Eglinton Square

Eglinton Square Shopping Centre 1 Eglinton Square, Unit 126, Toronto, ON M1L 2K1

Hours

Monday	10:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Tuesday	10:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Wednesday	10:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Thursday	10:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Friday	10:00 am	to	5:00 pm
Saturday	9:30 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 Eglinton Square 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

View on map

Closest major intersection Victoria Park Ave. and Eglinton Ave. East. Located on south side of Eglinton Ave. East, east of Victoria Park, west of Pharmacy Ave.

Public Transit

TTC Victoria Park bus, Pharmacy bus or Eglinton Ave. East bus.

Parking

Free - mall parking

Branch Features

General Features

Book Discussion Group: contact the branch for more information
Book Drop - After Hours (during mall hours)
Express Checkout
Free Parking
Quiet Study Rooms (2)
Seating for 115

Equipment for persons with disabilities

Book stand
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

Medium collection in Chinese-Adult , French-Children
Small collection in Hindi (DVDs only) , Tagalog-Adult , Tamil

Meeting Rooms

For booking information call 416-397-5969.

Program Room

748 sq. ft.
Seats 55 lecture style. Seats 28 classroom style. Fire Occupancy Code: 84.
Equipment:
- chairs
- tables
- kitchenette

Meeting Room 1

594 sq. ft.
Seats 20 lecture style. Seats 16 classroom style. Fire Occupancy Code: 21.
Equipment:
- chairs
- tables

History

Year	Details
1955	Golden Mile Branch is opened at 29 Civic Road by the Township of Scarborough Public Library Board in December; the branch is formally opened in January 1956 by Angus Mowat, the Ontario Provincial Library Inspector. The library was housed in a 14- x 22-foot room that during the Second World War had been part of a fuse-filling munitions factory known as GECO (General Engineering Company). The Library's reserve, overdue and bookmobile departments also were housed at 29 Civic Road.
1965	Relocated to the Eglinton Square shopping centre, southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue East and Victoria Park Avenue, end of March. The branch reopens for service on 1 April and is officially reopened by Scarborough Reeve Albert Campbell on 13 April.
1971	The branch name is changed (but not its location) to Eglinton Square Branch, "in keeping with its location at 50 Eglinton Square, at Victoria Park Avenue". (“Name Change,” Scarborough News, 25 February 1971.)
1983	Relocated to its present location in a new wing of the mall, officially reopened on 18 April.
2007	New hours, 8 January. Hours open per week increased from 57 to 58.5.
2015	Open hours per week increased from 58.5 to 62, 8 September.
2016	Closed for renovation and expansion, 25 June.
2017	Reopened after renovation and expansion, 23 June.
	Golden Mile/Eglinton Square Then and Now

Eglinton Square is on Indigenous land. 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