Bédard was born in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Québec and started cross-country skiing as a child.

Still in cadet's age he also competed at the Junior World Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2007, winning two silver and a bronze medal with the Canadian relay team with teammates Jean-Philippe Leguellec and François Leboeuf as well as Maxime Leboeuf, Brendan Green and Yannick Letailleur respectively.

His first win was in a European Cup race which came on March 12, 2008 when he finished the sprint event in first place.

The base for the win was laid in the shooting range clearing all targets.

He became only the third Canadian biathlete to win an international competition after Olympic and world champion Myriam Bédard and Sandra Keith, who had won a European Cup race earlier in 2003.