Located in the Rexdale area of the former suburb of Etobicoke, this school existed from September 1988 until June 2002.

[1] By 2001, the portion of Rexdale containing the school was the poorest part of the neighborhood.

[2] The closing of Marian was done in order for the school board to receive additional grants from the provincial government of Ontario.

Those grants would be used to rebuild Henry Carr and Monsignor Johnson.

[2] Students in Nick Lacoppola's automotive technology class at Marian Academy successfully converted two gas-powered cars to electrical power in the mid 90s.