City-Wide Garage Sale and Giveaway Event 

Reuse More, Waste Less

Promoting Waste Reduction Efforts Twice a Year

The City's City-Wide Garage Sale and Giveaway Event is a great opportunity to contribute to environmental sustainability and community waste-reduction efforts.

  • Find sought-after treasures and bargains.
  • Keep items that need a new home out of the landfill. 

Fall City-Wide Garage Sale and Giveaway Event

  • Dates: Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22
  • Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Registration: Open Now
  • Registration Closes: Wednesday, September 18 at 4 p.m.

Online Registration

Register your Garage Sale and Giveaway Event, and please fill in all the required information, including: address; name; phone number, email, selling/giving away items or both; which days you will be participating; and what categories the items you will be selling/giving away belong to.

Need to change your listing? Visit our registration page to modify or change your registration, and please note – you must use the same email address as the original registration form to make changes.  

Coquitlam residents can choose to participate on one or both dates, and sell or giveaway items. Residents can also select categories of items such as books and toys, clothing, electronics, household decoration and furniture, lawn and garden tools and sports equipment. 

Once you have registered, your listing will show up on the online map within one business day. 

How to use the Online Map

  • Click on the link to open up the garage sale online map. 
  • Check the legend to find out which houses are selling on Saturday or Sunday or both and which have items to giveaway (determined by color and shape)
  • Purple Circle are Saturday Only 
  • Red Triangle are Sunday Only
  • Orange Square are Saturday and Sunday
  • Any listing with a Green line around it has Items for Giveaway
  • Click on the listing within the map to find the list of items they are selling as well as a link to Google Maps to help you get there

A PDF list of addresses will be published here and available for print on September 20.

This event is open to single-family and duplex homes, as well as multi-family homes who confirm the property owner, property manager or Strata has approved.

Fall Swap and Sale 

Also on Saturday, September 21 the City is hosting a Fall Swap and Sale at Centennial Pavilion (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.). Open to adults (19+), residents can register at coquitlam.ca/SignMeUp using Course ID 00167435 ($30/table).  

Registration is open and the deadline to register is Friday, September 13. 

The Fall Swap and Sale will be a good opportunity for residents of multi-family housing who cannot host a garage sale, but who do have items to sell or giveaway.

Garage Sale and Recycling Resources