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
OGS Collection Family Histories
CALLOWHILL The Family. R929.209713 C135 CESH (00413)
CAMPBELL The Clan Campbell (00414)
CAMPBELL Connections - Family Lineage - May, George, Alexander Campbell - Book 1 Vol. 1-4, Book 2 vol. 1-2 (00415)
CLARK Clark Family of Badenock (00417)
CLARK Doris Burnside Clark (00416)
CLEMENS Clemens Family (00418)
CLIMO Mabinogi An Clem - Story of Children of Clem CLIMO/CLEMO Family in Cornwall (00419)
CLIMO Climo Family (00420)
CLINK Trafalgar Road - Story of Clink and Connected Families (00422)
CLINK Lambton & Kent - Story of Clink & Connected Families. R929.20971 KLINK CLI CESC (00421)
CLUTTON Diary of William Clutton (02074)
CLUTTON Diary of Joseph Clutton 1825 (02075)
CLUTTON Diary of Joseph Clutton. 1846 (02076)
CLUTTON Genealogy and Family History of William Clutton (1675-1732) of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England (02077)
CONDON, FIELD & STEPHENSON Condon, Field & Stephenson Families. (00424)
CONDON “Calling All Condons” R929.2 CONDO CESH (00425)
CONDON Condon of Invermay. R929.24202092 CONDO DEL CESH (00423)
CONE Cone Family in Canada - Russell Freeman Cone & Descendants (00426)
CONOVER George Conover (00427)
COOK Dr. A.S. Cook Notes (00428)
COOK The Andrew Cook Genealogy (00429)
COOK Echoes from Andrew & Anna Cook & Andrew Cook & Anna Palmer Family History Vol. I & II 1769-1990 (00430) (00431)
COREY Morris & Sarah (Lounsbury) Corey & Descendants (00432)
CORNWELL see EMERY
COWAN Clan United - Newsletters & Name/Place Index Vol. 4 #3 (00434)
COWAN Henry Cowan. R929.209713 COWAN CESH (00433)
CRAIG see LAMPMAN
CRANSTON Cranston Family History (00435)
CRAWLEY Crawley Family History (00436)
CRESSMAN History of Isaac S. Cressman Family 1830-1965 (00437)
CRIPPS Cripps Family - Aaron Kribs to Barbara Cromwell (00438)
CROUSE The Crouse families. Oshawa. by Chas. G. Crouse (02029)
CROZIER Family History of Lieut. John Crozier & Descendants. R929.20973 CRO CESH (00440)
CROZIER/FLETCHER Genealogy Crozier-Fletcher. R929.2 CRO CESH Part I & II (00439)
CRYSLER & CHRYSLER Supplement to Crysler & Chrysler History - 1978 (00441)
CRYSLER & CHRYSLER Crysler & Chrysler History & Family Trees 1974. (00442)
CRYSLER & CHRYSLER Crysler & Chrysler History & Family Trees 1981 Supplement (00443)
DALGLEISH William Dalgleish Family in Canada 1834-1977 (00445)
DALGLEISH Supplement to William Dalgleish Family in Canada (00444)
DARLING/NICKEL/BLACK Family History. 1834-1977 (01970)
DARROCH A Family in Scotland & in Canada (00446)
DAVIS Davis Connection with Waterdown. 929.2 DAVIS LAL CESH (00447)
DAVIS A Davis Genealogy 1774-1934. R929.2 DAVIS CESH (01969)
DAY see EMERY
DEGEERS The Degeers of Canada (00448)
DERSTEIN, FRIED/FREED Derstein, Fried/Freed & Related Families (00449)
DEWITT Genealogy. Descendants. Tjerk Classen Dewitt 1620-1700 (00450)
DINGWALL Ronald Dingwall of Scotland and Ontario (02373)
DINSMORE From Drumholm, Donegal to Cartwright, Upper Canada: the Dinsmore-Freeborn-Strong Families (02185)
DOANE Deacon John Doane of Plymouth Colony (00403)
DONALD Descendants of William Donald 1840-1878 & George E. Mills 1849-1923 (00451)
DRYDEN The Drydens of Teviotdale (00452)
DUFFIELD “From Whence We Came…” A Duffield History (02376)
DULMAGE Dulmage Family Records (00453)
DUNLOP Dunlop Family 1820-1985. James McD. Dunlop & Jane Brown (00455)
DUNLOP see also BRIGHAM
DUVAL “Whittelsey” (00456)
DWYERS/PAYNES/KEARNEY The Dwyers of Dublin, Tipperary & Galway, The Paynes of Longford, Kearneys of Ireland in London, ON (00457)
DYKEMAN Jacob Dykeman Descendants - Beverly Township (00458)
DYMENT The Dyments (00460)
DYMENT Index of names in The Dyment Book (00459)
