appliances · Manitoba

Where to sell appliances in Winnipeg

3 businesses in and around Winnipeg that buy used appliances from the public — what each takes, and whether you are offered a purchase, a consignment or a loan.

Verified 2026-09-24 from each organization's own website. We are not affiliated with anyone listed here, nobody pays to be included, and we receive nothing if you sell to them.

Two things decide what happens when you turn up with an appliance: whether it still runs, and whether it has a sealed refrigerant system — and if it is a fridge, freezer, air conditioner, dehumidifier or heat pump that no longer runs, you are not selling it, you are paying to be rid of it.

How to tell what you have got

Before you call anyone, two minutes with the object settles most of it. None of this needs an expert — it needs a flashlight and a look at the back.

  • A working washer, dryer, dishwasher or range under about ten years oldFind the model and serial plate before you call anyone. On a washer it is usually under the lid or on the back; on a range, inside the storage drawer or along the door frame. Age is the first question you will be asked, and a guess will not do.
  • Dead appliances with no refrigerant — washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges, range hoodsYour routes are municipal collection, a metal recycler, or a scrap hauler. Call three, ask each whether they charge a trip fee or pay anything for the metal, and get the answer in writing before anything moves.

Rarely worth anything

Not a rule, and not a reason to bin something without asking. These are the things people most often expect to be worth money and find are not.

  • A dead fridge or freezer
  • Any home appliance ten years old or more, as a donation
  • Window and portable air conditioners and dehumidifiers
  • Anything with mould in it
  • A single orphan appliance from a broken-up set
  • The copper and the compressor, to you
Refrigerant must be recovered before an appliance is scrapped, crushed or buried — and the rule that applies to your house is provincial, not federal Canada-wide, set province by province

The Federal Halocarbon Regulations, 2022 reach only systems owned by the Crown, systems owned by a federal work or undertaking such as a railway, port authority, airport, telecommunications company or bank, and systems located on federal or Indigenous lands. An ordinary household is governed by its province's regulation instead. Do not rely on anything written for the United States: their rules, certification and disposal requirements are different.

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No dismantling, recycling, incinerating or landfilling until a certified person has attached a no-refrigerant notice Ontario

O. Reg. 463/10, s. 41(1). The notice required by s. 32 must carry the date, the person's name, their certificate number and expiry, their employer, and a statement that the unit no longer contains refrigerant; only a person certified under s. 34 may make that determination, and a copy must be kept for two years. "Refrigeration equipment" is defined to include air-conditioning, heat pump, refrigeration and freezer units. Note carefully what the section does not say: the duty is on whoever dismantles or buries the appliance, not on you for placing it at the curb. That is why Toronto will collect your fridge while a scrapyard may turn it away untagged.

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3 places in Winnipeg that take appliances

Industrial Metals

Paid by weight Not stated — ask
BuysWater heaters, Radiators, Furnaces, Appliances, Copper pipe and wiring, End-of-life cars and parts, Old tools and implements
Won't takeE-waste is accepted for safe recycling but is not paid for
The dealDrop off at the yard. Their residential page states 'our courteous staff will analyze your materials, weigh them accurately and pay you cash on site'. This is one of the few scrap operations here that publishes a dedicated residential page, so a householder arriving with a single load is an expected customer rather than a nuisance. No per-pound rates are published. The page is explicit that e-waste is handled through their EPRA partnership and that 'While we don't pay cash for these items, we do ensure they are recycled safely' - that is a disposal service, not a sale.
Where550 Messier Street, Winnipeg, MB R2J 0G5
Only the metal is paid for - do not expect money for the electronics you bring along, which they recycle free but do not buy. Clearing a house, it is worth pricing any working appliance with a used-appliance dealer before it goes on the scale, because a scrap yard pays on weight regardless of condition. Weekday hours only, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday to Friday.
Visit their site →204-233-1908

