Colonel Mathieu Dallaire

Director Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Canadian Armed Forces

Colonel Dallaire enlisted in 1994. As a junior officer, he served as a Troop Leader, Battle Captain, Deputy Squadron Commander, and Unit Adjutant. Promoted to the rank of Major, he served as Company Commander for the 2nd Canadian Division Training Center and as a Squadron Commander for the 12è Régiment blindé du Canada.

Following the Joint Command and Staff program at the Canadian Forces College, Colonel Dallaire was assigned to the 4th Canadian Division as J3 Domestic Operations. In 2015, he was posted to the Canadian Joint Operations Command, first serving as the Staff Officer to the Commander, before becoming J5 Africa following promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel. In May 2018, he took command of the Operations Services of the 2nd Canadian Division Support Group, where he remained until 2020.

Upon his return to Ottawa after his unit command, he served as Chief of Staff within the Canadian Armed Forces Transition Group. In 2022, he was posted to the Strategic Joint Staff where he served as the Director Current Operations for a year. In summer of 2024 and following the completion of the National Security Program, he is appointed Commander of 2nd Canadian Division Support Group and assumed the duties of the Director for the Royal Canadian Armour Corps.

Colonel Dallaire has participated in four operational deployments. In 2001, he was deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Troop Leader. From 2009 to 2010, he served in Afghanistan as the Executive Assistant to the Commander of Task Force Kandahar. In 2014, he was attached to NATO Allied Joint Force Command (Naples) as Land Operations Planner in the first days of Operation REASSURANCE. Finally, he was deployed as the first Chief of Staff to lead the creating of the Middle East Task Force Headquarters, initially set up to be in Jordan. For his performance during these deployments, he received two commendations at the command level.

Colonel Dallaire is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada with a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics. He also holds a master's degree in Defence Studies. He is a graduate of the National Security Program from the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.