Used car tyres in Ottawa typically sell for C$57 to C$565 (about $40 to $405). Be careful with this one: selling part-worn tyres is a regulated activity with specific legal requirements, and tyres near the legal minimum are not worth selling at all.
Selling car tyres in Ottawa
Ottawa is a government town with stable, well-paid employment and severe winters. Turnover is driven by postings and by the two universities rather than by industry, and the goods that appear are generally well kept.
Public service postings and academic terms both move people on predictable schedules. Winter sports equipment appears in spring and disappears by late autumn, which is a reliable pattern to buy against.
The city is straightforward to drive with plenty of parking, though the river divides the region and crossing it adds real time. Winter is long enough here to be a genuine planning constraint on anything bulky.
Ottawa, in Ontario, has around 1 million people, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Toronto, Brampton and Hamilton are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Ottawa
Two practical things shape a Canadian sale. Interprovincial shipping costs can exceed the value of a mid-priced item, which is why so much trade here is collection-only. And winter genuinely interrupts handovers in much of the country, so agree a window rather than a fixed day between December and March.
What car tyres are worth
What lifts the price
- Tread depth well above the legal minimum
- Manufacture date within the last few years
What pulls it down
- Tyres more than several years old, whatever the tread
- Previous puncture repairs
Working out what yours is worth
- Measure the tread depth and state it in millimetres
- Photograph the sidewall including size and date
Getting it ready
- Measure the tread depth across the whole width with a gauge, not by eye, and record the figure.
- Inspect both sidewalls for bulges, cuts, cracking and any previous repair. Any of these means the tyre should be scrapped rather than sold.
Photograph
- A tread depth gauge in the groove, with the reading visible
- Both sidewalls in full, showing there is no bulge, cut or crack
Put in the description
- Measured tread depth in millimetres, across the width
- Whether ever repaired, and confirmation there is no bulge, cut or sidewall cracking
Lifts in autumn as people prepare for winter and around MOT season. Common sizes with genuinely good tread sell quickly; worn or aged tyres do not sell at any price and should be recycled.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Ontario)
Common questions
Where can I sell car tyres in Ottawa?
List it free and agree the handover with the buyer between you. The city is straightforward to drive with plenty of parking, though the river divides the region and crossing it adds real time. Winter is long enough here to be a genuine planning constraint on anything bulky.
How old are they?
Read the date code and give the week and year. Rubber hardens with age, and many fitters decline to fit tyres over about six years old regardless of tread.
How much are car tyres worth in Ottawa?
Most used car tyres change hands for C$57 to C$565 (about $40 to $405). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling car tyres across Canada, what car tyres are worth, everything second hand in Ottawa, or Vehicles in Ottawa.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.