On Wednesday, February 18, the Jackson Square Entrance's sliding doors are scheduled for repairs. Please use York Boulevard as an alternate entrance. Thank you for your patience.
Central Library - Jackson Square Entrance
Published:
Friday, February 13, 2026 - 12:00pm
Central Library - Fourth Floor Closure
The 4th Floor will be closed from 9 am-2 pm tomorrow, Friday, February 13, for a special event. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 2 and 3 are available for study and work. www.hpl.ca/central
Published:
Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 12:00pm
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.
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.
Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am
Roll of Honour - World War I
Bailey, L.H.
Bailey, Nathaniel
Bailey, Roy
Baillie, Nathaniel
Baker, Chester
Baker, Elmer
Baker, J.
Baker, Walter T.
Bale, W.H.
Ball, E.H.
Ball, James
Barker, Cecil R.
Barnard, Geo. H.
Barnes, Albert
Barnes, Albert L.
Barrie, Harold
Barron, John
Baskett, William H.
Batchelor, Frank D.
Bates, George
Bates, George A.
Battler, Robert
Baylis, Albert
Bayne, Egerton
Beach, Fred
Beach, John F.
Beach, William
Beadon, N.B.
Beale, Alfred
Beaumont, Edwin F.
Beckett, William H.
Begin, Osmand J.C.
Behan, J.G.
Bell, Harry
Bell, Salethiel
Bell, William
Bell, William Harry
Belnap, William
Belton, Charles H.
Bennett, Frank
Bennett, Fred
Bennett, Stanley
Berry, Harold
Berry, Joseph B.
Bertram, J.K.
Bertrand, W.
Best, A.F.
Best, Alfred
Beveridge, Sam. F.
Bews, Russell
Beyer, Arthur F.
Bibby, John R.
Bicker, E.H.
Biggar, Roy Warren
Bingham, Alex. John
Binkham, Charles W.
Binkley, Allen
Binkley, J.R.
Birthwhistle, George S.
Black, R.
Blackwood, James
Blaney, N.
Blank, Sidney H.
Blount, Isaiah
Blundell, J.R.
Blunden, Charles
Boa, William H.
Boardman, Albert E.
Bodden, Cornelius
Boden, Walter
Bolingbrooke, Charles
Bolton, Joseph
Bolton, L.A.
Bonham, Jack E.
Booker, C. Stewart
Booker, James L.
Booth, Stanley
Bosher, Fred
Bott, C.C.
Bottrill, Herbert
Bowden, John
Bower, Albert E.
Bowerbank, Ernest A.
Bowerbank, Jack
Bowers, Alfred S.
Bowland, Benjamin John
Bowles, Robert
Boyd, M.B.H.
Boyes, James
Boyes, James Golloway
Boyes, Reginald
Boyes, Wm. R.
Bradfield, Jack
Bradfield, John
Bradley, Herbert Franklin
Brailsford, Harry
Brain, H.E.
Brain, Thomas W.
Brake, G.
Brake, Geoffrey
Bramer, William John
Brant, Cameron D
Branton, Sam
Breaume, Robert W.
Breckon, William
Bremner, Reginald Roy
Briefley, Fred
Brink, A.D.
Brisbane, William
Brittain, Leonard Frank
Broadbent, N.
Brockbank, Henry
Brogan, Thomas F.
Brooks, Alfred
Brooks, Stanley
Brown Wm. Ormiston
Brown, Alex
Brown, Cecil H.
Brown, Ernest Victor
Brown, H.W.
Brown, Harry
Brown, Hugh P.
Brown, John
Brown, Oliver P.
Brown, Ralph
Brown, Thomas
Brown, W.J.
Brown, Walter
Brown, William C.
Brown, William Wesley
Brown. George
Brownlie, Alex
Bruce, Robert
Bryant, Charles
Bryant, Frank
Bryant, R.M.
Bryers, Roberts
Buchanan, James
Buckley, Edward
Buckthorpe, William
Bull, Alex.
Bullock, Reginald Henry
Bunn, Morris Roy
Bunn, Roy
Burgess, Albert Thomas
Burgess, Charles
Burgess, Ernest T.
Burgess, George
Burley, W.F.
Burnett, Roy
Burns, Thomas J.
Burton, Arnold M
Burtwell, Charles G.
Bush, Sidney
Buzza, J.
Byron, Edward
