Lieutenant general J.M.S. Boivin, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD

Commander Canadian Joint Operations Command

LGen Steve Boivin joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1991 and attended the College Militaire Royal de St-Jean from 1991 to 1995 before being transferred to the Royal Military College of Canada for his final year.

Upon graduation in 1996, he was posted to the 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment (3 R22eR) in Valcartier, Quebec. From May 1996 to June 2002, he served as a Platoon Commander, Company Second-in-Command and Deputy Operations Officer. During this period of service, LGen Boivin deployed to Haïti, to East-Timor and to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

During the summer of 2002, LGen Boivin was posted to the Royal Military College of Canada and he attended the Land Force Technical Staff Programme (LFTSP). In 2003, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment (1 R22eR) in Valcartier as Company Second-in-Command and Unit Technical Adjudant.

In July 2004, after completion of his Special Operations Assaulter Course, LGen Boivin joined Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2) and served the majority of the next six years with the Unit, including multiple rotations to Afghanistan. In August 2010, LGen Boivin was posted to Toronto for the Joint Command and Staff Program (JCSP). Upon completion of the program, he returned to Ottawa and was seconded to the Privy Council Office with the Afghanistan Task Force. In the summer of 2012, LGen Boivin was assigned to the Chief of Force Development in the Directorate of Capability Integration.

LGen Boivin assumed command of JTF 2 in 2013 and commanded the unit until 2016. He then attended the National Security Program (NSP) in Toronto and was subsequently posted to the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Office as the Special Advisor. In May 2018, LGen Boivin became the Deputy-Commander of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command and officially assumed command in May 2021.