Barton Branch is closed Tuesday, July 7, 9am-3pm due to a scheduled water shutdown for City construction work in the area.
Barton Branch - Closed Due to Water Disruption
Published:
Friday, July 3, 2026 - 2:45pm
Heat Warning Notification for the City of Hamilton
Heat Warning for the City of Hamilton.
Significant heat and humidity will arrive on Tuesday June 30.
For information about heat-related illnesses, cool place locations and reducing your risk, visit hamilton.ca.
Published:
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 - 9:00am
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
Carlisle Branch Accessible Door Out of Order
The accessibility door at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.
Published:
Thursday, June 25, 2026 - 2:45pm
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
Construction at Barton Branch
The entrance to the Barton Branch's parking lot off Milton Street is currently inaccessible due to construction. Please use the alley entrance off Fullerton Street.
Published:
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - 9:15am
Phishing Scheme
Please be aware of online phishing attempts impersonating Hamilton Public Library and Library Staff. HPL does not solicit paid freelance opportunities through social media or other messaging applications. HPL does not request personal or banking information through social media or require financial compensation when reviewing job applications. Please report phishing schemes to communications@hpl.ca. If you think you are a victim of fraud, please call the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.
Published:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 - 5:00am
Bookmobile Service Modification
Bookmobile Service Modifications
Fri Jul 3:
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Winona Cancelled
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Queen Victoria Cancelled
Mon Jul 6:
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Special Event - All Stops Cancelled
Published:
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 12:00pm
Mayors of Hamilton and Dundas
Mayor Henry McKinstry (ca1805-1871). Mayor 1859-1861
Hamilton
1847: Colin Campbell Ferrie (1808-1856)
1848: George Sylvester Tiffany (1805-1586)
1849: William L. Distin (1789-1879)
1850: John Fisher (1806-1882)
1851: John Rose Holden (1821-1879)
1852: Nehemiah Ford (circa 1808-1860)
1853: William G. Kerr (circa 1816-1861)
1854: James Cummings (1815-1894)
1854-1855: Charles Magill (1816-1898)
1856: James Cummings (1815-1894)
1857: John Francis Moore (1816-1870)
1858: George Hamilton Mills (1827-1901)
1859-1861: Henry McKinstry (1805-1871)
1862-1864: Robert McElroy (1810-1881)
1865-1866: Charles Magill (1816-1898)
1867: Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901)
1868: Hutchison Clark (1806-1877)
1869: James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907)
1870: George Murison (1820-1889)
1871-1872: Daniel Black Chisholm (1832-1899)
1873-1874: Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901)
1875-1876: George Roach (1818-1904)
1877-1878: Francis Edwin Kilvert (1838-1910)
1879-1881: James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907)
1882-1883: Charles Magill (1816-1898)
1884-1885: John James Mason (1842-1903)
1886-1887: Alexander McKay (1843-1912)
1888-1889: William Doran (1834-1903)
1890-1891: David McLellan (1841-1892)
1892-1893: Peter Campbell Blaicher (1835-1900)
1894-1895: Alexander David Stewart (1852-1899)
1896: George Elias Tuckett (1835-1900)
1897-1898: Edward Alexander Colquhoun (1844-1904)
1899-1900: James Vernall Teetzel (1853-1926)
