Enrolment was approximately 550 as of 2019, but has ranged from 550 to 1500 during the school's history, in accordance with demographic trends.

Athletics have always been a special aspect of CVR student life since the school's opening in 1967.

CVR has fielded many competitive and championship teams, including several provincial champions.

Doug Vandor was a 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympian, and Matt Heaton was the 2017 and 2019 Rugby Canada Men's 15's Player of the Year.

Starting with the 2005 production of the musical FAME, the department has gone on to produce shows including Grease, Footloose, OZ, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Anything Goes, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dirty Dancing, Beauty and the Beast, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, Neverland, and The Lion King.