Albion District Branch Toronto Public Library Board Presentation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Albion District Branch Toronto Public Library Board Presentation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Albion District Branch Toronto Public Library Board Presentation April 30 th , 2018 The Community The Community Top-10 Non-Official Home Languages Community Profile Population : 48,697 (Ward 1) Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,100 Mother tongue 41%
The Community
Community Profile
Population : 48,697 (Ward 1) Mother tongue – 41% English, 1% French, 58% Non- Official Languages spoken at home: English 49.7 % Punjabi 10.1 % Gujarati 4.7 % Tamil 2.7 % Arabic 2.2 % Age of residents (branch catchment) 22% children 15% youth 53% working age 11% seniors
The Community
495 495 675 875 1,020 1,140 1,145 2,010 2,380 3,100
Somali Hindi Italian Urdu Spanish Arabic Tamil Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Gujarati Punjabi (Panjabi)
Top-10 Non-Official Home Languages
Community Partners
Branches in the Albion District
Humber Summit Humberwood Rexdale Northern Elms Weston
Albion – Through the Years
1965 1973 1980-2016
2017
Post Reno
Post Reno - Successes
Flexible Spaces
KidsStop
KidsStop
Discovery Zone
Discovery Zone
Digital Innovation Hub
Design Awards
- Canadian Architecture Award of Merit in 2015 for Design
- American Institute of Architecture 2018 Top 10 buildings from the
Committee on the Environment
After School Club & STEM
Youth Programs
Youth Hub
Outdoor Spaces – Flexible Programming
Learn to Camp
Service Innovation – Headset Pilot and Mobile Service Desk
Service Innovation – Community Librarians
Service Innovation – Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending
Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending
- Albion is part of the Wi-Fi Hotspot
Lending.
- Participants receive a Wi-Fi device with