Used mattresses in Vancouver, British Columbia typically sell for C$57 to C$375 (about $40 to $270). Be realistic about this one: used mattresses are the hardest item in the home to sell, and a great many listings never find a buyer at any price.
Selling a mattress in Vancouver
Vancouver is the most expensive city in the country and the mildest, which is an unusual combination. Apartments are small and outdoor recreation is available year-round, so compact furniture and outdoor gear are the two things that reliably move.
Housing costs move people frequently and the city attracts a highly mobile international population. Rain is constant enough that where something was stored is always worth asking about.
Traffic and the bridges determine how long any collection takes, far more than the distance does. Parking in the denser neighbourhoods is difficult, and most apartment buildings require the lift to be booked.
Vancouver, in British Columbia, has around 675,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Surrey, Burnaby and Richmond are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Vancouver
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.
What mattresses are worth
What lifts the price
- A protector used from new, with no staining
- No sagging or visible body impressions
What pulls it down
- Sagging and permanent body impressions
- Unknown age or history
Working out what yours is worth
- Strip it and photograph the bare surface in daylight
- State the age and whether a protector was used
Getting it ready
- Strip it and inspect both sides in daylight for stains, which for most buyers ends the conversation regardless of price.
- Find the fire safety label sewn into the side seam. Its absence makes an already difficult sale harder still.
Photograph
- The whole mattress bare and flat, shot from above in daylight
- The second side, also bare, because buyers assume you photographed the better one
Put in the description
- Size in feet and centimetres
- Type — open coil, pocket sprung, memory foam or hybrid — and the firmness
State size, type and age: “Double Pocket Sprung Mattress, 3 Years Old, No Stains”. Age is the unusual case where volunteering it helps, because a buyer’s first assumption about a used mattress is that it is older than it is. Memory foam, pocket sprung and open coil are all real searches.
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 (British Columbia)
Common questions
Where can I sell a mattress in Vancouver?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. Traffic and the bridges determine how long any collection takes, far more than the distance does. Parking in the denser neighbourhoods is difficult, and most apartment buildings require the lift to be booked.
How old is it?
Give the actual figure, or your best honest estimate with a reason. Mattresses have a functional life and buyers price against it.
How much is a mattress worth in Vancouver?
Most used mattresses change hands for C$57 to C$375 (about $40 to $270). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a mattress across Canada, what mattresses are worth, everything second hand in Vancouver, or Furniture in Vancouver.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.