Second-hand kids’ clothing in St Johns typically sells for C$9 to C$66 (about $7 to $47). Age range and bundle size decide most of it, and condition decides the rest. A full bundle of one size sells faster and for more in total than the same items priced separately.
Buying kids’ clothing in St Johns
St John’s is the oldest European-founded city in North America, built on steep streets above a narrow harbour, and its economy has run on fishing and then on offshore oil. The weather here is genuinely severe — fog, wind and rain in quantities that shape how everything is stored.
Bundles are heavy and cheap, so postage swallows the saving that made them worth buying at all. Collecting a boxful in one trip is what keeps the price low, and it is why this trade almost never travels far.
What to check in person
Look at how many washes the fabric has had, judged by bobbling and faded colour rather than by the label. Check elastic at waists and cuffs still recovers, and make sure school items carry the right badge for the school you actually need.
Collecting it in St Johns
It fits in a bag, so most people meet on the way to something else. A station or a high street works, and neither side needs a car.
The downtown streets are steep and narrow and parking on them is limited, so for anything large agree access before the day. Weather closes roads here more often than in most of the country, so agree a fallback.
Selling your kids’ clothing in St Johns free
Offshore rotations move households on fixed cycles and the oil sector’s ups and downs move the whole market at once. The row-house stock downtown turns over with genuinely old contents attached.
Sell it as a bundle by age and say how many pieces are included and what they are. Photograph everything laid out together, and be honest about any marks, because parents buying second hand expect wear and price it in. Moves in waves as each school year turns over, with a clear lift before September.
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.
Kids’ Clothing worth listing in St Johns
Elsewhere in Canada
If nothing in St Johns suits, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary each have their own kids’ clothing page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in St Johns: everything second hand in St Johns, or Kids’ Clothing across Canada.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.