Commander of the Canadian Army

No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office General Officer Commanding the Canadian Militia 1 Smyth, E.Lieutenant-General
Sir E. S. Smyth
(1819–1896) 1875 1880 4–5 years 2 Luard, R.Major-General
R. G. A. Luard
(1827–1891) 1880 1884 3–4 years 3 Middleton, F.Major-General
Sir F. D. Middleton
(1825–1898) 1884 1890 5–6 years 4 Treowen, I.Major-General
The Rt Hon. Lord Treowen
(1851–1933) 1890 1895 4–5 years 5 Gascoigne, W.Major-General
Sir W. J. Gascoigne
(1844–1926) 1895 1898 2–3 years 6 Hutton, E.Major-General
Sir E. T. H. Hutton
(1848–1923) 1898 1900 1–2 years 7 Haly, R.Major-General
R. H. O. Haly
(1841–1911) 1900 1902 1–2 years 8 Dundonald, D.Major-General
The Rt Hon. Earl of Dundonald
(1852–1935) 1902 1904 1–2 years Chief of the General Staff 1 Lake, P.H.N.Major-General
Sir P. H. N. Lake
(1855–1940) 1904 1908 3–4 years 2 Otter, W.D.Major-General
Sir W. D. Otter
(1843–1929) 1908 1910 1–2 years 3 Mackenzie, C. J.Major-General
Sir C. J. Mackenzie
(1861–1956) 1910 1913 2–3 years 4 Gwatkin, W.G.Major-General
Sir W. G. Gwatkin
(1859–1925) 1913 1919 5–6 years 5 Currie, A. W.Major-General
Sir A. W. Currie
(1875–1933)
(“Inspector-General
and Military Counsellor”) 1919 1920 0–1 years 6 MacBrien, J. H.Major-General
Sir J. H. MacBrien
(1878–1938) 1920 1927 6–7 years 7 Thacker, H. C.Major-General
H. C. Thacker
(1870–1953) 1927 1929 1–2 years 8 McNaughton, A. G. L.Major-General
A. G. L. McNaughton
(1887–1966) 1929 1935 5–6 years 9 Ashton, E. C.Major-General
E. C. Ashton
(1873–1957) 1935 1938 2–3 years 10 Anderson, T. V.Major-General
T. V. Anderson
(1881–1972) 1938 1940 1–2 years 11 Crerar, H. D. G.Major-General
H. D. G. Crerar
(1888–1965) 1940 1941 0–1 years 12 Stuart, K.Lieutenant-General
K. Stuart
(1891–1945) 1941 1943 1–2 years 13 Murchie, J. C.Lieutenant-General
J. C. Murchie
(1895–1966) 1944 1945 0–1 years 14 Foulkes, C.Lieutenant-General
C. Foulkes
(1903–1969) 1945 1951 5–6 years 15 Simonds, G. G.Lieutenant-General
G. G. Simonds
(1903–1974) 1951 1955 3–4 years 16 Graham, H. D.Lieutenant-General
H. D. Graham
(1898–1986) 1955 1958 2–3 years 17 Clark, S. F.Lieutenant-General
S. F. Clark
(1909–1998) 1958 1961 2–3 years 18 Walsh, G.Lieutenant-General
G. Walsh
(1909–1999) 1961 1964 2–3 years Commander of Mobile Command 1 Allard, J. V.Lieutenant-General
J. V. Allard
(1913–1996) 1965 1966 0–1 years 2 Anderson, W.Lieutenant-General
W. Anderson
(1915–2000) 1966 1969 2–3 years 3 Turcot, G.Lieutenant-General
G. Turcot
(1917–2010) 1969 1972 2–3 years 4 Milroy, W.Lieutenant-General
W. Milroy
(1920–2006) 1972 1973 0–1 years 5 Waters, S.Lieutenant-General
S. Waters
(1920–1991) 1973 1975 1–2 years 6 Chouinard, J.Lieutenant-General
J. Chouinard
(1922–2008) 1975 1977 1–2 years 7 Paradis, J. J.Lieutenant-General
J. J. Paradis
(1928–2007) 1977 1981 3–4 years 8 Belzile, C. H.Lieutenant-General
C. H. Belzile
(1933–2016) 1981 1986 4–5 years 9 Fox, J.Lieutenant-General
J. Fox 1986 1989 2–3 years 10 Foster, K.Lieutenant-General
K. Foster
(born 1938) 1989 1991 1–2 years 11 Gervais, J.Lieutenant-General
J. Gervais
(born 1938) 1991 1993 1–2 years Chief of the Land Staff 1 Reay, G.Lieutenant-General
G. Reay
(1943–2000) 1993 September 1996 2–3 years 2 Baril, M.Lieutenant-General
M. Baril
(born 1943) September 1996 September 1997 1 year 3 Leach, W.Lieutenant-General
W. Leach
(1942–2015) September 1997 August 2000 2 years, 11 months 4 Jeffery, M.Lieutenant-General
M. Jeffery August 2000 May 2003 2 years, 9 months 5 Hillier, R.Lieutenant-General
R. Hillier
(born 1955) May 2003 4 February 2005 1 year, 9 months 6 Caron, M.Lieutenant-General
M. Caron
(born 1954) 4 February 2005 June 2006 1 year, 3 months 7 Leslie, A.Lieutenant-General
A. Leslie
(born 1957) June 2006 June 2010 4 years 8 Devlin, P.Lieutenant-General
P. Devlin June 2010 21 July 2011 1 year, 1 month Commander of the Canadian Army and Chief of the Army Staff 1 Devlin, P.Lieutenant-General
P. Devlin 21 July 2011 July 2013 1 year, 11 months 2 Hainse, M.Lieutenant-General
M. Hainse
(born 1964) July 2013 January 2016 2 years, 6 months 3 Wynnyk, P.Lieutenant-General
P. F. Wynnyk
(born 1964) January 2016 16 July 2018 2 years, 6 months 4 Lanthier, J.Lieutenant-General
J. Lanthier 16 July 2018 20 August 2019 1 year, 1 month 5 Eyre, W.General
W. Eyre 20 August 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 9 months