Toronto Public Library

• Toronto Public Library expanding social, crisis support services to more branches

  Toronto's libraries increasingly find themselves on the front lines of the city's homelessness and mental health crisis.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2025
  
• Toronto Public Library refuses to let lost child use their phone to call home, apologizes

  The Toronto Public Library is apologizing after a mother took to social media, saying they refused to let her lost child use their phone to call for help.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2024
  
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• Toronto Public Library prepares for extended hours, more Sunday operations

  Eight branches will get more hours from Monday to Saturday starting in July and an additional eight locations will see doors open on Sundays beginning this September.

  Politics

  Jun 5, 2024
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• ‘Cyber incident’: London Public Library closes 3 branches until 2024, some digital services resume

  The library said that it is closing its Carson, Glanworth and Lambeth branches until Jan. 2 after initially saying the branches would only close through next week. 

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2023
• Toronto Public Library systems to remain down until 2024 following cyberattack

  The Toronto Public Library calls the outage lengthy but says the timeframe for bringing the system back is "aggressive" given the complex nature of the job.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2023
• Workers’ SIN, IDs likely taken in Toronto library hack, could end up on dark web: TPL

  Personal information, including social insurance numbers, of current and former employees has likely been taken in Toronto Public Library cyberattack.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2023
• Toronto Public Library holds meeting to discuss ransomware attack

  In the wake of a ransomware attack on the Toronto Public Library (TPL) last month, board members met Monday evening to address the severity of the incident.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2023
• Toronto Public Library website, some services affected by cybersecurity ‘incident’

  The Toronto Public Library says it is dealing with a cybersecurity incident that's affecting its website and some in-branch services. 

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2023
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• Why is there an increase of violence in Canadian public libraries?

  Experts say what’s happening in our public libraries reflect what’s going on in the community, where cuts to social services have left many vulnerable people with nowhere to turn.

  Features

  Apr 22, 2023
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• Overdue album returned to Toronto Public Library after 40 years

  In a tweet on Thursday, the Toronto Public Library said a borrowed record was due back on Oct. 5, 1982, but was just returned to the Spadina Road branch, 40 years late.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2023