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 II
Baird, E.W.
Baird, J.R.
Baisley, Reginald Stanley
Baker, Earle Edw.
Baker, Peter Joseph
Baldwin, John Moody
Bale, Melvelle
Balfour, Andrew G.
Balinson, Alexander
Ball, J.A. Ball, Melvin
Ballard, R.G.
Bannatyne, James
Baran, Michael
Barber, Arthur O.
Barber, Wesley D.
Barefoot, Gordon Wm.
Barlow, Willard R.
Barnes, Fred. A.
Barnhardt, Carmen F.
Barnsley, Leonard
Barr, Alexander
Barr, Chas. Wm.
Bartkiewicz, Francis Paul
Baskett, R.J.
Bassett, Earl Wm.
Batters, F.R.
Bawtinheimer, Earl Gordon
Beacham, Harry Cecil
Beale, Harold Frid
Beales, Fred
Beanland, Chas. Alec
Beare, Donald Syl.
Bearss, Glen Lewis
Beasley, Henry Percy
Beattie, Geo. Wm.
Beaulieu, Jos. M.
Beers, L.E.
Bell, Alex. M. James
Bell, George Armstrong
Bell, Herbert Edgar
Bell, Llewellyn C.
Bell, Wilfred S.
Belleau, G.T.
Bendig, Herman H.
Bennett, Wm. Joseph
Bennetto, Murray A.
Bergeron, R.
Bernard, Emile
Berry, Francis Wm.
Berry, Lloyd Jos.
Berryman, Jack Gardner
Berryman, John Richard
Berryman, Stuart
Berthiaume, Bernard
Bibby, Wilfred James
Bigcanoe, T.B.
Bird, James S.
Birks, Wm. S. A.
Bisset, A.W.
Bisson, L.J.
Black, Gordon Ronald
Blackham, John Patrick
Blackwell, Frank Jos.
Blair, John
Blake, Wm. Vincent
Bleeman, M.I.
Blond, W.E.
Blunt, Leslie
Boccaccio, Samuel
Bodell, Edwin John
Bohnert, Leo
Bolen, Clarence
Bolton, Vernon Harry
Bolton, Walter
Bond, Carl
Bond, Howard
Bonford, A.J.
Bonnallie, D.A.
Book, Clarence
Bostwick, J.M.
Boudreau, H.A.
Boudreau, R.F.
Boulet, J.
Boulton, D.G.S.
Boutillier, D.A.H.
Bowery, Richard Charles W.
Bowler, James Edwin
Bowman, Albert E.
Bowman, Alexander William
Bowman, E.A.
Bowslaugh, Wilbur E.
Boyce, Nelson Thomas
Boyd, Howard
Boyd, Milton
Bradley, Chas. Raymond
Bradley, E.A.
Bradley, James Norman
Bradshaw, Herbert
Bradt, Harold Leroy
Brant, Clifford Lloyd
Brant, Elmer Jos.
Breckon, Jos. Paul
Brennan, Frederick Vincent
Brennan, K.P.
Brennan, Lawrence William
Brennan, R.N.
Brennan, Ralph B.
Brezino, J.
Brogan, B.J.
Broker, Alfred
Bromley, G.G.
Brooks, Harry Ross
Broome, William Harold
Brown, David Cornfoot
Brown, Douglas Harold
Brown, Geo. Rawson
Brown, George Dunlop
Brown, H.
Brown, James Alexander
Brown, John B.
Brown, Wm. Sydney
Brown, Z.
Browne, Reginald Ernest
Browning, W.G.
Brownscombe, Morley C.
Brubaker, R.D.
Bruce, Hobart
Bruce, R.
Bruce, Robert Henry
Bruce, Walter (Mickey)
Bryant, Harry Douglas
Buchanan, Borden L.
Budgen, J.E.C.
Budreau, M.E.
Buhlman, Albert Joseph
Bull, Clifford Frank, DFC
Bull, Douglas Maxwell
Bulley, Richard L.
Burd, R.A.
Burden, J.K.
Burdis, John George
Burke, David Warnock
Burnell, Douglas A.
Burns, William Sterling
Burnside, R.T.
Burrill, Wilbert Isaac
Burton, A.W. Busby, J.R.
Bussereau, Victor R.
Bussiere, A.J.
Bussineau, G.M.
Buszowski, Walter W.
Butland, Frederick D.
Butler, Arthur H.
Butler, Edgar D.
Butler, L.J.
Butler, R.C.
Byford, C.W.
Byford, Wm. Ralph