La Shop Lesage

Buys outright May collect — ask
BuysHousehold items assessed individually from photographs - they do not publish a category list
The dealOutright purchase, not consignment, and the process is the useful one for a house clearance. Their stated method: send photographs to lashoplesage@gmail.com or telephone, and in their words, 'If we are interested we will purchase your items and pick them up.' So the valuation happens from photographs before anyone moves furniture, and collection is part of the deal when they want the items. No consignment arrangement is mentioned anywhere on the site. They do not publish a list of what they will and will not consider, so send photographs of anything you are unsure about rather than assuming.
Where129-A Marion St., Winnipeg, MB R2H 0T3
Send clear photographs that include any damage. An offer made on flattering photographs is liable to be revised at the door, and you will have less room to argue once a van is outside. Agree the price for the whole lot before collection is arranged, and establish whether the figure quoted is net of the pickup or whether collection is charged separately - the site does not say.
Visit their site →204-233-1804

Orloff Scrap Metals

Paid by weight Bring it to them
BuysFerrous scrap metal, Non-ferrous scrap metal, Appliances - fridges, ovens, Auto parts, Electronics - phones, consoles, TVs, computers
The dealPaid by weight at the yard. The site states 'Orloff Scrap Metals pays cash for all manner of ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal', from individual, commercial or industrial sources, and invites you to bring material to the yard. No per-pound rates are published anywhere - scrap prices move daily, so phone for the day's rate before loading a trailer. They place bins at commercial and industrial sites with no service fee, but that is a trade service; no residential pickup is offered.
Where410 King Street, Winnipeg, MB R2W 5H8
Hours are tight and precisely stated: 'Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM', with 'Last entry to the yard is 4:15 PM'. Saturday is 'Selected dates only - call office for details'. They are 'Closed on Holiday Weekends' and 'Closed Between Christmas Day and New Year's Day'. Turning up at 4:20 or on an unannounced Saturday means being turned away. Scrap is paid by weight, not by whether the thing works, so if an appliance still runs it is worth getting a price from a used-appliance dealer before weighing it in. Fridges, freezers and air conditioners contain refrigerant - ask the yard how they want those presented before you load one.
Visit their site →204-589-4303
CONFIRMED: Manitoba has no province-wide pawnbroker or secondhand-dealer statute. The index of C.C.S.M. Acts contains no Act titled "Pawnbrokers", "Second-hand", "Secondhand" or "Salvage Dealers". The only provincial mention of a pawnbroker is a definition inside The Personal Property Security Act, C.C.S.M. c. P35, which defines "pawnbroker" as "a person who engages in the business of granting credit to individuals for personal, family or household purposes and who (a) takes and perfects security interests in consumer goods by taking possession of them, or (b) purchases consumer goods under agreements or undertakings, express or implied, that the goods may be repurchased by the seller". ONE PROVISION MATTERS TO ANYONE PAWNING AN ITEM. Section 55(1) of that Act states that Part 6 - "Rights and Remedies on Default" - "does not apply to ... (b) a transaction between a pledgor and a pawnbroker." Part 6 is the part of the Act that gives an ordinary borrower protections when a secured creditor seizes and sells collateral. Those protections do not apply to a pawn transaction. A full text search of the Act returns the word "pawnbroker" only three times: the English definition, the French definition, and this exclusion. The Act sets no licensing, seller-ID, record-keeping, police-reporting, holding-period or redemption requirements for pawnbrokers. NOT CONFIRMED, AND THEREFORE NOT STATED AS FACT: Winnipeg regulates used-goods and precious-metals dealers municipally, but I could not retrieve the text of the City's business licensing by-law or its licensing pages - every City URL I tried returned 404 or was blocked. So this guide does not assert how many activities the City licenses, the definitions or exclusions for "Used Goods Dealer", "Precious Metals Dealer" or "Used Material Yard", whether a Certificate of Record Review Board from the Winnipeg Police Service is required, any holding period before resale, or any police-reporting duty. I also could not verify the Winnipeg Police Service "Operation Identification" program or its phone number. Anyone who needs those specifics should confirm them with City of Winnipeg Licensing and Bylaw Enforcement via 311 before relying on them. SELLER ID, CONFIRMED FROM THE BUYERS THEMSELVES RATHER THAN FROM ANY REGULATOR: Canada Gold's Winnipeg page states you must be "18 years of age or older" and provide "A valid government-issued photo ID". Winnipeg Gold Buyer's site states "we require a piece of photo ID (to help the authorities ensure the items are not stolen)". Both are the businesses' own published policies. Take government-issued photo ID to any of these outlets.

Not sure what you have got?

Photograph it and we will tell you what it is and what it is worth — including when the honest answer is that it is worth nothing.

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