Second-hand home & garden in Montreal typically sells for C$6 to C$850 (about $4 to $605). Natural materials keep their money and synthetic imitations lose theirs quickly, which shows most clearly in rugs and curtains. Neutral shades sell steadily while a strong colour narrows the buyers to whoever wants exactly that.
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Buying home & garden in Montreal
Montreal has the most distinctive moving culture in the country: a very large share of leases end on the same day at the start of July, and for about a week the entire city changes address at once. The second-hand market is built around that single date.
Mirrors, glass and ceramics are among the worst things to send by courier, and the packing costs more than the item is often worth. Carrying something home yourself is both cheaper and very much safer.
What to check in person
Take curtains and fabric to a window and look through them for thinning and sun bleaching down one edge. Measure a rug or a length of fabric yourself rather than trusting the description, and check the backing has not gone brittle.
Collecting it in Montreal
It needs a car boot rather than a bag, so agree somewhere you can actually stop for a few minutes. That is easier away from the centre than in it.
The outdoor staircases that front so many buildings here are narrow, steep and often spiral, and they defeat more furniture than anything else. Establish the stairs before the price, and remember that winter makes all of it considerably harder.
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The July moving week produces a concentration of second-hand furniture that has no real equivalent elsewhere in Canada. Prices in the days either side of it are the lowest of the year, and the choice is at its widest.
Clean glass and polish metal before you photograph anything, since smears and dullness cost far more than the few minutes involved. Show the piece in a real room as well as on its own, so the scale of it is obvious. Moves hardest in spring cleaning season and again as people redecorate before winter.
Interac e-Transfer is the norm and is instant and traceable, which suits a private sale well. It is what most buyers will suggest before anything else.
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Same region (Quebec)
If nothing in Montreal suits, Quebec City, Laval and Gatineau each have their own home & garden page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in Montreal: everything second hand in Montreal, or Home & Garden across Canada.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.