1901-1902: John Strathearn Hendrie (1857-1923)
1903-1904: Wellington Jeffers Morden (1837-1928)
1905-1906: Sanford Dennis Biggar (1861-1920)
1907-1908: Thomas Joseph Stewart (1848-1926)
1909-1910: John Inglis McLaren (1865-1948)
1911-1912: George Harmon Lees (1860-1936)
1913-1914: John Allan (1856-1922)
1915-1916: Chester Samuel Walters (1878-1958)
1917-1920: Charles Goodenough Booker (1859-1926)
1921-1922: George Charles Coppley (1858-1936)
1923-1925: Thomas William Jutten (1861-1955)
1926-1927: Freeman Ferrier Treleaven Q.C. (1884-1952)
1928-1929: William Burton (1888-1944)
1930-1933: John Peebles (1827-1948)
1934-1935: Herbert Earl Wilton (1869-1937)
1936-1943: William Robert Morrison, K.C. (1878-1947)
1944-1949: Samuel Lawrence (1879-1959)
1950-1962: Lloyd Douglas Jackson (1888-1973)
1963-1976: Victor Kennedy Copps (1919-1988)
1977-1980: John Alexander MacDonald (1927-)
1981-1982: William Powell (1907-1992)
1983-2000: Robert Maxwell Morrow (1946-)
2001-2003: Robert E. Wade (1933-)
2004-2006: Larry Di Ianni (1948-)
2006-2010: Fred Eisenberger (1952-)
2010-2014: Robert Bratina (1943-)
2014-Present: Fred Eisenberger (1952-)
Mayor John Don (1888-1981), Mayor 1950-1953
Dundas
1848: John Paterson (1805-1856)
1849: James Belle Ewart (1801-1853)
1850-1852: James Coleman (1811-1881)
1853-1854: Robert Holt (1801-1876)
1855: George Munns Barton (1829-1892)
1856-1857: John Quarry (ca 1810-1877)
1858: Alexis Fidèle Begue (1805-1872)
1859-1861: Thomas Howard McKenzie (1811-1896)
1862-1865: John Mair Thornton (ca 1823- )
1866: Dr. James McMahon (1830-1909)
1867-1871: Alexander Richard Wardell (1835-1913)
1872-1873: Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)
1874: James Somerville (1834-1916)
1875: Alexander Stronach Wink (ca 1843-1899)
1876-1878: Thomas Wilson (1828-1891)
1879-1883: Alexander Richard Wardell (1835-1913)
1884; Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)
1885; Thomas Wilson (1828-1891)
1886-1887: Herbert Charles Gwyn (1846-1926)
1888-1889: Henry Bickford (1842-1889)
1889-1890: John Bertram (1829-1906)
1891-1892: Richard Todd Wilson (1839-1927)
1893: Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)
1894-1895: Col. William Edward Sheridan Knowles (1862-1931)
1896-1897: Thomas Atkins Wardell (1865-1902)
1898: Henry Bertram (1856-1945)
1899-1900: William H. C. Fisher ( -1921)
1901-1902: Charles (Chub) Collins (ca 1857-1914)
1903-1904: William Lawson (1854-1948)
1905-1906: John Wolfenden Dickson (1865- )
1907-1908: William Henry Moss (1859-1941)
1909-1910: John Wilkie Lawrason (1871-1940)
1911: Richard Todd Wilson (1839-1927)
1912-1913: Edwin Alfred Woodhouse (1845-1924)
1914-1915: William H. C. Fisher ( -1921)
1916-1917: Charles Edgar Dickson (1878-1939)
1918: Herbert C. Davis (1871-1952)
1919: Samuel Joseph Lennard (1857-1921)
1920-1921: Edmund J. Mahony (1870-1955)
1922-1923: Alfred Broad (1884-1953)
1924-1927: Dr. Alonzo Campbell Caldwell (1880-1961)
1928-1929: John Edward Robinson (1893-1968)
1930: Dr. W. E. Inksetter (1865-1947)
1931-1935: Dr. Alonzo Campbell Caldwell (1880-1961)
1936-1939: Robert P. Manning (1881-1951)
1940-1941: Edmund J. Mahony (1870-1955)
1942-1944: Robert Hart Hunter (1880-1974)
1945-1946: David P. (Bud) Cliff (ca 1902-1996)
1947-1949: Robert Hart Hunter (1880-1974)
1950-1953: John C. Don (1888-1981)
1954-1957: George Earl Kemp (1893-1965)
1958-1961: John Alexander Warren (ca 1914-2003)
1962-1965: Albert S. Edwards (1906-1965)
1965-1967: Leslie Brown Couldrey (1889-1996)
1968-1976: Hugh Munson Everett (1917-1999)
1977-1985: Joseph T. Bennett (ca 1925- )
1985-1988: Mary Ann Seldon (ca 1942- )
1988-2000: John Addison (ca 1943- )
