Concession Branch - Upcoming Renovations

Starting the week of February 9, renovation preparations are underway in anticipation of the March 2 start. Computer availability may be limited, and the Living Room space is closed. Renovations are expected to wrap up by late Spring. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Sherwood Branch - Upcoming Renovations

Renovation preparations are underway in anticipation of the March 2 start. Starting the week of February 23, the 2nd Floor will be closed. The Children's collection will be temporarily available on the 1st Floor. Renovations are expected to wrap up by late Spring. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Family Day Closure

All HPL Branches are closed on Family Day, Monday, February 16. Bookmobile is off the Road. Extended Access and Study Hall is not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, February 17. 

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Central Library - Living Room Renovation Preparation

Starting Tuesday, February 10, the First Floor Living Room will be unavailable due to renovation preparations. Study and work spaces are available on Floors 2-3. 

Please note the Noon Hour Concert on Friday, February 13, will be held at Terryberry Branch instead. 

Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Friday, February 6, 2026 - 9:00am
Bookmobile Service Modification

Please note the following Bookmobile visit updates.

Tuesday, February 10
McMaster University will be 3:30-4 pm (instead of 3:30-4:30 pm
Greencedar will be 5-5:30 pm (instead of 4-5 pm)
Mountview will be 6-6:30 pm (instead of 5:30-6:30 pm)

Friday, February 13
Winona (11am-Noon) - Cancelled
Queen Victoria (3-4pm) - Cancelled

Family Day, Monday, February 16 
Bookmobile is off the road.

Tuesday, February 17
McMaster University (3:30-4:30pm) - Cancelled
Thursday, February 19
Rockton (10:30am-11:30am) - Cancelled
Bennetto 5-5:30pm (instead of 4-5:30pm)

Published:
Monday, February 2, 2026 - 3:15pm
Carlisle Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order

The accessible washroom at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.

Published:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Central Library - Sunday Hours Paused

Effective Sunday, February 1, Sunday service hours at Central Library will be paused. 

Sunday Hours will continue at Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown Branches from 1-5pm.

www.hpl.ca/hours 

Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am
Central Library - Daily Hours Update

Starting Monday, February 2, Central Library's daily hours will move back to a 9 am opening instead of 8 am, Monday through Saturday. Please make note of this new service change for your next visit. www.hpl.ca/hours 

Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am

Keefer Pamphlets - I - K

Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, August 28, 1856
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen’s Print, 1856
[139]
vol. 10 #2
mf #864

 

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Proceedings. 1855
Birmingham: Published by the Institution, 1855
[]
vol. 10 #19
mf #864

 

[Keefer, Samuel]
Memoir of the Late Samuel Keefer
[5]
vol. 13 #7
mf #865

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Address. By the Permission of the Council.
Excerpt Minutes of the Transactions of the Society Vol. II. Part. I. Session 1888 Canadian Society of Civil Engineers Montreal: Printed by John Lovell & Son
[36]
vol. 13 #2
mf #865

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
The Canadian Pacific Railway. Address at the Annual convention at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 28th, 1888. Transactions. American Society of Civil Engineers. 394. (Vol. XIX – August, 1888)
[88 + illus. + maps]
vol. ? #?

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Free Trade, Protection, and Reciprocity. From “The Canals of Canada”
Ottawa: Printed by A.S. Woodburn, Elgin Street, 1876
[34]
vol. 13 #5
mf #865

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Free Trade, Protection, and Reciprocity. From “The Canals of Canada”
Ottawa: Printed by A.S. Woodburn, Elgin Street, 1876
[20]
vol. 13 #4
mf #865

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, Civil Engineer|
"Montreal:" and "The Ottawa:" Two lectures delivered before the Mechanics Institute of Montreal in January, 1853 and 1854
Montreal: John Lovell, 1854
[]
vol. 1 #3
mf #846

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
Philosophie des Chemins de Fer, Publiee par ordre Des Directeurs de la Compagnie de la Grand Junction du Chemin de Fer du St. Laurent et de L'Outaouais Quatrieme Edition, revue
Montreal: John Lovell, 1853
[]
vol. 1 #4
mf #846

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Philosophy of railroads. Published at the request of the directors of the Montreal & Lachine railroad 2nd. ed.
Montreal: Armour & Ramsay, St. Francis Xavier St., 1850
[40]
vol. 7 #3
mf #862

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Philosophy of Railroads. Fifth edition
Ottawa: Printed by Bell & Woodburn, Elgin Street, 1871
[34]
vol. 13 #1
mf #865

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin
Prize essay - The canals of Canada. Their prospects and influence. Written for a Premium offered by His Excellency the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., Governor General of British North America, etc. etc. etc.
Toronto: Andrew H. Armour and Co., King Street, 1850
[111]
vol. 6 #8
mf #861

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.M.G. (Chairman), Henry F. Perley, John Kennedy, Percival W. St. George
Report of a Commission of Engineer Appointed by the Government of Canada to Inquire into the causes of the Floods at Montreal and to Suggest Remedies for Their Removal
Montreal: Published by Order of the City Council of Montreal, 1890
[76]
vol. 13 #6
mf #865

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
Report on A Water Supply for the City of Toronto
Toronto: Maclear, Thomas & Co., 1857
[]
vol. 1 #9
mf #844

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
Report on dredging in Lake St. Peter, and on the Improvement of the River St. Lawrence, between Montreal and Quebec, (with charts) by Thos. C. Keefer, Engineer, Montreal Harbour Commission. Published by Order of the Montreal Harbour Commissioners, Hon. John Young, Chairman
Montreal: John Lovell, 1855
[]
vol. 1 #2
mf #844

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
Report on a survey for the Railway Bridge over the St. Lawrence at Montreal, surveyed in 1851-52 by order of the committee of the Montreal and Kingston Railway, Hon. John Young, Chairman
Montreal: John Lovell, 1853
[]
vol. 1 #6
mf #844

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, Chief Engineer
Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Kingston and Toronto section of the Canada Trunk Railway
Toronto: Printed by Lovell and Gibson, Front Street, 1851
[33]
vol. 6 #2
mf #861

 

Keefer, Thomas Coltrin, C.E.
A Sequel to The Philosophy of Railroads By Thos. C. Keefer, C.E.
Toronto: Lovell & Gibson, 1856
[]
vol. 1 #5
mf #844