Best Thrift Stores in Ottawa and near you, ranked by the numbers
Fabrick Collective ranks #1 among Ottawa thrift stores with a 4.74 score, built on a 4.9 rating across 137 reviews.
This list uses a review weight of 53, much lighter than the 200 on the restaurant lists. Fabrick Collective and Miam Miam General Store both hold a 4.9, but Fabrick's 137 reviews to Miam Miam's 94 put it 0.05 ahead. Just 17 stores ranked.
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fromOttawa Score 4.74fromOttawaFabrick Collective
Top of 17Glebe · Downtown
1130 Bank St · Google 4.9 (137 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.74/5.
4.9 stars from 137 reviews; 72% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (72.1%). R = 4.9; v = 137; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.69fromOttawaMiam Miam General Store
Centretown West
645 Somerset St W · Google 4.9 (94)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.69/5.
4.9 stars from 94 reviews; 64% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (63.9%). R = 4.9; v = 94; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.65fromOttawaShop Smart Thrift Store
ByWard Market
242 Dalhousie St · Google 4.8 (120)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.65/5.
4.8 stars from 120 reviews; 69% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (69.4%). R = 4.8; v = 120; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 17
Showing 14 of 14 places below the first three on this page.
Each marker sits on the address saved with the place, top 3 included. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
None of the places that match have a saved location.
Ranks 4 to 10: Just off the podium
- fromOttawa Score 4.58
Rank 4: Lainey's Luck
4.8 stars from 67 reviews; 56% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (55.8%). R = 4.8; v = 67; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.56
Rank 5: Thrive Select Thrift
4.7 stars from 99 reviews; 65% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (65.1%). R = 4.7; v = 99; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.48
Rank 6: Habitude - La Friperie
4.7 stars from 41 reviews; 44% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (43.6%). R = 4.7; v = 41; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.48
Rank 7: Walk In Thrift
5.0 stars from 17 reviews; 24% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (24.3%). R = 5; v = 17; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.44
Rank 8: D’OR Thrift Store
4.9 stars from 15 reviews; 22% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (22.1%). R = 4.9; v = 15; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.35
Rank 9: May Court Bargain Box
4.4 stars from 34 reviews; 39% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (39.1%). R = 4.4; v = 34; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.34
Rank 10: Counter Sainte-Rose-de-Lima
4.4 stars from 29 reviews; 35% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (35.4%). R = 4.4; v = 29; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 17 thrift stores records are grouped by saved address. Downtown holds the most, with 7. Each area’s best is a tap away.
6Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 6#6 · Habitude - La Friperie
3West End
7Downtown
- Glebe 3#1 · Fabrick Collective
- ByWard Market 2#3 · Shop Smart Thrift Store
- Centretown West 1#2 · Miam Miam General Store
- Centretown 1#4 · Lainey's Luck
1East End
- Vanier 1#16 · Ottawa Bazaar
0South Endbelow the Queensway
None on this list yet.
11 to 15Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.22
Rank 11: Friperie chez Véro
3.8 stars from 12 reviews; 18% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (18.5%). R = 3.8; v = 12; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.22
Rank 12: Comptoir St Vincent De Paul
4.1 stars from 43 reviews; 45% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (44.8%). R = 4.1; v = 43; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.21
Rank 13: Chez Vincent Thrift Store - Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) - Wellington Store, Ottawa
4.2 stars from 726 reviews; 93% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (93.2%). R = 4.2; v = 726; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.21
Rank 14: Société St Vincent de Paul
4.1 stars from 53 reviews; 50% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (50.0%). R = 4.1; v = 53; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.19
Rank 15: Saint-Vincent De Paul
4.1 stars from 70 reviews; 57% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (56.9%). R = 4.1; v = 70; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
16 to 17Good backups to know
- fromOttawa Score 4.12
Rank 16: Ottawa Bazaar
3.7 stars from 24 reviews; 31% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (31.2%). R = 3.7; v = 24; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 3.10
Rank 17: Rikochet Resale
2.7 stars from 160 reviews; 75% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (75.1%). R = 2.7; v = 160; C = 4.3105; m = 53. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
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Why does 4.9 rank above 5.0?
Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C. Ottawa-area average: C = 4.310526315789474; m = 53. R is the recorded Google rating; v is the recorded review count. Confidence is v / (v + m), the rating’s weight in the score.
How we score. Google stars, weighted by review count, pulled toward that average. Data from .
- Fabrick Collective 4.9 stars · 137 reviews
- Miam Miam General Store 4.9 stars · 94 reviews
- Shop Smart Thrift Store 4.8 stars · 120 reviews
Filled square: score. Open circle: Google rating. The axis starts at 4.4; all values are out of 5.
Places screened for this list
259 unique places screened; 242 excluded in the saved list file. 17 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 38
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 0
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 28
- Closed
- 0
- Out of area or category
- 229
- Other source checks
- 3
Reason counts can overlap. Other source checks include identity, rating, branch and pending chain checks. Counts describe the saved screening, not complete local coverage.
Data checked . How we screen and score.
Local talk
Reddit data is partial for this list. Saved matches are review-only research and do not affect the rank.
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- Thrive Select Thrift: Reddit discussion · Posted:
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TikTok
- 5 TikTok results in the saved Google organic pull for “thrift store ottawa tiktok”. Pull date: .
- 5 Instagram results in the saved Google organic pull for “thrift store ottawa instagram”. Pull date: .
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Questions
Why does Fabrick Collective beat Miam Miam with the same rating?
Both are rated 4.9, but Fabrick has 137 reviews against 94. More reviews mean less pull toward the 4.31 Ottawa-area average, giving Fabrick 4.74 to Miam Miam's 4.69.
How reliable are these thrift store rankings?
Less settled than most. Of 17 ranked stores, 8 have low confidence, 8 medium and only 1 high. The top three sit between 64% and 72% confidence, so a few new reviews could shuffle them.
Why isn't The Salvation Army Thrift Store ranked?
The Salvation Army Thrift Store and Mission Thrift Store Orleans belong to chains with 10 or more locations in Canada, so they were left out. That's a rule about chain size, not a judgment on the shops.