Its current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Catherine Biss.

While the current library system dates back to the 1970s, there was the subscription based system popular in 19th Century Ontario, the Mechanics’ Institute, operated out of the Old Town Hall on Main Street.

The Markham Public Library branches are: The Markham Village branch was the first to develop its own library classification system called the Customer Centred Classification (C3).

[12] Compared to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) or Library of Congress Classification (LCC), C3 is more modern and is supposed to be easier for library patrons to find books at the book stacks.

[13] People who work, live, or attend a school in York Region may apply for a free membership.