September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The Barrie Public Library is thrilled to host its 18th annual Barrie Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, August 20 at Heritage Park. Join us for exciting races and a BPL Discovery Area with fun activities for kids and families. 

Construction has begun on a landscaping refresh project at our Downtown Library! We are open with full services - please use the covered walkway on Owen Street to enter the building. 

Rogers experienced a nationwide outage on Friday, July 8, affecting internet and phone customers. All services have been restored as of Monday, July 11.

The wait is over! We're excited to announce the launch of Simcoe Reads 2022, a cover-to-cover book competition with seven local libraries!   Join the Barrie Public Library, Essa Public Library, Innisfil Idealab & Library, Midland Public Library,...

We have a TON of outreach planned this July and August – the library is coming to you! Watch for our BPL on the GO van and find us around the City this summer.