New: Renew Your Library Card Online
Good news: it's now possible to renew your library card through the TPL website.
Library cards expire every year, and until recently, you had to visit a library branch in person to renew your card.
Who can renew online
Online card renewal is available for adults and teens with standard TPL accounts.
Children and people with non-standard account types (temporary, non-resident, etc.) still have to renew their cards in person so we can verify account details.
If your address or name has changed, you will not be able to renew online. Please bring identification to a library branch to renew your card.
How to renew online
You can renew your card online starting 30 days before the card's expiry date and at any time after that, including after the expiry date has passed.
If you're eligible to renew online, you'll see an alert in your account with a link to start the renewal process.
Follow the steps to complete your online card renewal:
- Pay any outstanding fines on your account.
- Confirm your name and address.
- Provide an email address and telephone number if we don't already have them in your account.
Why do library cards expire?
Library cards expire every year so we can:
- Check that your contact information is current
- Confirm that you are still eligible for a library card
- Collect payment for any outstanding fines on your account
More information
For help and more details about the card renewal policy, see the Online Card Renewal FAQ.
14 thoughts on “New: Renew Your Library Card Online”
This is really cool! Thank you for making this change.
This is AMAZING!!!! Thank you!!!
The library has the best website. It does all the things and keeps getting better!
This will be a good convenience. I think I’m getting an alert email now, that saves learning the card has expired by being cut off with error messages at the digital services websites. I hope email warnings will be available.
Hi JB,
You will receive an email or phone reminder (depending on your notification settings) 30 days before your card expires.
You can check your notification settings in your account: https://account.torontopubliclibrary.ca/settings/notifications
Please work on making sure basic site works instead of introducing all these new changes that compromise working of actual site.
When does the site not work?? Not my experience. 🧐
This is a great enhancement. Thank you.
This is great! In an Instagram post last year this was the most requested feature so thank you for responding to our requests. I look forward to renewing online in future.
Almost everyday I am checking and it says account access unavailable, please try again later.
If you’re never able to sign in, there may be a problem specific to your account. If you email us at feedback@torontopubliclibrary.ca with your library card number, we can investigate. I’m really sorry you’re running into this issue so often.
its always worked for me, 100% in the past 4 years. that’s strange
This is SO GREAT! renewal is always such a hassle. thank you for this
That is so great, thank you for one less worry
Thank you so much, TPL. I didn’t know how badly I wanted this until now.
This is great, Thank You so much for doing this!