Atwater Library and Computer Centre

On January 8, 2025, the Atwater Library hosted an online discussion about Westmount’s proposal to redevelop the area around our building, Westmount Southeast. Dinu Bumbaru of Héritage Montréal, and leading conservation architect Julia Gersovitz shared their expertise and responded to questions. Many of the 150 people in attendance asked questions and there was a strong show of support for our organization’s opposition to a 25-storey tower next to us and in favour of a reset of the planning process. For more info and documents…

Let us help you make better use of digital technology for a whole range of needs.

Click HERE for our schedule of useful courses and workshops.

Our patient and well-qualified instructors will give you confidence and useful skills.

Our class sizes are small (maximum 8, average 4) and we have the latest in equipment.

Our volunteer-run Bookshop is open FOUR days a week – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday – from 12 noon to 3:00 pm. We’re selling donated books, DVDs and CDs at bargain prices.

The Bookshop is located in the sous-sol near our Tupper Street entrances.

We welcome donations of books in good condition and ask donors to use our Tupper Street accessible entrance for deliveries.

Two or three times a month, usually on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, we conduct live online information sessions with Q&A on a variety of topics, including the following:

TAX-FREE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (TFSAs)
REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS (RRSPs)
INCOME TAX
LATE-LIFE LEGAL ISSUES
WILLS and MANDATES

Everyone is welcome and admission is free, thanks to funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage of the Government of Canada.

Go here for the schedule of upcoming events and for links to videos with helpful info about personal finances.

For more information about our Financial Literacy Program, please email lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca.

Our YouTube channel has a video of an excellent talk on John Redpath, who was a driving force of our organization in our early years when we were known as a mechanics’ institute. The talk traces Redpath’s life and his immense contributions to the economy as well as the political and social institutions of Montreal and Canada.

The Life and Legacy of John Redpath (1796-1869): A Talk by Richard Feltoe – Nov. 21, 2024

The talk was part of our Lunchtime Series in partnership with the St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal.