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| Locations | ||
|---|---|---|
| CC = City Centre Branch | GL = Guildford Branch | PK = Port Kells Branch |
| CT = Clayton Branch | NE = Newton Branch | SE = Semiahmoo Branch |
| CV = Cloverdale Branch | OP = Ocean Park Branch | SH = Strawberry Hill Branch |
| FL = Fleetwood Branch | ||
| Language | Location | Language | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic (Adults): | CC, GL, SH | Korean (Children): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, SE |
| Arabic (Children): | CC, GL, NE | Pashto (Children): | NE |
| Chinese (Adults): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE, SH | Polish (Adults) | CC, GL |
| Chinese (Children): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE, SH | Punjabi (Adults): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, SE, SH |
| Dari (Children) | CC, NE | Punjabi (Children): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, SE, SH |
| Farsi/Persian (Adults): | CC | Russian (Adults): | CC, SE |
| Farsi/Persian (Children): | CC, NE | Somali (Children): | CC, SH |
| French (Adults): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE, SH | Spanish (Adults): | CC, GL, NE, SE |
| French (Children): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, OP, PK, SE, SH | Spanish (Children): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, SE, SH |
| German (Adults): | GL, SE | Tagalog (Adults): | CC, FL, GL |
| German (Children): | SE | Tagalog (Children): | CC, GL |
| Gujarati (Adults): | CC | Tigrinya (Children): | GL |
| Gujarati (Children): | NE | Ukrainian (Children): | GL |
| Hindi (Adults): | CC, CT, CV, FL, GL, NE, SH | Urdu (Adults): | CC, NE, SH |
| Hindi (Children): | CC, CV, FL, GL, NE, SH | Urdu (Children): | NE, SH |
| Japanese (Adults): | CC, GL, NE | Vietnamese (Adults): | CC, GL |
| Japanese (Children): | CC, GL, NE | Vietnamese (Children): | CC, GL |
| Korean (Adults): | CC, CT, FL, GL, NE, SE |
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