Colonel Éric Fortin joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1994. During his career, he has held several tactical, operational, and strategic positions in both combat and construction engineering.

Colonel Fortin’s postings have taken him to Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, and Australia. He was the 25th Commanding Officer du 5e Régiment du Génie de Combat and he also served with CJOC, the Chief Military Engineer, and ADM(IE). He has deployed on domestic operations, and abroad in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Afghanistan, Haiti and finally in Kuwait, serving with the US Forces as Deputy Director Directorate of Strategic Communication.

Col Fortin has a bachelor’s degree from Laval University, and he completed a Master’s Degree in Defence Studies at the Royal Military College in Kingston and he has second Master’s Degree in National Security and Strategy (War Studies) through Deakin University (Australia). He is a Fellow of the Defence and Strategic Studies Course at the Australian Defence College.

Promoted to his current rank in 2019, he has been the Director of the Canadian Army Land Warfare Centre and the Chief of Staff of the Canadian Forces Military Police Group in Ottawa. He is currently serving as the Commander of the CF RP Ops Gp and Branch Advisor for the Canadian Military Engineers.

Date biography modified: 2024-07-03