timers: the daily floor, not the Etsy rarities, unless you already know you want a vault piece. This is Brockton / west Dundas, a short walk from Expo, and it is a cleaner, cuter edit than a warehouse. Closed Monday, so stack it with Expo on a Tuesday-Sunday run, not a Monday.

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Relocation Vintage photography from relocationvintage.com
Shop• Little Portugal

Relocation Vintage

“Best workwear vintage: Dundas plus Annex, washed and steamed streetwear since 2014.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Relocation is the washed-and-steamed vintage streetwear shop (outerwear, workwear, sportswear, tees) with two Toronto rooms: 1461 Dundas St W in Little Portugal and 499 Bloor St W in the Annex. Official relocationvintage.com: since 2014, every garment sourced, washed, steamed, and prepped; Instagram @RelocationToronto. Pin this list to Dundas West so it sits with Expo and Chosen; walk to Bloor if you are already in the Annex. Hours are not printed as a grid on the site : recent directories put Dundas roughly Tuesday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and Sunday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Annex around 12:00-7:00 p.m.; confirm @RelocationToronto. Annex phone (416) 219-9556. First-timers: jackets and workwear, not evening gowns. This is the men's-leaning streetwear vintage room the list needs so it is not only Kensington dresses.

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No.13
Clothing-store photography (Unsplash FLAG — Common Sort site is text-only with no usable official hero)
Shop• Parkdale

Common Sort (Parkdale)

“Best buy-sell-trade: Parkdale original, three Toronto rooms, contemporary plus vintage.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Common Sort is Toronto's buy-sell-trade chain for on-trend secondhand : contemporary brands, sometimes vintage, almost-new condition : and the Parkdale original at 1414 Queen St W is the west-end room this list needs so it is not only curated vintage boutiques. Official commonsort.com/locations: Parkdale 1414 Queen St W, (416) 463-7678; Riverside 760 Queen St E (moved from 800), (416) 479-3517; Annex 527 Bloor St W (moved from 444), (416) 532-5990. Hours at all Toronto rooms: Monday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Sunday 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; closed most statutory holidays. Buying counter daily from 11:00 a.m. until two hours before close; 50% store credit or 25% cash. info@commonsort.com. First-timers: shop the floor like a clean thrift, then sell a bag if you are rotating a closet. This is not Courage and not a $10 basement : it is the honest middle.

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Vintage clothing-rack photography (Unsplash FLAG — Uncle Vintage Shopify storefront returned 402)
Shop• Kensington Market

Uncle Vintage

“Best replacement for Flashback: 33 Kensington curated plus 25 Kensington by the pound.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Uncle Vintage is what actually sits at 33 Kensington Ave in 2026: curated vintage on the old Flashback floor (City licence 2022-07-07), with a second Kensington room at 25 Kensington Ave that regulars use for by-the-pound bins. shopunclevintage.com is the listed site; Instagram @unclevintage_. (416) 598-0909. Waze hours in 2026: Sunday 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Monday-Friday 12:00-7:00 p.m.; Saturday 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. First-timers: 33 for the edited racks (leather, Carhartt, workwear), 25 if you want pound pricing. This replaces Flashback on the list : same stretch of Kensington, different shop. Moderate prices, not Mama Loves You gowns and not Value Village chaos. Pair it with Courage at 14 and Exile at 60 on the same block.

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Value Village thrift-store photography from savers.com / valuevillage.com
Shop• Leslieville

Value Village (Queen East)

“Best east-end true thrift: Queen East warehouse, Senior Tuesday, open late.”

— Very Toronto Editors

The Queen East Value Village at 924 Queen St E is still the best true thrift floor in the east end: a full Savers/Value Village with clothing, shoes, housewares, books, electronics, and small furniture, fed by Leslieville donations, next to Jimmy Simpson Park. Official stores.savers.com location 2047: Monday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Sunday 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (416) 778-4818. Parking, service pets. Super Savers Club sales; Senior Tuesday 30% off (60+, excludes red-tag new). Donate clothing and household goods at the Community Donation Centre for a 20% coupon. First-timers: Tuesday if you qualify for senior, otherwise weekday mornings before the racks are picked. This is not vintage boutique pricing and that is the point : keep it on a vintage list so the city still has a warehouse you can actually afford. Pin Queen East, not the newer Queen West or PATH rooms.

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Salvation Army Thrift Store photography from thriftstore.ca
Shop• Bloordale Village

Salvation Army Thrift Store (Bloor West)

“Best west-end true thrift: Bloor at Lansdowne, no tax, closed Sunday.”

