Ottawa Division
Commissionaires Ottawa is the largest and fastest-growing member division of Commissionaires, Canada's premier security services provider. The company has been publicly acknowledged as a market leader and is currently listed as the largest private employer in Ottawa. Our massive service territory stretches across Northern Ontario, through the Ottawa Valley, throughout the Nation's Capital, and across the inter-provincial border into Gatineau and North West Québec. Today, more than 3,800 Commissionaires Ottawa security professionals provide a comprehensive range of identification, enforcement, training and security solutions at about 500 private and public sector sites-including high-tech, industrial and commercial office facilities; international and local airports; government, embassy and public buildings; hospitals, schools and shopping centres; law enforcement agencies; and, military compounds. Since 1939, we have drawn from our national strength by sharing a passion to protect Canadians and their property. As the most trusted security provider, we channel this strength through our dedication to, and knowledge of, modern security solutions that are tailored to the needs of every community we serve.
Commissionaires Ottawa Offices
Ottawa, Regional Head Office
Ottawa, Gloucester St
Gatineau, St. Joseph Blvd
Petawawa, Cornwallis Rd, CFB Petawawa
Sudbury, Elm St
www.commissionaires-ottawa.on.ca
Captain(N) Paul A. Guindon (Ret’d), CD
Chairman, National Business Management Committee, Commissionaires
CEO, Commissionaires Ottawa
In 2008, Paul was appointed as Chairman of the National Business Management Committee to provide leadership and direction on behalf of a nation-wide alliance of 17 Commissionaires CEOs. The committee’s focus is to find new and better ways of doing business in response to increased security threats, new standards and laws, continuous technological advances, and greater expectations for training and services. Today there are more than 20,000 commissionaires serving private and public sector clients from coast to coast.
In August 2004, Capt (N) Paul Guindon retired from military life to become the CEO of Commissionaires Ottawa – which today employs 3,800 security professionals who provide services at about 500 corporate, industrial, public and government client sites.
By 2006, Commissionaires Ottawa was appointed as the Lead Division of Identification Services on behalf of all Commissionaires offices from coast to coast. Under Paul’s leadership, Commissionaires was among the first to be certified and accredited by the RCMP to participate in their Real Time Identification Project (RTID) – a state-of-the-art digital fingerprint record repository capable of providing immediate criminal record updates and comprehensive information via a direct and secure link. The Idenfication Services portfolio includes the following business lines: on-site or mobile digital and ink fingerprinting, police clearance certificates (CPIC), complete background checks (which include employment screening and credit checks), a pardon application service, US waivers, as well as oaths and affidavits.
Paul Guindon is a 33-year veteran of the Canadian Navy. During his military career, he developed an advanced knowledge of weapons, missile systems and a wide range of national security protocols. He also honed his leadership skills during five command appointments and two deployments in a theatre of war. Paul is a graduate of Dalhousie University in Halifax and Le collège interarmées de défense in Paris. He also obtained his Advanced Military Studies Course (AMSC) from the Military Command and Staff College in Toronto.
In addition to his national and regional responsibilities with Commissionaires, Paul has served as Chair of the Canadian Society of Industrial Security Inc. - NCR Chapter since 2007. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Security Agencies, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the American Society of Industrial Security, the Centre for National Security (The Conference Board of Canada), as well as various other security, military and governmental associations.