Find Us Open everyday 8 Branches Chinguacousy (Civic Centre) 150 Central Park Drive, Brampton Cyril Clark 20 Loafer’s Lake Lane, Brampton Four Corners (Downtown) 65 Queen Street East, Brampton
inspiring connections
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OUR MISSION Brampton Library is a world-class destination that creates opportunities for everyone to discover their full potential by fostering literacy, inspiring learning and building community.
Jaipaul Massey-Singh Brampton Library Board Chair
2019 SNAPSHOT BY THE NUMBERS
COLLECTIONS
4.3 MILLION items borrowed from
741,000 print & digital items available
ACCESS
6.2 MILLION+
eBook/eAudiobook checkouts
707,000
Customers accessed eLearning resources
wifi connections
social media impressions
1,587,938 294,000
questions answered
PROGRAMS
329,947
website visits
2.3 MILLION
children’s items borrowed
GO DIGITAL
254,599 times 170,000 eMagazine/ eNewspaper checkouts
6,100
programs offered
PEOPLE
149,657
active library card users
2.32 MILLION
visits to the Library
152,000 total program attendance
31,510
new customers signed up for their first library card
2019 HIGHLIGHTS Springdale Branch Library receives Ontario Library Association New Library Building Award A Reader is Born Partnership with Brampton Civic Hospital Begins Samra Zafar wins One Book One Brampton for A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose