| Year |
Details |
|
| 1945 |
Township of York Public Library Board established. |
| 1946 |
Library opened in a rented facility at Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road, 9 September. |
| 1948 |
York Township Council approves building a main library building and two branches. |
| 1949 |
Tenders called (summer) and building started, September. |
| 1951 |
Main Library opened at current location, 29 January, officially opened on 21 March. The storey-and-a-half, red-brick building included York Township Public Library administrative and technical services offices, book storage space and a bookmobile garage. Architect Albert Vine. |
| 1962 |
Land acquired for an addition. |
| 1964 |
Two-storey addition with basement opened, May. |
| 1967 |
Becomes part of the York Public Library Board, when the Town of Weston and the Township of York are amalgamated as the Borough of York, 1 January. |
| 1971 |
Hours of service extended with the branch opening on Wednesdays and Sunday afternoons, October to April; Sunday openings discontinued in 1976. |
| 1978 |
Renovation. |
| 1981 |
Hours reduced with Monday closings. |
| 1993 |
A new main library facility (and a new branch library) to serve the southeast quadrant of York is recommended in a feasibility study by the Randolph Group. |
| 1997 |
Library renamed in honour of Maria A. Shchuka, Head Librarian, 1979-1996. |
| 1998 |
Becomes a branch of the Toronto Public Library with municipal amalgamation, 1 January. |
| 1999 |
Sunday opening initiated, 21 March. |
| 2002 |
Closed for reconstruction, 3 March, Diamond & Schmitt, Architects Inc. |
| 2003 |
Opened, 11 August. Hours increased from 51.5 to 58 hour/week (Monday openings). |
| 2007 |
New hours, 8 January. Hours open per week increased from 58 to 63. |
| 2013 |
Closed 30 November for minor renovation, Gow Hastings, Architects. |
| 2014 |
Opened 14 January after minor renovation. Hours increased 22 April to 65.5. |
