It is located in the former suburb of Etobicoke, north of the intersection of Islington Avenue and Dixon Road in the Kingsview Village neighbourhood.

In the school's later years, Don Bosco became famous for then-Mayor Rob Ford's notorious football program.

[4] Ford skipped 5 1/2 hours of a City executive committee meeting to attend a "pre-season jamboree" with his team, not telling his council allies.

[5] Ford talked to Sun News Network about the program, how many students "come from gangs" and "broken homes", and without football would have "no reason to go to school".

In June 2013, police conducted raids as part of Project Traveller; murder charges in this case are expected.