Safe exchange spots
Police safe exchange spots for buying and selling in person
Some police services mark out a place at their stations where people can hand over something they bought or sold online. This page lists the cities where the service itself publishes such a spot, each with its addresses, its rules and the page we read them from. Marka is not affiliated with any police service, and none of them has endorsed Marka.
Cities with a published spot
- Peel Region (Mississauga and Brampton) · Peel Regional Police · 5 spots
- Ottawa · Ottawa Police Service · 5 spots
- Halton Region (Oakville and Burlington) · Halton Regional Police Service · 2 spots
- Hamilton · Hamilton Police Service · 1 spot
- Waterloo Region (Waterloo and Cambridge) · Waterloo Regional Police Service · 3 spots
- Montréal · Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) · 20 spots
- Québec City · Service de police de la Ville de Québec (SPVQ) · 1 spot
- Gatineau · Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) · 2 spots
- Vancouver · Vancouver Police Department · 1 spot
- Edmonton · Edmonton Police Service · 4 spots
- Regina · Regina Police Service · 1 spot
- Saskatoon · Saskatoon Police Service · 1 spot
Cities we do not list
- Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Police Service states that there is an exchange zone at each of its four stations but does not publish the address or area of each, so we list none. Source: https://www.winnipeg.ca/police/TakeAction/buy_and_sell.stm
- Calgary. The Calgary Police Service names no zones and no addresses. It only encourages using the parking lots of its district offices for in-person exchanges. Source: https://www.calgarypolice.ca/public-safety/crime-prevention/online-safety/buying-and-selling-items-online.html
The services below gave general advice about meeting in public and named no safe exchange spot on the pages we read, so they have no page here. Not finding a program in our search is not proof that there is none.
- Toronto. Source: https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/67181/
- Durham Region. Source: https://www.drps.ca/community-safety-and-support/crime-prevention/fraud-and-financial-crimes/
- London (Ontario). Source: https://www.londonpolice.ca/crime-prevention/parents-and-families/online-safety/
- Halifax. Source: https://www.halifax.ca/home/news/online-marketplace-shopping-tips-0
- Surrey. Source: https://www.surreypolice.ca/news-events/news/police-seek-publics-help-id-fraud-suspect
Checked against each service’s own page on 2026-10-21. Programs change: confirm with the police service before you travel.