Vancouver Tool Library

Vancouver Tool Library (VTL) is Canada’s original tool lending library system based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Tool libraries loan specialized tools for both experienced and inexperienced community members who are interested in home repair, maintenance, building projects, community projects, gardening and landscaping. The VTL is a Community Service Co-operative registered under the BC Co-operative Act. The VTL offers standard, Student/Low-Income option, and organizational memberships to non-profits and small businesses. The VTL is supported by the City of Vancouver; Mountain Equipment Co-op; the University of British Columbia Student Environment Centre; Magnet Home Hardware on Commercial Drive; Norco Bikes; Dewalt; Poco Building Supplies; Midland Liquidators; the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation; Tradeworks Training Society; Ten Thousand Villages; Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company; and many tool donors.

Library data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).