His career highlight was a fourth-place finish in the C-1 500 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

He also won two silver medals in the C-4 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2002 and 2003.

[1] Since his paddling career ended, Boilard has become a successful businessperson in Quebec, founding CANU, a company that supports corporate leadership development.

In 2008 and 2012, Boilard served as a French-language analyst for Radio Canada and Reseau des Sports at the Olympic Games, covering canoe-kayak and rowing.

[2] In 2008, he was selected as a member of the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference.