All HPL Branches are closed on Sunday August 2, 2026. Bookmobile is off the road and Extended Access is unavailable. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca. www.hpl.ca/hours
All Branches Closed August 2
Published:
Friday, July 31, 2026 - 9:00am
All Branches Closed for Civic Holiday
All HPL Branches are closed on Monday August 3, 2026 for Civic Holiday. Bookmobile is off the road and Extended Access is unavailable. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca. www.hpl.ca/hours
Published:
Friday, July 31, 2026 - 8:00am
Kenilworth Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order
The accessible washroom at Kenilworth Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
Published:
Thursday, July 30, 2026 - 5:45pm
New Loan Periods - Effective Monday, August 31
As of Monday, August 31, new loan periods will come into effect to shorten the wait time for popular hold items.
DVD Express - 3 days
DVDs and Blu-rays - 7 days (fiction, children's and languages)
Magazines - 7 days
Bestseller Express - 14 days
DVDs and Blu-rays - 14 days (non-fiction and TV series)
Books - 21 days
Music/Books on CD and Children's Express - 21 days
Please visit www.hpl.ca/borrowing for more details.
Published:
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - 2:30pm
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
OGS Collection Family Histories
These books are filed alphabetically by the Family name.
Those books listed in italics were not transferred from the OGS as Local History & Archives or the library general collection already owned them. To access these books please use the library call number.
ADDISON William Addison & Ann Stuart family (00373)
AITKEN Never a Day So Bright. Kate Aitken (00375)
ALLISON Descendants of Wm. M. Allison & Elizabeth Lister. R929.2 ALLIS CESH (00376)
ALMAS (ALMOST), LAND, GURNETT, MORRISON & HILL. Index to data base. (00377)
ARTHUR The Round Table. Quarterly Newsletter. Clan Arthur. (01972)
ASHBAUGH David Ashbaugh (00378)
AUDETTE Family of Antoine Audette & Auralie Bernard. R929.20971352 AUDET WAD CESH (00379)
AWDE The Awde Family History (00380)
BAGLEY The Bagley Family History (00381)
BAGSHAW William Bagshaw & Sarah Bolton. Genealogy charts (00382)
BAKER Baker Family History - Somersetshire to Wentworth. Book 1: Turner. Lyons, Baker (00383)
BALL William Ball & Descendants. R929.209713 BALL CESH (00384)
BANFIELD Banfield Family History (00385)
BARKER - JOSLYN The Barker-Joslyn Family Tree Climber (00386)
BARKLEY Remarkable World of Frances Barkley. 1769-1845. (00148)
BARNARDO Thomas John Barnardo 1845-1905. “The Barnardo Homes” (00387)
BARNES A Family Named Barnes (00388)
BARRETT Barrett Newsletter #14 - 91 (00390)
BARRETT Correspondence List & Registry Index (00389)
BATSON The Batsons of Northeastern United States. R929.209713 BAT CESH (02458)
BAUMAN Family Records of the Descendants of Pioneer Joseph Bauman also some records of David and Henry Bauman (00391)
BEACH Beach in Canada - A Pictorial Genealogy (00392)
BEAMER John Beamer 1759-1854 (00393)
BECK Beck Family. F.W. Beck 1817-1904 & Eve Schwingel (00394)
BERCZY William Berczy - Co-founder of Toronto (00395)
BERCZY William Berczy 1744-1813 (00396)
BETZNER Betzner Family in Canada 1799-1970 (00397)
BIEHN Biehn Family (00398)
BIEHN Biehn/Bean Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada 1700-1986 (00399)
BISHOP Ancestral Line of Absalom Bishop Sr. 1627-1926 (00400)
BLAGDON Blagdon Family History (00401)
BLAIN The Blain Family Newsletter Vol. 1 1981(00402)
BOCK Frederick Bock (BUCK) 1760-1831 & Maria Reichard 1765-1830. (00404)
BOND Descendants of Silas Bond (00405)
BOUDREAU Ancestors of Exzlia Elizabeth Boudreau. Branch lines of Boudreau, Senezaque, Senet & Menard. Vol. 1 (00406)
BOWINS Bowins Family - J. Bowins Jr. 1839-1925 & E. Payne (00407)
BOWLES The Bowles Family (00408)
BOWMAN The Man Who Could Do Anything. The Story of Simeon Bowman. (00409)
BRIGHAM-DUNLOP The Brigham Dunlop Family 1705-1995 (00410)
BROWN Brown Family History. Haldimand County 1805-1898 (00411)
BRUBACHER see MARTIN
BUTCHER Descendants of John Butcher & Sarah Shank. R929.2 BUTCH CESC (00412)
