| Year |
Details |
|
| 1966 |
Bayview branch officially opened by the North York Public Library Board in the Bayview Village Mall, as a leased facility, 3 November. |
| 1967 |
Relocated and enlarged. Reopened April. |
| 1975 |
Space reduced and reorganized. |
| 1988 |
Space reduced, reorganized, and refurbished. |
| 1998 |
Closed 23 December for refurbishment. Reopened 29 December. |
| 2002 |
Closed 29 July for renovation and relocation within the Bayview Village Mall. G. Bruce Stratton Architects completed the project. |
| 2003 |
Reopened 21 January. |
| 2007 |
New open hours, 8 January. Number of open hours per week unchanged. |
| 2010 |
New hours, 13 September due to Monday opening. Number of open hours per week increased from 40 to 50.5. Branch closed 3 to 6 November for retrofit. Reopened 8 November with Express Checkout. |
| 2012 |
Sunday opening as of 14 October during Fairview's closure for renovation. |
| 2014 |
Work on new location for branch at Bessarion Subway station commenced with Parks Forestry and Recreation as the lead agency. MJMA Architects engaged. |
| 2017 |
Hours temporarily extended 29 May, due to North York Central's closure for renovation. Number of open hours per week increased from 50.5 to 60.5. |
| 2017 |
Sunday opening as of 8 January during North York Central's closure for renovation. |
| 2018 |
Construction of the community centre starts. Located at 100 Woodsy Park Lane. |
| 2019 |
The City of Toronto consulted with the Huron-Wendat Nation in recognition of the historic significance of the Moatfield Ossuary and Village, located less than a kilometre away from the site of the new park, community centre and library. In this village, residents led healthy lives with little injuries, on average living to over the age of 50. In October 2019 the North York Community Council approved the adoption of this name for the nearby street Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Lane (formerly Woodsy Park Lane) and new park. This name was gifted to the City by the Huron Wendat Nation. |
| 2022 |
The renaming of the branch was approved by the Toronto Public Library Board on January 24 after consultations with the Huron-Wendat Nation, the Indigenous Advisory Council at TPL, the Indigenous Affairs Office, and the City of Toronto. The new name, Ethennonnhawahstihnen’ (pronounced etta-nonna-wasti-nuh), is the Wendat word for “where they had a good and beautiful life." |
| 2023 |
Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Branch opened on July 4, 2023. Built as part of a joint use facility with the City of Toronto, housing the library, a community and aquatic centre and daycare. Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Branch was designed by MJMA Architecture and Design and replaced Bayview Branch. It is 13,418 square feet, almost doubling the size of the branch that had been located in Bayview Village Mall. |