— Very Toronto Editors

The Bloor Thrift Store at 1219 Bloor St W is the west-end Salvation Army room worth a dedicated stop: clothing, textiles, housewares, electronics, footwear, books, fed by Bloor West Village / High Park / Bloordale donations, no tax (non-profit), seniors 10% every day, SPC 15%. Official thriftstore.ca plus 211 Ontario (updated May 2026): Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; closed Sunday. Donor Welcome Centre Monday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., Sunday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. (416) 533-9553. guestservices@salvationarmy.ca. Wheelchair-accessible entrance (non-powered door). First-timers: clothing and housewares on a weekday; donate first if you want the 20% coupon. This is the honest thrift counterweight to Kensington vintage : keep it so the list is not only $80 tees. Cross streets Lansdowne and Bloor.

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No.17
Prime Rewind vintage tee haul photography via Curiocity / @prime_rewind
Shop• Downsview / Wilson

Prime Rewind

“Best North York warehouse bins: $3/$5/$10 racks at 945 Wilson Unit 2, weekday mornings, free parking; call because the site is down Sep 2026.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Prime Rewind is the North York reseller vintage warehouse open to the public at 945 Wilson Ave, Unit 2: $3, $5, and $10 bins plus bulk bundles, with fresh racks every weekday and free on-site parking a few minutes off the 401. Indexed visit and home pages (primerewind.com) published Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., phone (416) 630-7007, email info@primerewind.com, Instagram @primerewind. As of Sep 10, 2026 the live site returns a Vercel deployment-not-found error, so treat published hours as confirm-before-you-go and call or check Instagram before a Wilson run. This is a working warehouse floor for diggers and resellers, not a twelve-piece boutique. First-timers: weekday morning bins; look for Unit 2 signage on the Wilson-facing warehouse door.

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Boneyard Thrift Shoppe Upper Beaches basement photography from BlogTO
Shop• Upper Beaches

Boneyard Thrift Shoppe

“Best Upper Beaches Saturday dig: alley basement at 155 Main, collective vintage, Saturdays 12-4; confirm Instagram.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Boneyard Thrift Shoppe is the Upper Beaches basement collective at 155 Main Street: alley access beside the library or off Gerrard East, rope barrier, steep stairs, and a pool-noodle head-guard that BlogTO photographed in December 2025. The room is a vintage thrift collective (College Fund Thrift, Eagle Feather Vintage, Paper Bagged / No Bones About It) with Saturday-only public hours listed as 12:00-4:00 p.m. in that coverage, plus private thrift parties for groups of up to eight. Instagram @boneyardthriftshoppe. BlogTO said most clothing was $5 through end of 2025 and that 2026 plans included a permanent $5/$10/$15 sale zone; confirm current pricing and hours on Instagram before you go. This is not The Boneyard bargains warehouse in Scarborough. First-timers: Saturday afternoon only, watch the stairs, dig the sale centre.

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Shoneys Clothing Kensington Market thrift racks photography from BlogTO
Shop• Kensington Market

Shoneys Clothing

“Best Kensington true thrift: 222 Augusta dig with real thrift prices; call (416) 979-0700 because hours stay unpublished.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Shoneys (often written Shoney's) is the Kensington Market true thrift room at 222 Augusta Avenue: packed racks, Levi's and winter coats, books and quirky accessories, and prices that still read as thrift rather than boutique vintage. BlogTO's Kensington thrift guide and Corner listings frame it as one of the last real digs in a market of curated shops; phone (416) 979-0700. There is no polished official hours grid; directory and Corner snapshots in 2026 have shown afternoon windows (including Sunday listings), so call before you go. First-timers: budget time to dig, watch the entrance lip, and treat it as the true-thrift stop between Public Butter and the Kensington Avenue boutiques.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Best Vintage & Thrift Stores in Toronto (2026)

Very Toronto's 2026 Best Vintage and Thrift Stores ranking covers Kensington originals (Courage My Love, Exile, Uncle Vintage, Shoneys), Queen West doubles (Black Market, Mama Loves You), Dundas West rooms (Expo, Chosen, Relocation), east-end curiosity (Gadabout, Boneyard), buy-sell-trade (Common Sort), warehouse bins (Public Butter, Prime Rewind on Wilson), and true thrift floors (Value Village Queen East, Salvation Army Bloor). Flashback is off the list.