Celebrate the centennial
It’s time for a birthday bash at City Library! 2024 marks 100 years of library service in the City of North Vancouver. We celebrated this milestone year with programming for all ages and published a centennial cookbook with recipes from community.
Sign up for the library's weekly enews and stay in the know about upcoming 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 Centennial Community Cookbook is here! Supplies are limited — grab your copy for $25 at the Welcome Desk.
Upcoming events
Open door community hub
Sunday open door community hub
Sunday, February 23, 2025, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Open door community hub
Wednesday open door community hub
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Open door community hub
Wednesday open door community hub
Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Open door community hub
Wednesday open door community hub
Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Open door community hub
Wednesday open door community hub
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 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
