Annual Report 2013: Key Facts

  • Toronto Public Library is one of the world's busiest library systems
  • We had more than 18 million visits to our 98 branches
  • 72% of Torontonians use Toronto Public Library
  • 1.3 million people are registered Toronto Public Library cardholders
  • Collections are comprised of over 10.5 million items including books, CDs, DVDs and eBooks, with 40 languages represented in library materials
  • Torontonians borrowed library materials 32 million times
  • Circulation of e-content surpassed 2 million
  • There were over 26 million visits to torontopubliclibrary.ca
  • There were 1.8 million wireless sessions in library branches
  • Staff answered 7.1 million information requests
  • More than 800,000 participants attended 31,000 library programs
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