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Ancestry Library Edition

This genealogy resource includes census, birth, marriage, death, immigration, military records, and more. For extra information about how to use Ancestry, visit ProQuest Libguides for videos and step-by-step instructions.

Note: Ancestry is available for use only in the library.

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Canadiana Online

Canadiana Online is a digitized collection of books, government publications, periodicals, annuals, and newspapers about Canada published from European contact to the early 20th century.

CBC Corner

Discover the best Canadian shows, stories & more. This digital portal allows you to discover trusted news, entertaining TV and radio shows, education kids content, news in foreign languages and much more!

CBC Gem

CBC Gem is CBC's digital video streaming service. Discover the free way to stream the best shows and movies, plus live TV from across Canada.

Codecademy

Codecademy offers free online courses, taking you from building a simple HTML/CSS site to teaching you JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, Python, and Ruby. If you are interested in web development, the classes are interactive and are great for beginners.

Code.org

Code.org has free coding lessons to encourage students to learn computer science and programming. An excellent resource for teachers who want to include coding lessons in their curriculum.

Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports has unbiased ratings and reviews, recommendations, and buying advice for thousands of products and services such as cars, electronics, appliances, and more. Frequently updated articles, blogs, and videos allow you to find the latest consumer news.

Digital Archive Ontario

Digital Archive Ontario provides free access to digital material of historical importance to Ontario and Canada.

Digital Archive Ontario is a unique and vast digital collection of high-quality images, including Ontario maps, fire insurance plans and views of towns and cities over time, culled from Toronto Public Library's collection and dating back to the 1880s.

Digital Learn

Beginner level digital literacy courses curated by the Public Library Association, including basic computer use, word processing, internet safety, and more.

EBSCO eBooks

With EBSCO eBooks, you’ll find reference materials and a broad range of non-fiction topics, including business, computer and information technology, literature, medicine, and general science, as well as fiction titles.

Excel Easy

Free online Microsoft Excel tutorials. If you're an Excel beginner, this is the perfect place to start. Learn about Excel functions and the powerful features Excel has to offer to analyze data.

G1 Practice Test

Get ready for the road for free, online! With g1.ca you can access free G1 Practice Tests, based on the official Ontario Driver's Handbook.

Huntsville Forester Online

Explore the Huntsville Forester newspaper from 1895 to 2018. Learn more about the local area, people, events, and local merchants and businesses. Find photographs, classified ads, birth notices and obituaries.

Hosted by the Canadian Community Digital Archives.

Huntsville Heritage walking tour

Welcome to the Huntsville Heritage walking tour, curated by the Huntsville and Area Historical Society, a local not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of our local history and built heritage. The app uses GPS to alert you to heritage stops and automatically plays the audio and brings up pictures of the location when you reach that location.

Kanopy

Kanopy allows free streaming of your favourite films on your desktop or mobile device. Classic cinema, top documentaries, and indie films are just a click away. The Kanopy Kids area features movies and TV shows for children ages 2 and up, including popular series like Franklin, Little Bear, and Max & Ruby.

Khan Academy

Access over 3,300 video tutorials with complementary exercises, geared toward self-guided learning. The subject areas include math, science, finance and economics, humanities, test preperations, and computer science.

Muskoka Digital Archives

This online collection offers a snapshot into Muskoka's origins, development, culture, and people. Though predominately indexes, there are 500+ images available. The indexes link out to the Online Huntsville Forester for quick and easy access to more details.

National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Watch quality Canadian documentary, animation and fiction films online.

NoveList Plus

Find books that match your interests, read-alikes for your favorite titles and authors, or ready-made book lists on your favorite genres. With NoveList Plus you'll fill up your to-read list in no time! Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers with the K-8 section.

Ontario Genealogical Society library collection

Get access to books, family histories, cemetery records, and more. A great resource for everyone whether you are beginning your journey to find family trees or are an expert researcher.

OverDrive & Libby

Enjoy eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, and videos from your computer, phone, tablet, or eReader. Find best-selling authors, new release titles, classics, and more. You can check out up to ten titles at one time and place up to ten holds. Never worry about late fees again, as eBooks and audiobooks are returned automatically at the end of the borrowing period.

Partners for Planning network

The P4P network provides a wealth of practical strategies, creative tools, and sustainable solutions designed to help families and caregivers take charge of the future, today.

PressReader

PressReader provides online access to newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in more than 60 languages. You can share, print, save, and comment on articles. PressReader works best in a web browser on your computer or mobile device.

Toronto Star: ProQuest historical newspapers

Toronto Star: ProQuest historical newspapers is a fully digitized and searchable database of every issue of the Toronto Star from 1894 to 2021. Every page is included, from the headlines to the classifieds. It is an excellent resource for genealogists and history projects.

TumbleBook library

Listen and read-along to animated storybooks for children, their parents, and teachers. TumbleBook Library includes games, quizzes, and other activities to help develop reading skills. TumbleBook Library is available in English, French, and Spanish.

TVOKids

Play free educational games and watch educational programming for preschool and school aged kids 2-11 years old.