The 10 best Canadian websites for shopping vintage clothing

1. eBay Canada

As one of the world's largest and most trusted marketplaces, facilitating thousands of consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales daily, eBay is a great place to begin your vintage search. Giving you access to a plethora of products from all over the globe (including small boutiques you wouldn't have access to otherwise), eBay has many features that help you navigate the site with ease. For example, you can follow your favourite sellers to see when they post new items or look up past buyer feedback. "We instill a lot of technology and sophisticated tools that we use to help detect any kind of fraudulent activity," explains eBay Canada's head of communications Camille Kowalewski. On top of pre-emptive measures the company takes in order to ensure you receive high quality and accurately described products, they also provide a money-back guarantee—basically, eBay's got your back.

2. Consign Toronto

Having a Toronto warehouse, two physical stores, as well as an online website, Consign Toronto is dedicated to providing you with curated vintage products that are all good quality and authenticated. Dag Larsen, the owner and founder of Consign Toronto, reveals that the site also provides many benefits for the user: "a code for your first order, a monthly flash sale or bi-weekly edits". Not editing the colour or condition of the products they post, you can also be sure that what you see is what you'll get. "If there are scuffs and marks on the products, you will see those in the photos," Larsen admits. "It doesn’t make for the most beautiful website, but it does allow for accuracy and total transparency."

3. Black Market Clothing

Black Market Clothing has been a Toronto fixture since the early 80’s. Originally catered to a niche Toronto market of punk rockers, OCAD students, musicians and artists, Black Market Clothing has grown to be the best place in Toronto for everything vintage. They offer dead-stock, wholesale, vintage furnishings, architectural salvage, and of course Toronto’s largest selection of vintage clothing. Black Market Vintage Clothing strives to deliver leading-edge and alternative fashion to the innovative culture-conscious customer who appreciates one-of-a-kind vintage and classic pieces at affordable prices.

4. VSP Consignment

VSP Consignment's e-commerce website reflects the same merchandise available in their downtown Toronto brick and mortar store. The consignment shop offers tons of new arrivals coupled with sale items to accommodate your taste and budget. Something else to consider? Unlike most consignment shops that only offer final sales for their merchandise, if you contact VSP Consignment within 24 hours of receiving your package, they are happy to provide you with store credit for full-price merchandise or to re-consign the product for you.

5. Etsy Canada

Similar to eBay, Etsy is a global marketplace connecting millions of buyers and sellers. With a whole section dedicated to vintage products, its Canadian website makes it easy for Canadians to connect with local and international sellers while also listing all prices in Canadian dollars. The vintage pieces range from super affordable finds to pricier designer goods—the options are endless!

6. Shrimpton Couture

Sourcing vintage products from all around the world and bringing them to Canada, Shrimpton Couture gives Canadians access to global vintage finds, without the hefty taxes and shipping costs. The curated site allows you to filter your searches based on designer, era, size, and colour, making it easy to locate finds that specifically speak to you.

7. Myluxurycloset.com

Based in Montreal, this vintage online retailer sources, inspects, authenticates and guarantees high quality items. In order to provide you with a mix of trendy and classic items, Myluxurycloset.com curates and updates their inventory seasonally. Featuring designers like Gucci, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and Chanel, you're sure to find some awesome pieces.

8. Turnabout Luxury Resale

Considering itself Western Canada’s largest luxury reseller, Turnabout Luxury Resale has a trusted reputation for selling high-quality vintage clothing and accessories. Focused on decreasing clothing production, this online company (which also operates six physical stores) doesn't believe in fast fashion, and rather devotes its time to showing you ways apparel can take on a second life. Through clothing donations and fundraising initiatives, the company is also committed to supporting non-profit organizations. Think good clothing and good-hearted.

9. Love that Bag etc

Promising up to 90% off the original price, Love that Bag etc is a Montreal-based online consignment shop dedicated to selling pre-loved luxury designer items (such as, Christian Louboutin, Prada, and Yves Saint Laurent) as well as high-quality contemporary goods (think Tory Burch, Kate Spade and Michael Kors). Linking its website and social media, this site lets you easily shop the products featured on its Instagram account.

10. Designer Swap

Guaranteeing 100% authenticity for every product, Designer Swap is an online consignment shop and also features a Toronto-based fashion blog. Focusing solely on high-end designer goods, Designer Swap offers free shipping within Canada and the option to return items on a case-by-case basis. The site sells vintage pieces ranging from womenswear to accessories to menswear—you may even score a sale item too!