We are currently digitizing materials related to our history as an institution. We are hard at work scanning photos and news clippings into our new digital collection. Eventually, the collection will be expanded to include materials relating to the history of the whole Canton community. Stay tuned for updates on this exciting project!

Here's a sneak peek of what's to come:

Do you remember when the library looked like this?

George H.W. Bush visits the library during his 1992 campaign.

Canton's first public library was established in 1979, when residents voted to support a public library. On October 20, 1980, the doors opened on the third floor of the township hall in 12,000 square feet of space. During the next eight years, the library became one of the busiest libraries in southeast Michigan. It soon outgrew its crowded quarters. In 1986, voters supported a second mill to construct and operate a new, 31,000 square foot facility on 7.5 acres just south of the township hall. It opened in 1988.