Eclipse workshops at the Toronto Public Library

We’re hosting dozens of free workshops across Toronto in partnership with the Toronto Public Library to help attendees safely enjoy the total solar eclipse on April 8 in several different ways! 

Astronomers from the University of Toronto will help participants make their own pinhole solar viewers, look at the surface of the sun through telescopes equipped with solar filters, and learn about the geometry of the eclipse by creating their own scale model of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. 

A limited number of eclipse glasses will be available for workshop attendees to take home.

Find your closest branch and workshop below: 

West Toronto 

Brentwood 

• Modeling Eclipses: Understand the Geometry of Eclipses | Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Alderwood

• Solar Viewing: Look at the Surface of the Sun | Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Parkdale

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Mimico Centennial 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Annette Street

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Runnymede 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Richview 

• Solar Viewing: Look at the Surface of the Sun | Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Central Toronto 

Toronto Reference Library 

• Make Your Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM 
• Modeling Eclipses: Understand the Geometry of Eclipses | Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Yorkville

• Modeling Eclipses: Understand the Geometry of Eclipses | Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Fort York 

• Solar Viewing: Look at the Surface of the Sun | Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Lillian H. Smith

• Modeling Eclipses: Understand the Geometry of Eclipses | Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Mount Pleasant 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Northern District 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Spadina Road 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Forest Hill

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Palmerston

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 6:00 PM

North York 

Flemingdon Park 

• Modeling Eclipses: Understand the Geometry of Eclipses | Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM

York Woods 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Albion 

• Solar Viewing: Look at the Surface of the Sun | Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM

North York Central 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Downsview 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Jane/Sheppard 

• Solar Viewing: Look at the Surface of the Sun | Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 10:30 AM

East York 

Leaside 

• Solar Viewing: Look at the Surface of the Sun | Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Agincourt

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Gerrard/Ashdale

• Modeling Eclipses: Understand the Geometry of Eclipses | Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM

Pape/Danforth 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Riverdale 

• Solar Viewing: Look at the Surface of the Sun | Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Beaches

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Danforth/Coxwell

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Parliament Street 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM

S. Walter Stewart

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM

Scarborough 

Woodside Square 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Steeles

• Modeling Eclipses: Understand the Geometry of Eclipses | Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 10:30 AM

Goldhawk Park 

• Solar Viewing: Look at the Surface of the Sun | Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM

Malvern

• Modeling Eclipses: Understand the Geometry of Eclipses | Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Albert Campbell 

• Make Your Own Pinhole Solar Viewer! | Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Registration information is included on the Toronto Public Library event listings on their website.

Visit our Eclipse 2024 page for more information about this once-in-a-lifetime celestial event!