Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
Toronto Public Library ( TPL) is a public library system in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest public library system in Canada, and in 2023 had averaged a higher circulation per capita than any other public library system internationally, making it the largest neighbourhood-based library system in the world.
North York Central Library. / 43.7680; -79.4148. North York Central Library is a Toronto Public Library branch located in North York City Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the two libraries in the Toronto public library system considered to be "Research and Reference Libraries", the other being the Toronto Reference Library in the ...
Toronto Reference Library. / 43.671752; -79.386697. The Toronto Reference Library is a public reference library in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the corner of Yonge Street and Asquith Avenue, within the Yorkville neighbourhood of downtown Toronto and is the largest and most visited branch of Toronto Public Library (TPL).
Name Neighbourhood Opened Built Collection size Notes Image Agincourt Agincourt: 1918 1991 176,367 Originally the Agincourt Association Library for the village of Agincourt and located at Agincourt Continuation School, joins Library Board of the Township of Scarborough in 1955 (later renamed Scarborough Public Library); moved from Agincourt Mall location in 1991 to 155 Bonis Avenue as ...
The Yorkville Library is a branch of the Toronto Public Library in Toronto 's Yorkville neighborhood, in Ontario, Canada. Established in 1907, the branch is Toronto Public Library's oldest. [1] This library and the Toronto Reference Library form the closest distance between two library locations, at only 100m away from each other.
The public library that opened in Toronto, Ontario, was mostly due to a campaign by city alderman John Hallam. James Bain became the first chief librarian, and built a comprehensive collection of Canadian literature and history. The Toronto Public Library was one of the first libraries to choose free status, and it was the largest of them all.
It was designed by Chapman and McGiffin Architects. Its construction started in 1912, ended in 1913 and the library opened for business on October 25, 1913. The original building was inspired by the classical architectural tradition and incorporates many elements of the Italian Renaissance architecture, such as round arches, supported by ...
Carniegie Library (demolished) Mimico Centennial Library is a public library in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a branch of the Toronto Public Library system and is located in the neighbourhood of Mimico in the former city of Etobicoke. [1]