Annual Report 2015: Key Facts

  • Toronto Public Library is one of the world's busiest library systems
  • We had more than 18 million visits to our 100 branches
  • 70% of Torontonians use Toronto Public Library
  • 1.2 million people are registered Toronto Public Library cardholders
  • Collections are comprised of over 10.6 million items including books, CDs, DVDs and eBooks, with over 40 languages represented in library materials
  • Torontonians borrowed library materials over 32.5 million times
  • Circulation of digital content surpassed 4 million
  • There were over 31 million visits to torontopubliclibrary.ca
  • There were 3.2 million wireless sessions in library branches
  • More than 925,000 participants attended 37,000 library programs
  • The Sun Life Financial Museum + Arts Pass (MAP) were checked out 86, 573 times in 2015
  • Over 150,000 people registered for a library card
  • 6.4 million holds were placed at our 100 branches
  • There were over 400,000 items borrowed through our Home Library Service
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