Books and Videos
Albanian
Shqip
Arabic
العربية
Bosnian
Bosanski
Chinese
中文
Croatian
Hrvatski
Czech
Čeština
Dutch
Nederlands
German
Deutsch
Greek
Ελληνικά
Hindi
हिन्दी
Hungarian
Magyar
Italian
Italiano
Japanese
日本語
Korean
조선말
Panjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Persian (Farsi)
فارسی
Polish
język polski
Portuguese
Português
Romanian
română
Russian
русский язык
Serbian
Српски
Slovak
slovenský jazyk
Spanish
español
Turkish
Türkçe
Ukranian
украї́нська мо́ва
Urdu
اُردوُ
Vietnamese
tiếng Việt
We have more feature films in languages not listed above. See a complete list here.
These Branch Libraries have non-English books for adults in these languages.
Beacock - Spanish, Vietnamese
Cherryhill - Chinese, Spanish
Crouch - Portuguese, Polish, Spanish,
Jalna - Arabic, Chinese, Spanish
Masonville - Chinese, Korean
Sherwood - Spanish
Westmount - Korean, Spanish
The Central Library has books, videos and material for children in all the languages listed in the chart above.
Magazines and Newspapers
Al-Ahram (Arabic)
Magyarsag (Hungarian)
Al-Hawadeth (Arabic)
Mosty (Russion)
Canadian Srbobran (Serbian)
Novy Domov (Czech)
Corriere canadese (Italian)
Oggi (Italian)
Correo Canadiense (Spanish)
Ogonek (Russian)
Cuvantul romanesc (Romanian)
Persian Journal for Science & Society (Farsi)
Elsevier (Dutch)
El Popular(Spanish)
Glos Polski(Polish)
Russian Canadian INFO(Russian)
Hola (Spanish)
Sarita (Hindi)
Homin Ukrainy(Ukrainian)
Shahrvand (Persian)
India Today(Hindi)
Sing Tao Jih Pao (Chinese)
Indo-Canadian Times(Panjabi)
Slobodna Dalmacija(Croatian)
Korea Times(Korean)
Voz de Portugal (Portuguese)
Der Spiegel(German)
Windmill Herald(Dutch)
To look for a newspaper in a foreign language which you do not see in the above list, try Newsconnect.
Mango Languages
Learn a language online at your own pace. Courses for learning English as well as a number of non-English languages. Basic courses for travelers, or more in-depth courses to take you beyond the basics.
Family Literacy Kits
Family Literacy Kits, filled with books (written in English and a non-English language) and toys, are for families who have English as their second language to be able to read to their pre-school children in their first language. See the complete list of kits in the catalogue.
Beacock: Arabic, Chinese, Khmer, Korean, Vietnamese
Byron: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese
Children's: Arabic,Albanian,English,Khmer, Kurdish,Portuguese, Serbo-Croation, Vietnamese
Cherryhill: Chinese,English, French
Eastwood: English, Portuguese, Vietnamese
Jalna: Arabic,Chinese, Hungarian, Kurdish, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Lambeth: Arabic, English, Portuguese
Masonville: Arabic, English, French, Korean, Spanish
Pond Mills: Arabic, English, French, Somali, Spanish,
Sherwood: Arabic, English, French, Somali, Spanish
Westmount: Arabic, Chinese, French