Our 2025 Annual Report is now available!
Each spring, we look forward to the opportunity to review the previous year and reflect on all we accomplished together. In 2025, we had a thrilling year of introducing new spaces, services, collection materials, and resources to the community. A crowning achievement was re-opening the Merritt Branch, now newly relocated at the Niagara Pen Centre. This freshly renovated space boasts study rooms, program space, plenty of seating, and all of your favourite library services. If you haven’t had a chance to visit yet, you’ll want to swing by this summer to discover all this new location has to offer.
Our year by the numbers
Our annual statics tell a creative story about all of the fun we had in the last year and the ways the library leaves a lasting impact on the community. In 2025, we had:
We also learn a lot about you, our awesome customers, when we look back at the way our collection has been enjoyed in the past year. Here are some of the most popular items of 2025 that you can borrow too!
Most Popular Library of Things Item
GoPro HERO 10 Kit
The GoPro Hero10 boasts many capabilities for a variety of recording needs. This camera provides sharp capture - 23MP for photos and 5.3k video resolution, allowing for crisp textures and stunning contrast. The GoPro Hero10 also comes with hypersmoothing capabilities, providing stabilization for action shots and a GP2 processor.
Most Popular Adult Book
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Chief Inspector Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list--and then a murder--all propel Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization: something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching.
Most Popular Teen Book
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
It's the 50th annual Hunger Games and as the games begin, District 12 tribute Haymitch Abernathy realizes he's been set up to fail, but something in him wants to fight, in the fifth book in the Hunger Games series.
Most Popular Children's Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
When the Heffleys agree to spend summer break with both Mom’s and Dad’s relatives at the same time, they have to figure out how to be in two places at once. With Greg caught in the middle, can the Heffleys pull off the ultimate scheme? Or will their vacation turn into a hilarious hot mess?
These are just a few highlights from last year’s annual report. If you’d like to dig deeper and discover more about all we accomplished in 2025, read the entire report now available on our website.
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