Due to network maintenance, online resources and Guest Wi-Fi will not be available on Sunday, October 12, from
6 am to 5 pm. Thank you for your patience.
The following locations have upcoming delayed openings due to Staff training drills.
Monday, October 20
Ancaster Branch, 10 am
Tuesday, October 21
Central Library, 10 am
Sherwood Branch, 10 am
Thursday, October 23
Locke Branch, 10am
You may visit nearby Branches for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours
All HPL Branches are closed on Thanksgiving Monday, October 13. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access and Study Hall services are not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, October 14. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca.
All branches close on Sunday, October 12, 2025 for Thanksgiving. This includes branches with Extended Access.
Interlibrary Loan (ILLO) service will be temporarily paused starting Friday, September 26, due to continued negotiations between CUPW and Canada Post. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Bring back your borrowed library items (due Oct 1 or later) within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items.
Due to roof repair maintenance, the Branch is temporarily closed from September 2 until October 20. Please visit the Red Hill, Parkdale, and Barton locations as your nearest branches for your library needs. Thank you for your patience.
Murdoch Collection: Alphabetical Listing
Hagersville - 13 January 1951, 4 October 1952, 14 January 1961
Haileybury - 22 October 1955
Haliburton - 11 June 1955, 6 June 1959, 19 September 1964, 7 August 1965, 14 August 1965
Haliburton Highlands - 12 September 1964
Haltonville - 18 July 1953
Hamilton - 24 January 1959
Hamilton – Cootes Paradise - 19 September 1953, 14 August 1954
Hamilton – Dundurn Castle - 27 March 1954
Hamilton – Education–History - 20 March 1954
Hamilton – Grimsby Area - 22 May 1957
Hamilton – Incline Railways - 6 March 1954
Hamilton – Macassa - 17 April 1954
Hamilton – Market - 21 August 1954
Hamilton – Mountain - 23 April 1955, 30 April 1955, 7 May 1955
Hamilton – Mountainview Hotel - 13 March 1954
Hamilton – Playgrounds - 10 July 1954
Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens - 6 February 1954, 20 February 1960, 27 February 1960
Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens – Hendrie Park - 9 October 1954
Hamilton – Royal Hotel - 13 March 1954
Hamilton – St. Paul’s Lutheran Church- 23 January 1954
Hamilton – Schools – Closing - 3 July 1954
Hamilton – Spectator Building - 26 December 1953
Hamilton – Victoria Park - 10 April 1954
Hamilton – Whitehern - 30 January 1954
Hamilton Beach - 15 February 1958 [see also Burlington Beach]
Hamilton Harbour - 2 January 1954, 9 January 1954, 22 May 1954
Hannon - 14 July 1951, 7 March 1959
Hanover - 7 December 1957
Harper’s Corners - 19 July 1952, 26 July 1952
Harrisburg - 3 February 1962
Harriston - 5 April 1958
Hastings - 6 August 1960
Havelock - 4 June 1960
Hawkesville - 21 March 1964
Heidleberg - 7 March 1964
Hespeler - 10 October 1953, 27 June 1959
Highways: No 2. Toronto-Kingston - 30 September 1961: No. 6. Hamilton-Port Dover - 23 June 1962: No. 7. Guelph - 17 December 1955: No. 8. Hamilton-Niagara Falls - 7 May 1960: No. 69 - 21 September 1957: No. 97 - 19 October 1957
Highways Canada – Hamilton - 16 September 1958: Trans-Canada Highway - 17 September 1960
Hillsburgh - 9 August 1958
Homer - 31 October 1964
Hornby - 5 October 1952, 21 April 1962
Huntsville - 30 May 1953
Huttonville - 19 October 1963