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105 Thistle Down Blvd, Etobicoke, ON M9V, Canada
- SCHOOL TYPE: Catholic
- WEBSITE: St. John Vianney Catholic School
- SCHOOL LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle
- GRADES OFFERED: PK - 8
St. John Vianney Catholic School opened with 175 students to relieve overcrowding at St. Stephen Catholic School in September 1979 in a porta-pack on Thistledown Boulevard. In 1984, St. John Vianney moved to the present location which is leased from the Toronto District School Board. The school now has Special Education, English as a Second Language classes, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music and International Language classes (Italian) which are part of the daily curriculum.
Thistletown-Beaumond Heights is a culturally diverse neighbourhood which has seen many changes and many ethnic groups arrive and flourish. Although originally known as St. Andrew's, the village of Thistletown was renamed in honour of Dr. William Thistle, the local physician. In the late 1950s development from the expanding city of Toronto reached Thistletown. The northwest section of the area is known as both Beaumonde Heights.