Celebrate the centennial
It’s time for a birthday bash at City Library! This year, 2024, marks 100 years of library service in the City of North Vancouver. Help us celebrate this milestone year with programming for all ages including a community cookbook to be published later this year.
Sign up for the library's weekly enews and stay in the know about upcoming centennial events and programs at the library.
Popular requests
Through the years
- 1924 — A library card cost $1 for a yearlong membership
- 1949 — Building moves to East 2nd Street
- 1966 — Library cards become free
- 1984 — Catalogue is digitized
- 1993 — Sunday openings added
- 2008 — Current building opened
- 2020 — Fines eliminated
Listen and read online
The Water Dancer
A Novel
My Brilliant Friend
Book One, Childhood, Adolescence
Lessons in Chemistry
A Novel
The Sign for Home
A Novel
The Martian
A Novel
A Terrible Country
A Novel
The Da Vinci Code
A Novel
The Kite Runner
A Novel
Life of Pi
A Novel
Cloud Atlas
A Novel
Upcoming events
Seniors
Persian music and talk: Persian traditional music (on qanun)
Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Open door community hub
Wednesday open door community hub
Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Open door community hub
Wednesday open door community hub
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Open door community hub
Wednesday open door community hub
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Open door community hub
Sunday open door community hub
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Open door community hub
Wednesday open door community hub
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life-raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen instead.
— Caitlin Moran
