With library membership, you can access over 30,000 films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema.

Visit Kanopy

With your library card, you will be able to watch up to 8 films per month.

• Each card holder receives 8 play credits per month. 
• Each video will use 1 play credit each (with the exception of Kanopy Kids and Great Courses, which don't use play credits). 
• Pressing play on a video uses a play credit, you will have 3 days to view that as many times as you like without using another play credit. 
• Your play credits will reset back to 8 on the first day of each month.

Have you created a Kanopy Account between April 9 and May 17? You may see a message saying “Membership Inactive: Please reactivate your membership” when trying to play a movie.  Select OK, enter your library card number an PIN, and select Verify. You can then go back to the collection and watch your movie.

Watch Tutorial or Follow the steps below to get started

Enjoying Kanopy on a laptop/desktop browser

Signing up for a Kanopy Account

(You must be 13 years or older to create an account).

Visit Kanopy Streaming Films. 

Select ADD LIBRARY CARD. 

Enter your barcode number and PIN, select Continue.

Next, eEnter your name, email address, create a password and select Sign Up. (We recommend using an email address to create your account, rather then a Facebook or Google Account).

Check your email  account for a message from Kanopy (it may appear in your junk mail folder). Click Verify Email, you will be taken back to the Kanopy collection. 

Click on the Play icon on any movie and enjoy.

Remember the email address and password that you use, you will use that to sign in to the collection from now on.

Technical requirements

The movies play directly on your browser through the internet on your computer. To enjoy the movies, it is suggested that you use the most up to date versions of one of the following browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

The following computer operating systems are recommended: 

• Windows 10 
• MacOS El Capitan and newer

More details on supported desktop browsers and systems from the Kanopy Help site.

Enjoying Kanopy on a smartphone or tablet

Download the Kanopy app

The Kanopy is available for free from your App store. Get it for...

• iPhones and iPads running iOS 9.0 and newer - Apple App Store
• Android devices running Android 4.3 and newer - Google Play
• Amazon Fire tablets running Android 4.3 and newer - Amazon Marketplace

Already have a Kanopy Account?

Once the Kanopy app is installed, open it, and swipe through the intro screens to the "Sign up to add your library and start watching" screen.

Tap Already a member? Log in.

Enter the email address and password you are using for your Kanopy Account. 

Tap Log in.

Tap on the Play icon on any movie and enjoy.

Creating a Kanopy Account

You must be 13 years or older to create an account. 

Once the Kanopy App is installed, open it, and swipe through the intro screens to the "Sign up to add your library and start watching" screen.

Technical Requirements

You can watch movies on the Kanopy App on the following smartphone and tablets. Select the links below for more details on your device, from the Kanopy Help site.

• iOS devices
• Android devices
• Amazon Fire tablets

A Wi-Fi connection is strongly recommended. 

You can turn off Cellular Data usage in Settings.

• Tap on the three-line menu icon ≡ in the top left corner of the app screen to slide out the menu.
• Tap Settings.
• Under the Cellular Data label, switch the option to 'Allow data usage for video playback" to off.

Need Further Help?

Check out the Help page available on the Kanopy website.

Or, get in touch with the ORL: Email help@orl.bc.ca, in your email please include any error message you’ve received, type of operating system you are on (e.g, Windows, Mac) and the type of device you are using (e.g. tablet, smartphone, PC or Mac).