| Year |
Details |
|
| 1880 |
Parkdale Library Association and Mechanics' Institute established, November. |
| 1881 |
Library opened, 1 November. Located in school-house of St. Mark's Church, Cowan Avenue, east side, south of Queen Street West. |
| 1888 |
Relocated to Town of Parkdale's former council chamber and municipal offices, Queen Street West, south side, east of Cowan Avenue. |
| 1889 |
Town of Parkdale annexed to Toronto, 23 March. Books and furniture of Parkdale Library Association and Mechanics' Institute transferred to TPL, 10 May. |
| 1890 |
Relocated to Dundas Street Branch, opened 25 January. Rented premises, Dundas Street (now Ossington Avenue), west side, just north of Queen Street West. |
| 1903 |
Carnegie Corporation of New York granted $350,000 to TPL for new central library and 3 branch library buildings. Toronto's Carnegie Libraries - Queen and Lisgar |
| 1907 |
Site acquired Queen Street West, southeast corner Lisgar Street. |
| 1909 |
Dundas Street Branch closed March 15. Queen and Lisgar Branch opened 30 April. Architect Robert McCallum, City Architect. |
| 1962 |
Site acquired for Parkdale Branch, Queen Street West, southeast corner of Cowan Avenue. |
| 1964 |
Queen and Lisgar Branch closed. Relocated to Parkdale Branch, opened 28 February. Resource branch for region, also housed Languages and Literature Centre. Gordon S. Adamson & Associates, Architects. |
| 1970 |
Community Information Post opened. |
| 1990 |
Learning Centre opened. |
| 1993 |
Closed 21 June for carpet replacement. Reopened 5 July. |
| 1998 |
Closed 7 December for retrofit. Bookmobile stop provided during closure. |
| 1999 |
Reopened 26 June. |
| 2007 |
New hours, 8 January. Hours open per week increased from 60.5 to 65.5. |
| 2016 |
The Sun Life Financial Musical Instrument Lending Library opened in April. It is the first of its kind in the city, and also the first in public libraries across Canada. |
