Language Collection Locations
Find out which library branches have collections of books and movies in different languages.
Large collection = 1,500 or more items
Medium collection = 750-1,500 items
Small collection = fewer than 750 items
To browse the collections online, see the Material in Your Language page.
List of Languages
A
Amharic | አማርኛ
Anishinaabemowin | ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐎᐣ
Small (print collection only)
- Dawes Road
- North York Central
- Spadina
- Toronto Reference Library (adult only)
Arabic | العَرَبِية
Armenian | հայերեն
B
Bengali | বাংলা
C
Chinese | 简化字 | 繁體字
Small
- Barbara Frum
- Black Creek (DVDs only)
- Brookbanks
- College/Shaw
- Dawes Road (DVDs only)
- Downsview
- Elmbrook Park
- Fort York
- Highland Creek
- Jane/Dundas (DVDs only)
- Jane/Sheppard (DVDs only)
- Kennedy/Eglinton (DVDs only)
- Maria A. Shchuka (DVDs only)
- Maryvale
- McGregor Park
- Pape/Danforth
- Parkdale (DVDs only)
Medium
- Albion
- Bloor/Gladstone
- City Hall
- Danforth/Coxwell
- Eatonville
- Eglinton Square
- Ethennonnhawahstihnen'
- Flemingdon Park
- Gerrard/Ashdale
- Hillcrest
- Jones
- Pleasant View
- Scarborough Civic Centre
- St. James Town
- York Woods
Large
Croatian | Hrvatski
Medium
F
French | Français
Children's print collection only
- Alderwood
- Beaches
- Brookbanks
- Centennial
- Cliffcrest
- College/Shaw
- Danforth/Coxwell
- Dawes Road
- Downsview
- Dufferin/St. Clair
- Eglinton Square
- Elmbrook Park
- Ethennonnhawahstihnen'
- Gerrard/Ashdale
- Goldhawk Park
- Guildwood
- Hillcrest
- Jones
- Kennedy/Eglinton
- Locke
- Main Street
- Maryvale
- McGregor Park
- Mimico Centennial
- Morningside
- Mount Dennis
- Mount Pleasant
- New Toronto
- Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre
- Palmerston
- Parkdale
- Parliament Street
- Perth/Dupont
- Pleasant View
- Port Union
- Queen/Saulter
- Riverdale
- Sanderson
- Scarborough Civic Centre
- Spadina Road
- St. Clair/Silverthorn
- St. James Town
- St. Lawrence
- Thorncliffe
- Victoria Village
- Woodside Square
Adult and children's print collection
- Agincourt
- Albert Campbell
- Albion
- Annette Street
- Barbara Frum
- Bloor/Gladstone
- Brentwood
- Bridlewood
- Cedarbrae
- Deer Park
- Don Mills
- Eatonville
- Fairview
- Flemingdon Park
- Fort York
- High Park
- Jane/Dundas
- Leaside
- Lillian H. Smith
- Malvern
- Maria A. Shchuka
- North York Central Library
- Northern District
- Pape/Danforth
- Richview
- Runnymede
- S. Walter Stewart
- Toronto Reference Library (adult only)
- Wychwood
- York Woods
- Yorkville
G
German | Deutsch
Small
- Brentwood (Children's print only)
- Don Mills
- North York Central Library (DVDs only)
- Runnymede
Large
Greek | ελληνικά
Gujarati | ગુજરાતી
H
Hebrew | עבר׳ת
Hindi | हिन्दी
Small (DVDs ONLY)
- Albert Campbell
- Amesbury Park
- Bloor/Gladstone
- Bridlewood
- Brookbanks
- Burrows Hall
- Dawes Road
- Don Mills
- Eatonville
- Eglinton Square
- Fairview
- Flemingdon Park
- Gerrard/Ashdale
- Highland Creek
- Humberwood
- Jane/Dundas
- Kennedy/Eglinton
- Maryvale
- McGregor Park
- Morningside
- Northern Elms
- Parkdale
- Parliament Street
- Richview
- St. James Town
- Thorncliffe
- Victoria Village
- Woodside Square
Medium
- Agincourt
- Albion
- Cedarbrae
- North York Central Library (DVDs only)
Large
- Malvern (DVDs only)
- Toronto Reference Library
- York Woods (DVDs only)
Hungarian | Magyar
I
Italian | Italiano
Small
- Albert Campbell (DVDs only)
- Albion
- Amesbury Park
- Barbara Frum (DVDs only)
- Black Creek
- Humber Summit
- Woodview Park
- Maria A. Shchuka (DVDs only)
- S. Walter Stewart (DVDs only)
- York Woods (DVDs only)
Medium
Large
J
Japanese | 日本語
K
Korean | 한국어
Kurdish | کورد
M
Macedonian | Македонски
Medium
Malayalam | മലയാളം
N
Nepali | नेपाली
P
Panjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Medium
Persian | فارسی
Polish | Polski
Portuguese | Português
Pushto | پښتو
R
Romanian | Română
Russian | ру́сский язы́к
Small
Medium
- Barbara Frum
- Centennial
- Fairview (temporarily located at Ethennonnhawahstihnen')
- Richview
Large
S
Serbian | српски
Somali | Soomaali
Spanish | Español
Small
- Barbara Frum
- Black Creek
- Centennial
- Eatonville
- Fort York
- Jane/Dundas (DVDs only)
- Maria A. Shchuka
- North York Central Library (DVDs only)
Medium
- Albion
- Bloor/Gladstone
- Don Mills
- Downsview
- Dufferin/St.Clair
- Mount Dennis
- Richview
- Sanderson
- York Woods
Large
T
Tagalog
Small
- Agincourt
- Albert Campbell (DVDs only)
- Albion (DVDs only)
- Black Creek (DVDs only)
- Cedarbrae (DVDs only)
- Centennial
- Fairview (DVDs only)
- Malvern
- Maryvale
- St. James Town (DVDs only)
- Toronto Reference Library
Medium
Tamil | தமிழ்
Telugu | తెలుగు
Tibetan | བོད་ཡིག་
Small
Tigrinya | ትግርኛ
Turkish | Türkçe
U
Ukrainian | українська
Urdu | اُردُو
V
Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt
Small
- Amesbury Park
- Black Creek
- Jane/Sheppard
- Lillian H. Smith
- Parkdale
- Parliament Street
- Riverdale
- Sanderson
- York Woods (DVDs only)
Medium
Y