Record #: OAK2248
Last Full Update: 24 Nov 2025

Description and Service Details

Description (Service)

This listing summarizes agencies serving Oakville which take books in good condition

  • encyclopedias, magazines, National Geographic, or textbooks are not accepted at any location unless noted in description
  • to recycle, place books in your Blue Box

Pick-Up

Diabetes Canada

  • all items must be packed in sealed bags or boxes, weighing less than 40 lbs., and placed on the doorstep
  • request a pick-up here declutterfordiabetes.ca/pickup

Kidney Foundation of Canada

  • place donations outside by 8 am the day of your pick-up in either a bag or box labeled “K” for kidney
  • request pick-up online or by calling toll free 1-800-414-3484

Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy

  • accepts books in good condition (maximum limits apply)
  • request pick-up online or call 1-888-238-6327

Second Life Books

  • offers a free pickup service for any type of books regardless of their age
  • pickup is available throughout the Greater Toronto area including Halton Region and can be booked online

Drop-off

Goodwill Industries, Ontario Great Lakes, Retail Store and Community Donation Centre

  • hardcover and paperbacks in good condition
  • post-secondary level textbooks for Textbooks for Change (any topic, last 15 years, of textbook accepted, separate from other donated items for the box located in store)

Goodwill Industries, Ontario Great Lakes, Oakville Goodwill Donation Centre

  • hardcover and paperback novels in good condition

Friends of the Oakville Public Library

  • accepts books, CDs, DVDs in very good condition at all library branches, during branch open hours
  • drop donations off with the branch staff at any of the Service Desks
  • no textbooks, technical books, encyclopedias, magazines or National Geographic
  • if you have a large quantity of materials for donation (more than 2 boxes), please contact fol@oakville.ca to arrange a drop-off appointment
  • for more information on acceptable donations, visit the website

IODE Opportunity Shop

  • will accept small quantities
  • no academic or technical books
  • call ahead, 905-842-6338, to verify what they can accept 

Little Free Library

  • for locations and contact information see World Map on website
  • “take a book, return a book” free book exchange
  • accepts hardcover and paperbacks in good condition

Oakville & Milton Humane Society, Barkin' Bin Thrift Store

  • accepts good condition books

Salvation Army Regional Distribution and Recycling Centre

  • accespts books and media

Salvation Army Thrift Store

  • accespts books and media

Textbooks for Change

  • accepts university and college textbooks published in the last 15 years
  • drop off at the Goodwill Value Centre on Speers Road in Oakville, separate them from other donated items and deposit in box
Hours

Vary by location

Areas Served Oakville
Eligibility

No restrictions

Application

Contact specific organization for information

Languages English
Fees None

Site Information

Located In Community Oakville
Physical Access Unknown - varies by location

Categories and Classification

Agency Overview

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