Brentwood

36 Brentwood Road North,
Toronto, ON M8X 2B5

Hours

Monday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Tuesday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Wednesday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Thursday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Friday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Saturday	9:00 am	to	5:00 pm
Sunday	1:30 pm	to	5:00 pm

Wheelchair Accessible
Free Wifi

General Inquiries

To speak directly with staff at Brentwood Branch during branch hours, please call the number listed above.

For general questions about Toronto Public Library, your account, and quick reference help, email Answerline using the link below.

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Directions, TTC & Parking

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Closest major intersection Royal York Road and Bloor Street West. Located one block west of Royal York Road, just north of Bloor Street.

Public Transit

One block west of the Royal York subway station.

Parking

Meter parking on Brentwood Road and Birchview Blvd.

Upcoming Programs

Featured Programs

Thu, Sep 28

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Indigenous Movie Screening: Mother of Many Children

Joins us for a celebration of Indigenous culture with a film screening of Mother of Many Children. Released in...

Thu, Sep 28

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Red-Brick Houses to Glass Skyscrapers: Architectural History in Toronto

From Neo-Classical to Art Deco, Queen Anne to International Style, Toronto is full of diverse architectural styles. Join u...

Thu, Oct 05

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Brentwood Book Club

Join us for an in-person discussion of The Library Book by Susan Orleans in Brentwood Library's Community Room. There are...

Regular Programs

Fri, Sep 29

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Baby Time

Bouncing and tickling rhymes, songs and stories for babies from birth to 18 months with their parents or caregivers....

Sat, Sep 30

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Family Time

Stories, songs, rhymes and activities for children ages 5 and under with their parents or caregivers. Drop in,...

Tue, Oct 03

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

English Conversation Circle

Are you learning English or new to Canada? Come and practice speaking English with others. Beginners and intermediate lear...

All Branch Programs and Events

Branch Features

General Features

KidsStop Early Literacy Centre
Book Discussion Group: contact the branch for more information
Book Drop - 24 hours
Express Checkout
Group Study Room
Reading Garden
Seating for 130
Teen Zone

Equipment for persons with disabilities

Book stand
CCTV (closed circuit TV also called print magnifier)
Computer with screen magnification software (Zoomtext)
Large print keyboard
Large trackball mouse
Magnifier
Natural spectrum lamp
Page turner
Wheelchair accessible furniture

Technology

Collections

Audiobooks on CD
Large Print Collection

Language

Large collection in French
Medium collection in Polish-Adult
Small collection in German-Children

History

Year	Details
1950	Township of Etobicoke Public Library agrees to offer $7,410 to Kingsway Baptist Church to purchase “land having a frontage of about Ninety feet (90’) on the southerly side of Birchview Boulevard by a depth of about One Hundred and Eighteen Feet (118’) on the easterly [sic, westerly] side of Brentwood Road” as the site for its main library, 1 December. The sale is completed on 6 July 1951.
1951	A bookmobile stop is provided at the corner of Brentwood and Birchview each Saturday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
1953	Arthur H. Eadie is officially appointed as the architect, May.
1954	Library Board requests Etobicoke Township Council to issue debentures of $185,000 to build the library on Brentwood, May.
1955	Main Library opens on 20 July and officially opens on 28 September. Etobicoke Public Library’s headquarters, including administration, technical services, and the bookmobile office, are transferred here from their former location in the Humber Bay Library building on Park Lawn Road.
1961	Bookmobile office and storage are relocated to rented quarters at 4896 Dundas Street West, when a second bookmobile is purchased; they are moved to the new Richview Library in 1966.
1964	Technical Services Division moved to offices on Dundas Street near Burnhamthorpe Road, moving to the new Richview Library in 1966.
1966	Etobicoke Public Library’s main library and administrative offices are relocated to the new Richview Library, officially opened 16 October. Brentwood is reorganized as a district library.
1970	Alterations by Dunlop, Wardell, Matsui and Aitken, architects engineers & planners. The old Technical Services area in the basement is converted into a reading room and an enclosed staircase is added to connect the new room with the reference area on the main floor.
1971	Shut-In Service for Etobicoke Public Libraries is located here.
1988	Closed for retrofit, 4 July. Joseph Gerskup, Architect.
1989	Reopened 13 March.
2007	New hours, 8 January. Hours open per week increased from 58 to 63.
2010	Closed for major renovation and expansion by Diamond & Schmitt, Architects, 25 September.
2012	Reopened, 2 November. Brentwood Branch history panel (PDF).

Land Acknowledgement

Brentwood is on Indigenous land. The Anishinaabemowin (Ah-nish-nah-be-mo-win) name for this area is Adobigok (ah-doh-bih-gok), which means the Place of the Alders.

This is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee (ho-den-oh-sho-nee) Confederacy (aka. the Six Nations Confederacy), the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Toronto Public Library gratefully acknowledges these Indigenous nations for their guardianship of this land. We'd also like to remind and reaffirm, as Torontonians and Canadians, our accountability to these Indigenous nations, and to all Indigenous peoples and communities living in Toronto.

This land is also part of the Dish with One Spoon territory, a treaty between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (aka. The Six Nations Confederacy), the Anishinaabek (Ah-nish-nah-bek) and allied nations, to peaceably share and care for this land, its waters, and all of the biodiversity in the Great Lakes region. All those who come to live and work here are responsible for honouring this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship, and respect. About Land Acknowledgement Statements