Due to poor air quality, Bookmobile will be cancelling all stops today, Thursday, July 16. Regular service is expected to return next week. Thank you for your understanding.
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled
Published:
Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 8:00am
Air Quality Warning
An Orange Air Quality Warning has been initiated for the City of Hamilton by Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks beginning July 15, 2026. This alert will remain in effect until a cancellation notice is issued.
Stay safe, Hamilton. www.hpl.ca/hours
Published:
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 2:00pm
HPL Catalogue and Online Resources Not Available - Sunday, July 19
Due to online maintenance, Members can not access HPL's catalogue, online services and resources on Sunday, July 19 from 5am-10am. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Published:
Monday, July 13, 2026 - 3:00pm
Express Items via OverDrive - Partner Libraries Update
As of July 1st, partner library Members can no longer borrow HPL Express items via Overdrive. More to Borrow partner libraries will be offering Lucky Express (Skip the line) titles to their cardholders only. This will help manage wait times for popular titles. Lucky Express is a collection of in demand titles with a seven-day loan period, available with no wait.
Our partners will still be able to borrow titles from the rest of our collection.
www.hpl.ca/more-to-borrow
Published:
Monday, July 6, 2026 - 10:00am
What's Happening Guide Changes
The What's Happening Guide has been retired and replaced with different communications channels and tactics. You can find the new Summer Reading Flyer here. Watch for future communications updates.
Published:
Monday, June 29, 2026 - 3:00pm
Sunday Hours Return to Central Library
Sunday hours return to Central Library. Beginning July 5, Central is open Noon to 5pm. Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown branches are also open Sundays, 1 to 5pm. hpl.ca/hours
Published:
Monday, June 29, 2026 - 1:00pm
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
Roll of Honour - World War I
MacCormack, Stanley
MacDowell, J.
MacFarland, F.M.
MacFarlane, Alexander
MacFarlane, James H.
Mackenzie, Andrew S.
Macklow, John
MacMillan, Harry
Malkin, Edward S.
Mallory, Harry
Mallory, Henry
Manuch, Norman
Maples, R.F.
Marchant, Cyril Gordon
Marchington, John
Marichin, Isaac B.
Markham, Norman C.
Markle, Norman A.
Marriott, W.
Marriott, William
Marsh, James W.
Marshall William R.
Marshall, Frank
Marshall, Waldemar S.
Marshall, William
Martin Fred John
Martin, Herbert
Martin, Leonard
Martin, Thomas C.
Martindale, James
Marwick, James H.
Mason, Henry
Mason, John E.
Massey, Percy
Matheson, Gordon McMichael
Matthes, James
Matthews, Charles
Matthias, Frederick
Mauchan, Isaac Benzie
Maxwell, Norman Clyde
Maxwell, Wm.
May, James
May, John
Maynard, George
Maynard, Jack
Maynard, James
McAlpine, David
McCabe, Hugh Wilson
McCabe, Ross Hunter
McCallum, David
McCallum, John
McCan, Thomas
McCaskill, James
McCasskell, Kenneth
McClintock, James
McColl, Neil
McColl, William
McConochie, David James
McCormick, Stanley
McCoy, Joseph
McCreath, George M.
McCue, John
McDonald, Alexander
McDowell, John
McFadden, George
McFarlane, William
McGillivary, Alex. G.
McGregor, Cortland A.
McHarg, David
McInnes, David
McIntosh, George Alex.
McIntyre, Alexander
McIntyre, J.W.
McKay, Howard
McKelvie, Thomas
McLaren, F.G.
McLaren, Richard Juson
McLaren, Wm.
McLeish, James M
McLeod, Daniel E.
McLeod, George
McLeod, Stanley S.
McLucas, Hugh
McMillan, Harry
McNerlan, Joseph
McPherson, Charles
McRoberts, James
McTavish, John
Meade, Vernon W.
Meanwell, George H.
Meehan, Thomas J.
Meek, William J.
Mepham, Percy H.
Mepham, Robert
Mepham, Walter A.
Merkley, Willis
Merrick, George Ernest
Mewburn, John Chilton
Mewes, John
Middleton, Wm.
Millar, Charles
Miller, John
Miller, Thos. L.
Millican, Sydney C.
Millington, John
Mills, C.
Mills, Hubert D.
Milne, E.
Milne, Eddy
Minard, A.R.M.C.
Misener, J.A.
Mitchell, Chas. F.
Mitchell, George
Mitchell, Thomas
Mitchell, Thomas M.
Mitchell, Wilfred
Mochrie, John S.
Moffat, Geo. W.
Moffat, Harvey P.
Monck, Ernest R.
Monk, Edwin
Monkman, W.C.
Monney, Arthur
Monney, H.J.
Montagnon, Bernard C. Mc.
Montgomery, James
Montgomery, Ralph C.
Moobrie, John Sharp
Moon, Walter
Moon, William J.
Mooney, Charles
Mooney, Harry Joseph
Mooney, William
Moore, Allan
Moore, David
Moore, E.E. Wentworth
Moore, W.P.
Moorhouse, Fred
Moorhouse, William
Moors, John
Moran, Harry C.
Morehouse, Fred
Moreland, Robert
Morris, A.
Morris, Harold
Morris, John
Morrison, Charles A.
Morrison, David
Morrison, John
Morrison, John J.
Morrison, Stephen N.
Morrow, A.J.
Morton, John
Morwich, James Hugh
Moses, Geo.
Mosher, James
Mott, Leonard T.
Motyer, A.J.
Mount, Roy
Mountain, Thos. F.
Moyer, Percy
Muirhead, Walter Wallace
Muldoon,Peter
Muldson, Peter
Mulligan, George
Mundy, Thomas
Mungo, Thomas
Munro, Hugh
Murray, Ernest C.
Murray, John
Myke, Lorne George
