All HPL Branches are closed on Sunday, September 6 and Labour Day, Monday, September 7. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access is not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, September 8.
Labour Day - All HPL Branches Closed
Published:
Monday, August 31, 2026 - 2:45pm
Barton Branch - Construction in Area
Please note that Milton Avenue at Barton Street is under construction. Access to the parking lot is limited. Nearby street parking is available and an HSR route out front. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Monday, August 31, 2026 - 2:30pm
Print on the Go Currently Unavailable
The Print on the Go service is not working at all Branches. We aim to fix it as soon as possible.
Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Concession Branch - Temporarily Reopening
Starting Thursday, August 27, the Branch has reopened to its regular hours with limited services for a few weeks while construction is paused. The interior construction of a new Makerspace will resume in mid-September. Stay tuned for more updates.
Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 8:00am
Delayed Openings and Closures
Due to Staff training, the following service modifications are planned.
- Turner Park: Wednesday, September 2, Noon-1 pm Closure
- Red Hill: Friday, September 18, Delayed Opening of 10 am
- Central Library: Tuesday, September 29, Delayed Opening of 10 am
Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for open alternate locations.
Published:
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 2:00pm
Bookmobile Schedule Modifications for September
Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications for September:
Please visit www.hpl.ca/bookmobile for updates on service modifications.
Tuesday, September 8
- Strathcona - Cancelled
- McMaster - Cancelled
Thursday, September 10
- Rockton and Millgrove visits moved to Saturdays (Starting September 12)
Saturday, September 12
- Stoney Creek - Cancelled
- Riverdale - Cancelled
Thursday, September 17
- Mohawk Gardens - Cancelled
- Meadowlands - Cancelled
Friday, September 18
- Winona - Cancelled
- Queen Victoria - Cancelled
Published:
Monday, August 24, 2026 - 9:30am
Study Halls Pause for Summer Break
After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls
Published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - 3:00pm
Keefer Pamphlets – C
Canada. Commission to inquire... Reports of the commissioners appointed to inquire into a series of accidents on the Great Western Railway, Canada West, by a commission bearing date, Nov. 3, 1854.
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Quebec, 1855
vol. 3 #13
mf #846
Canada. Laws, statutes, etc.
An Act to incorporate the Toronto, Simcoe and Lake Huron Union rail-road company. 12 Victoria, cap 199
Montreal: Printed by Stewart Derbishire and George Desbarats, Law Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1849
[65]
vol. 6 #9
mf #861
Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Rail-Roads and Telegraph Lines; together with the Minutes of Evidence. Ordered by the Committee to be printed, 14th July, 1851
Toronto: Lovell & Gibson, 1851
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vol. 2 #8
mf #845
Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad Company. Engineer's report
Batavia: Printed by D. Waite, 1851
[8]
vol. 6 #1
mf #861
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company
Ohio section of the Cleveland and Buffalo Railroad Report on the Preliminary Surveys for the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Rail Road Company by Frederick Harbach, Chief Engineer Read to the Board of Directors, March 29, 1850
Cleveland: Sanford and Hayward’s Steam Press, 1850
[17]
vol. 8 #11
mf #862
Three Chapters on a Triple Project. The Canal and the Rail by William F. Coffin, Esq. Joint Sheriff of the District of Montreal
Montreal: J. Starke & Co., 1848
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vol. 3 #18
mf #846
Second Annual Report of the Directors to the Stockholder of the Columbus & Xenia R.R. Company for the year 1851
Columbus: Scott & Bascom, 1852
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vol. 2 #7
mf #845
Curtis, M.A. Art. XXXVII.-
New and Rare Plants, chiefly of the Carolinas
[406-408]
vol. 10 #9
mf #864
