Multilingual Collection

Multilingual Collections in the Vancouver Public Library include recreational reading material for adults and children in a wide range of languages other than English represented within the City of Vancouver. Decisions around which languages to collect are made based on Census profiles, community input and a variety of other considerations.

Central Library has language collections that represent all the languages that the Library currently collects while branches have collections in languages other than English representative of the demographics of their individual neighbourhoods.

For information in other languages go to:
Français  |  中文  |  日 本 語 |   Español |  हिन्दी |  한국어 |  Việt Ngữ

Central Library Multilingual Collection

• French (Français) - adult recreational reading. (For reference materials consult all other Divisions at Central.) The Children's Library houses a large children's French collection.
• Chinese (中文 )
• German
• Greek - magazines and newspapers only
• Hindi (हिन्दी)
• Italian
• Japanese (日 本 語)
• Korean (한국어)
• Persian/Farsi
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Punjabi
• Russian
• Spanish (Español)
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese (Việt Ngữ)

Branch Library Multilingual Collections

Chinese

• Central Library
• Britannia Branch
• Carnegie Branch
• Champlain Heights Branch
• Collingwood Branch
• Dunbar Branch
• Firehall Branch
• Fraserview Branch
• Hastings Branch
• Joe Fortes Branch
• Kensington Branch
• Kerrisdale Branch
• Kitsilano Branch
• Marpole Branch
• Mount Pleasant Branch
• Oakridge Branch
• Renfrew Branch
• Riley Park Branch
• South Hill Branch
• Strathcona Branch
• Terry Salman Branch
• West Point Grey Branch

French

• Central Library
• Kitsilano Branch
• Renfrew Branch
• Terry Salman Branch

German

• Central Library
• Joe Fortes Branch (adult materials only)

Greek

• Central Library (magazines and newspapers only)
• Kitsilano Branch (magazines and newspapers only)

Hindi

• Central Library
• Fraserview Branch
• Kensington Branch
• South Hill Branch

Italian

• Central Library
• Hastings Branch (adult materials only)

Japanese

• Central Library

Korean

• Central Library

Persian/Farsi

• Central Library
• Joe Fortes Branch (adult materials only)

Punjabi

• Central Library
• Fraserview Branch
• Kensington Branch
• South Hill Branch

Polish

• Central Library

Portuguese

• Central Library

Russian

• Central Library

Spanish

• Central Library
• Britannia Branch
• Carnegie Branch
• Kensington Branch
• Joe Fortes Branch (adult materials only)
• Mount Pleasant Branch

Tagalog

• Central Library
• Kensington Branch
• Mount Pleasant Branch
• South Hill Branch
• Oakridge Branch
• Marpole Branch (DVD only)
• Terry Salman Branch

Vietnamese

• Central Library
• Britannia Branch
• Fraserview Branch
• Kensington Branch
• Mount Pleasant Branch
• Renfrew Branch
• Strathcona Branch