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Downsizing and estate sales in Sidney.
Sidney has the oldest age profile of the thirteen communities we serve: 45.0% of residents are 65 or older, and 9.3% are 85 or older. We run downsizing support, moving plans, estate sales and clean-outs across Sidney, and handle everything that won’t fit in an 80-litre can. Every job begins with a free walkthrough.
Sidney at a glance
- Residents 65 or older
- 45.0% (5,545), the highest of the 13 communities we serve
- Residents 85 or older
- 9.3% (1,145), 2021 Census
- One-person households
- 38.6%
- Curbside garbage
- Weekly; one can or bag up to 80 litres and 20 kg
How we help in Sidney
- Estate salesEverything priced, the house set up, and a staffed sale from the first buyer to the final payment.
- Online auctionsEvery item photographed, listed and sold to local bidders online, with every pickup supervised.
- Specialty itemsSilver, jewellery, art, coins, china and mid-century pieces, researched and sold where they sell best.
- Downsizing supportMoving to a condo or into care? We help decide what comes with you, what goes to family and what gets sold.
- Moving plansA floor plan for the new place, movers booked and supervised, and the new home set up before the first night.
- Estate cleanoutWe sell and donate first, then clear the rest: every room, the garage, the shed. Left broom-clean and ready to list.
- Executor supportWe secure the house, set aside papers and keepsakes, and deal with the contents while you deal with the paperwork.
- Contents buyoutOne written offer for everything, no sale days, and the house cleared in the same visit.
- Commercial liquidationBusiness liquidations and clear-outs, sold by online auction, buyout or both, and handed back clean on your date.
Weekly pickup, one small can
Sidney’s curbside garbage and kitchen organics are collected weekly by the Town’s contractor, Emterra Environmental. Each dwelling can put out one garbage can or bag of up to 80 litres and 20 kg, and the Town doesn’t supply cans. Extra volume stickers are $8.00 per extra bag or can, sold at Town Hall or Thrifty Foods Sidney, as of November 2026. Yard waste has its own curbside collection, up to three cans or compostable bags of 80 litres and 20 kg each, with extra stickers at $6.25 as of November 2026.
The Town’s pages list no bulky-item pickup, so a sofa or a mattress needs another route: Hartland, a charity, or a clean-out.
Depots and donations on the Peninsula
- Sidney Return-It Depot, #5-10025 Galaran Road: takes end-of-life electronics Tuesday to Saturday 9:30am to 4:30pm, closed Sunday and Monday, as of November 2026.
- Pacific Mobile Depot: the Town’s page lists a monthly drop-off on the Saanich Peninsula and residential pickup. For yard waste it also lists DL’s Recycling Centre, 6844 Oldfield Road in Saanichton, and Peninsula Landscape Supplies, 2078 Henry Avenue.
- Beacon Community Services, 9760 Fourth Street (Thrift on Fourth): where furniture and electronics are bought and donated, and closed Sundays. Donations are taken Monday to Saturday 9am to 4:45pm, as of November 2026. Beacon declines beds and mattresses, takes working small appliances, TVs and some computer equipment, and runs a furniture-only pickup form.
- St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP), 9839 Fifth Street: a new location, open Mondays through Saturdays from 9:30am to 4pm (as of November 2026). It wants newer flat-screen TVs and DVD or Blu-ray players in excellent working order, plus tools, linens and household goods, while its cannot-resell list names large furniture and mattresses.
Downsizing and sale rules
Sidney’s Sign Bylaw 2058 and Zoning Bylaw 2275 have no garage sale clause that we found, so ask the Town about any sale sign before you put one up. If the house is being emptied for a move to a smaller home or into care, downsizing support covers the keep, gift and sell decisions, and moving plans cover the floor plan, the movers and the set-up at the new place.
Questions from Sidney
What size garbage can does Sidney allow?
Each dwelling can put out one garbage can or bag of up to 80 litres and 20 kg for the weekly collection, and the Town doesn’t supply cans. Extra volume stickers are $8.00 per extra bag or can (as of November 2026). Furniture and mattresses won’t fit, so a sofa or a bed needs Hartland, a charity or a clean-out.
Where can I take electronics and old appliances in Sidney?
The Sidney Return-It Depot at #5-10025 Galaran Road takes end-of-life electronics, Tuesday to Saturday 9:30am to 4:30pm (as of November 2026). Beacon’s Thrift on Fourth, 9760 Fourth Street, lists working small appliances and TVs among what it accepts. Large appliances are free at Hartland, as of November 2026.
Does Beacon pick up furniture in Sidney?
Beacon’s furniture pickup form doesn’t list Sidney among the places it can’t pick up from, and its Sidney shop at 9760 Fourth Street takes furniture donations Monday to Saturday (as of November 2026). Pickup is for furniture only, the driver decides after seeing the items, and the shop doesn’t take beds or mattresses. St. Vincent de Paul’s Sidney store wants small furniture, not large pieces.
What does it cost?
It depends on the house and what’s in it. After the free walkthrough you get a written estimate with every cost laid out, before you sign anything, and there’s no obligation.
Local details checked November 2026. Rules and fees change, so confirm with the source before you go:
- Town of Sidney: garbage and kitchen organics
- Town of Sidney: refuse collection rates
- Town of Sidney: recycling
- Town of Sidney: yard and garden waste
- Town of Sidney: Sign Bylaw 2058
- Town of Sidney: Zoning Bylaw 2275
- Return-It: Sidney depot
- CRD: Hartland public drop-off depot and rates
- Beacon Community Services: thrift shops
- Beacon Community Services: furniture donations and pickup
- St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP): thrift stores
- St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP): donations
- Statistics Canada: 2021 Census age groups (98-10-0032-01)
- Statistics Canada: 2021 Census dwelling types (98-10-0041-01)
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Clearing a house in Sidney? Start here.
Call or email. We’ll look at the house with you and give you a written estimate, with no obligation.
(604) 802-4935victoriaestateliquidation@gmail.com