The Oshawa Public Library started with a humble beginning in 1864 with less than 1,000 books for members to borrow. Today, we are proud to be a true community hub in Oshawa. We have a membership of over 61,000, a collection of over 400,000 items including books, periodicals, Music, Movies, Maps, iPads, eReaders, Games and so much more. Our annual circulation in 2018 was 1.4 million. We offered over 2,500 programs in 2018, which were attended by over 35,000 people. As we see our world move with increasing speed to digital and virtual spaces, we had over 858,000 visits to our virtual services in 2018. Looking back over the past 150 years, we believe we have achieved a constant realization of our mission statement:


“The Oshawa Public Libraries enriches the lives of the citizens of Oshawa by connecting them to the world of information and each other.”