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C
Canada at a Glance
This presents current Canadian demographic, education, health and aging, justice, housing, income, labour market, household, economic, travel, financial, agricultural, foreign trade and environmental statistics. This is an open resource for everyone and not VPL-subscribed. Available Online
Canada Year Book Historical Collection
Discover Canada's social and economic past through the people, events and facts that have shaped this vast country. This is an open resource for everyone and not VPL-subscribed. Available Online
Canadian Businesses (ReferenceGroup)
Find accurate phone-verified information on every company in Canada in this database of 1.9 million businesses. Additionally their files are processed monthly against the National Change of Address Program. Available Online
Canadian Encyclopedia
The Canadian Encyclopedia plays an essential role in providing Canadians and others with accurate, updated information about our people and country. This is an open resource for everyone and not VPL-subscribed. Available Online
Canadian Reference Centre
This database includes leading Canadian periodicals and international periodicals in full text, full-text reference books, thousands of full-text biographies and an image collection containing more than one million photos, maps and flags. The collection also includes images from Canadian Press. Available Online
Canadian White Pages (ReferenceGroup)
Research 11 million Canadian households with the largest database available. Records are 100% publicly sourced to comply with Canadian privacy laws. Available Online
Cantook Libraries / Bibliothèques
Welcome to Cantook Station, your HQ for French e-books and e-audiobooks. All you need to start borrowing are your library card and your pin. Download the Aldiko Next app to access Cantook Station on all your devices! For more information, check out the helpful Startup Guides.

Bienvenue à Cantook Sation, votre référence pour les livres numériques et audios en français. Pour y accéder, vous aurez simplement besoin de votre carte de bibliothèque et de votre pin. En téléchargeant l’application Aldiko Next, vous aurez aussi accès à Cantook Station sur tous vos appareils! Pour plus d’information, consultez les Guides de démarrage.

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Aldiko Next
Chapter-A-Day
Join the Online Fiction, Non-Fiction, Romance, or Business Books Clubs and start reading books in your email. Each day we’ll send you a 5-minute portion of a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. If you’d like to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy. Every week a new book is featured. Sign up today and start reading tomorrow! (Service provided by Chapter-A-Day.com.) Available Online
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario)
Since 1974, CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario) has developed clear, accurate, and practical legal rights education and information to help people understand and exercise their legal rights. Its work focuses on providing information to people who face barriers to accessing the justice system, including income, disability, literacy, and language. This is an open resource for everyone and not VPL-subscribed. Available Online
CodeCombat
CodeCombat is a game-based learning platform to teach yourself how to code. You'll be using real-text coding (Python, C++, or JavaScript) to solve puzzles and learn the concepts of coding, web design and game design. With over 500 levels to play and a competitive AI coding league, CodeCombat offers a comprehensive and engaging experience to those wanting to learn how to code.

Access Instructions

  1. Click on "Available Online" below to be taken to the Code Combat website.
  2. If you are outside of the library, you will need to first log in with your library card number and PIN before continuing to the Code Combat website.
  3. At the Code Combat website, create a Code Combat account with your library card number, or "Sign In" if you already have an account.
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Consumer Reports
Provides access to current Consumer Reports information. Available Online
Coursera
Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, and some courses are free. This is an open resource for everyone and not VPL-subscribed. Available Online

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