Second-hand furniture in Montreal typically sells for C$19 to C$1,050 (about $13 to $740). A maker’s mark or a stamp underneath changes the figure completely on older pieces, and mid-century designs from named workshops now sell well above their replacement cost. Ordinary flat-pack, by contrast, loses nearly everything the moment it is built.
Buying furniture 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.
Very few homes are laid out alike, so whether a piece suits a room is settled by seeing the room and rarely by seeing a photograph. Buying nearby means a wardrobe can be looked at, measured against the alcove it is meant for, and fetched the same afternoon. Locally, sofas and dining tables are among the things that move most reliably here.
What to check in person
Find out whether it has already been taken apart once, because chipboard rarely survives a second dismantling and the fixings strip. On anything upholstered, look for the fire label, and check the feet and castors, which take the damage in a move.
Collecting it in Montreal
It needs a van and realistically two people. Ask about the stairs, the doorway and the parking at the seller’s end before you set off, because that is the detail that decides whether the trip was worth making.
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.
Selling your furniture in Montreal free
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.
Photograph it in daylight against a clear wall, because clutter around a piece is what makes good furniture look tired. Name the material honestly, note every mark and scratch, and say whether the fixings and instructions are still with it. Moves hardest at the end of a tenancy and through the summer moving season.
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.
Furniture worth listing in Montreal
Same region (Quebec)
If nothing in Montreal suits, Quebec City, Laval and Gatineau each have their own furniture 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 Furniture across Canada.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.