The college is situated on 15 hectares (37 acres) and located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

In 1887, the secondary school transferred to the eastern side of St Mary's Cathedral, since this was a more central location and provided more space.

[1] Marist College Canberra opened in 1968 with primary classes whilst construction of the secondary school building was still being completed.

[3] In December 2015 the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that the Marist Brothers had been aware of the allegations against Chute since the 1960s, but continued to transfer him between schools.

[6] In November 2017, Brother Wade was sentenced to 18 months in prison, having been found guilty of previously abusing students at schools in Hamilton (1976) and Kogarah (1980).

These competitions include athletics, swimming and cross country carnivals, academic performance, community service hours, and walkathon collection total Marist is a member school of the Associated Southern Colleges (ASC).

The college competes against other schools in this competition in a number of different sports, including Australian Rules Football, hockey, athletics, cricket, rugby, swimming and cross country.

[citation needed] Below are some of the more commonly known or contemporary examples; 49 Old Boys are known to have represented in Rugby Union at state level.