13 Facts About Gwen Boniface

Gwen Boniface is the first woman to serve as OPP commissioner.

Gwen Boniface earned a Certificate in Law and Security Administration from Humber College in 1977.

Gwen Boniface earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University in 1982 and a Bachelor of Laws degree at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1988.

Gwen Boniface joined the OPP in 1977 as a provincial constable before being called to the bar in 1990.

Gwen Boniface was Superintendent-Director of the OPP in the First Nations and Contract Policing Branch from 1993 to 1995.

Gwen Boniface served in the Law Commission of Canada from 1997 to 2002.

Gwen Boniface was the Chief Superintendent Regional Commander for the OPP in Western Ontario from 1996 to 1998.

Gwen Boniface is the first woman to hold this position.

Gwen Boniface is the first female President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, and the first Canadian to hold the Vice Chair of the Division of State and Provincial Police of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Gwen Boniface stepped down as OPP commissioner in October 2006 to accept an advisory position with the Irish Garda Siochana.

In March 2022 Gwen Boniface was appointed one of three co-chairs of the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency following the events of the Freedom Convoy earlier that year.

Gwen Boniface was invested into the Order of Ontario in 2001 for her work with the First Nations communities.

Gwen Boniface is a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, the Order of St John, and has the Humber College Alumnus of Distinction Award.