Visit Today, Inspire Tomorrow

It's always a great time to visit Cambridge Public Library. With five locations throughout Cambridge, each location opens doors to unique experiences and inspiring collections. These spaces are filled with art, books, games, technology, musical instruments, greenspaces, and more – truly something for every interest or inspiring your goals.

Explore Our Locations

Clemens Mill

The Clemens Mill location is a public library that also serves as the school library for St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, the first of its kind in Ontario. This location features maker and gaming equipment as well as community greenspace, with a variety of sports and recreation equipment available to borrow from the Active Living collection. The location is home to the award-winning Multi-Sensory Room.

Hespeler

The Hespeler location is a public library nestled in historic Hespeler village. The award-winning building is a fusion of the old and the new with a 100-year-old Carnegie library encased in a modern glass structure. The environmentally-responsible building features recycled white oak floors and a ceramic treatment on the glass to reduce sunlight intensity. The location is a great place to study with large tables, a cozy fireplace, and stationary reading bicycles.

Old Post Office

The Old Post Office is a multi-award-winning building as well as being designated a National Historic Site of Canada. This restored heritage building is now home to Canada’s first all-digital public library, offering breathtaking views of the Grand River from all floors, including the terrace, and free technology and maker programs for all ages. Each floor offers a unique area of exploration, including the Creative Studios, Children’s Discovery Centre, Makerspace, and Riverview Reading Room.

Preston

The Preston location features a public library and gallery located in the heart of the Preston Towne Centre. Here, you can enjoy the glowing fireplace in the winter and visit the community vegetable and pollinator garden in the spring and summer. The location houses a Seed Library and Tool Library, specialized collections which are unique to this location.

Queen’s Square

Located in the heart of downtown Galt, Queen’s Square features the largest public library collection in the city, as well as the main gallery and studio space for Cambridge Art Galleries. After exploring the gallery, relax with a book in the multiple study and reading areas, discover the large children’s department, or take in a special musical performance on the grand piano. The building is an active space hosting a variety of special events and activities throughout the year.

Libraries for Life

As individual as each of these buildings are, at their heart they each provide the community with the services and materials that many would expect to find at a public library:

• Programs and events with various themes are hosted for all ages to learn or be entertained.
• Materials are available to borrow or use while at the location, including laptops and other technologies, books, magazines, puzzles and games.
• Free Wi-Fi is always available for use on personal devices.
• Get creative with access to equipment such as 3D printers, large format printers, Cricuts, and laser cutters.
• Tech 1-on-1 sessions can be booked with staff who can assist with different technologies.
• Printing (onsite or mobile), photocopying, scanning, and faxing can be completed at all locations.
• Active discovery areas for kids inspire play-based learning and help young readers on their literacy journey.
• Clemens Mill, Hespeler, and Queen’s Square offer Community Desks that bring community and newcomer services into the library.

Cambridge Public Library is always looking to the future. In partnership with the City of Cambridge, the Cambridge Public Library is excited to open a sixth location in the new Cambridge Recreation Complex at the south end of the city. 

Scheduled to open in 2026, the new location will be a 12,600-square-foot space offering access to library collections, study spaces, a reading garden, Unusual Things to Borrow, and more.

Plan a Visit

Access to all libraries and galleries at Cambridge Public Library is free to any visitor. However, those interested in borrowing materials and using select technologies must be members of the Cambridge Public Library. 

Membership is free and available to anyone who lives, works, owns property, or attends an educational institution in the City of Cambridge. Cambridge Public Library also offers reciprocal borrowing with select surrounding communities, meaning that you may still be eligible for a membership card even if you don’t live in Cambridge.

Have questions about membership, or want to get your first card? Drop into any location and Cambridge Public Library staff will be happy to help you.

Visit a Cambridge Public Library location today and inspire your future.