Used rucksacks in Montreal typically sell for C$28 to C$140 (about $20 to $100). Rucksacks are technical bags, so the harness, hip belt and zips are what determine value rather than capacity alone.
Selling a rucksack 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.
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.
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.
Montreal, in Quebec, has around 1.8 million people, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Quebec City, Laval and Gatineau are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Montreal
Canada Post, Purolator and UPS cover the country, but rates change sharply between provinces and remote postcodes carry surcharges.
What rucksacks are worth
What lifts the price
- Recognised outdoor brands with a following
- Intact hip belts and adjustable harnesses
What pulls it down
- Failed zips, the usual point of failure
- Missing rain covers and straps
Working out what yours is worth
- Turn it inside out and check for lining delamination
- State the capacity in litres and the back length
Getting it ready
- Run every zip fully several times. Sticking or splitting zips must be disclosed and are the usual failure point.
- Empty every pocket, vacuum out the base, and check the back panel foam has not collapsed.
Photograph
- The bag upright and packed out, from the front and side
- Every buckle and any fray, split zip, stain or worn patch
Put in the description
- Capacity in litres, and external dimensions
- Zip, strap and buckle condition, described honestly
Lifts in spring and early summer for travel, and in September for school and university. Known outdoor brands sell quickly year round.
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 (Quebec)
Common questions
Where can I sell a rucksack in Montreal?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. 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.
Is it actually waterproof?
Say what you have observed rather than what the label claims. Coatings degrade, and a bag described as waterproof that wets through is a real complaint.
How much is a rucksack worth in Montreal?
Most used rucksacks change hands for C$28 to C$140 (about $20 to $100). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a rucksack across Canada, what rucksacks are worth, everything second hand in Montreal, or Bags & Handbags in Montreal.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.