Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer announced on social media Tuesday that his recovery was going well following brain surgery he underwent in October and that he is expected to return to work soon. “Many of you have been asking how I’m doing. I’m still recovering, but I’m back home and feeling great! The first week was tough: I couldn’t walk or see out of my right eye. But I’m now fully functional, so I’ll be able to return to work shortly,” Boyer wrote on Facebook. The 38-year-old thanked his surgeon and the medical team at Sacré-Cœur Hospital in Montreal, saying he was in the operating room for nearly 16 hours. He also thanked his loved ones for being there for him. “Health-care workers do incredible work under conditions that aren’t always easy—just like family caregivers,” he wrote. Boyer announced in September that he had a brain tumour. He shared on social media a photo of the tumour in his brain, located between his brain, one of his eyes, and a major artery, and said it was “as big as a golf ball.” He said headaches and vision problems prompted him to get imaging of his brain. Laval City Councillor Ray Khalil served as acting mayor while Boyer took a temporary medical leave to recover from his surgery. Boyer has been mayor of Laval since 2021. He became the youngest mayor in the city’s history at 33. He was re-elected in 2025.
