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The common characteristics of free public libraries that were legislated in Ontario (1882), the City of Saint John (1883), and British Colum...

British Columbia became the second province to pass an act allowing local governments to establish free libraries in 1891. Generally, munici...

The 1880s were a critical turning point for free library legislation in Canada. Ontario was not alone in enacting legislation for free publi...

The first province-wide legislation to establish free public libraries in Canadian cities, towns, and villages was enacted in Ontario in 18...

By the middle of the 19th century in the Province of Canada (present day Ontario and Quebec) many local groups had formed library associatio...