Charlottetown Tool Library

01/26/2026

Interested in learning how to repair or sharing your skills.

Hello, this year Repair Cafe is looking to revamp some programs and offer new opportunities for repair. the first part is developing a Young Repairer program to get high school , college and university students involved with Repair cafes. Next is some more specialized repair stations for Certain eve...

11/07/2025

Hello Everyone,

Given the handling of the recent half-price membership promotion we did with The City of Charlottetown. I have decided not to partner with them for future promotions. I will honour all memberships purchased during Waste Reduction Week at the discounted price, so members who got the deal do not worry about any additional costs.

I have been clear from the beginning that my ultimate goal is to make the Tool Library a free service. However, over the years, it has been work to keep the doors open, with times where the expenses have come out of my own pocket.

Next year, the Tool Library will launch pricing for large organisations to purchase memberships for all their users. The hope is that this program will broaden the tool library's reach while helping cover operational costs.

Since 2017, I have operated the world's smallest tool library, with only 100 sq ft. For the past years, I have been planning and designing a new sustainable Tool Library that would expand our storage and offer a small workshop space while being off the grid. There are still many details to sort out for this project, but I plan to show some concepts in spring 2026.

I want to end with a thank you to the City of Charlottetown for all the past support it has provided to keep the doors open, put on events, acquire new tools and grow the Tool Library from an idea to what it is today. This parting will not affect our participation in future Fix-It Fairs/ Repair Cafes. The Charlottetown Tool Library always hopes to provide islanders with affordable, sustainable options to reduce waste, grow, build, repair, and learn.

07/15/2025

06/06/2025

📢ISLANDERS ARE YOU READY?🚨

https://habitatpei.ca/the-big-flip/

The Big Flip is BACK and even better this year, with MORE PRIZES to be won!

Habitat for Humanity PEI has once again partnered with Kent Building Supplies for The Big Flip Contest- An ISLAND-WIDE Furniture Flipping Contest ♻️

All you have to do is to transform pre-loved furniture into beautiful masterpieces and support sustainability in the process.

How it works:
1. Find a pre-loved piece of furniture (Habitat PEI's ReStore is a great place to start!)
2. Take a "before" photo of the furniture in its original state
3. Let the creativity begin! Refurbish your piece and document the transformation with progress photos
4. Once your masterpiece is completed, upload your progress photos and finished piece on our website before 11:59PM on August 3, 2025.

For more information on how to enter, contest rules, & the prizes to be won, visit the🔗 in our bio! Get creative, help reduce waste, and show off your DIY skills Islanders! We can't wait to see what you come up with👏

10/22/2024

Thanks to the Support of the City of Charlottetown we are offering half-price memberships this week October 21-28 2024. sign up at https://charlottetowntoollibrary.myturn.com/library/

06/11/2024

Good news everyone!

We have successfully reached our goal and the Charlottetown Tool Library will be able to keep running. Thank you to all of our amazing donors and to those who have supported us. We have been working on our plan for the future and hope to share it with you all soon.

It has been a rough year. As you may or may not know our founder Daniel Cousin… Daniel Cousins needs your support for Help save the Charlottetown Tool library

05/28/2024

We have made it passed the third-way mark of our fundraiser. thank you to everyone who has shared and donated so far.

It has been a rough year. As you may or may not know our founder Daniel Cousin… Daniel Cousins needs your support for Help save the Charlottetown Tool library

05/15/2024

Update: We have been able to negotiate a bit of extra time to pay our rent. Thanks to the advice of a few people who have reached out We have set up a GoFundMe campaign to help raise the needed rent money and some additional funds to get us through the summer while we plan our future.

Thanks to everyone for their support and please share and support us if you can.

It has been a rough year. As you may or may not know our founder Daniel Cousin… Daniel Cousins needs your support for Help save the Charlottetown Tool library

05/15/2024

Hello everyone,

It has been a rough year. As you may or may not know our founder Daniel Cousins has often picked up the slack in funding to cover the rent of the CTL. In February they had a health scare and have been dealing with the fallout from that it has put them in a financial strain and left them unable to cover the Tool Library's costs. We have fallen behind on the rent and need to sure up our account. We know that times are tough for everyone and costs have been rising for everything. As Daniel has said many times the ideal goal of the Tool Library is that it be a free service. Right now we are uncertain of our future and thank anyone who has supported us in the past and can support us at this time.