Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Scott described Williams as a "sick and dangerous man" in handing down the strongest sentence available under Canadian law.
Williams will not be eligible for parole for 25 years.
Police arrested Williams in February for the disappearance and death of a 27-year-old woman, last heard from the previous month.
He was later charged with the November 2009 murder of a female corporal under his command at the Trenton military base, as well as in two home invasions in which women were confined and sexually assaulted, and an additional 82 counts of break-and-enter and attempted break-and-enter in Ottawa, Belleville and Tweed.
A stash of women's undergarments taken by police from Williams' Ottawa residence was linked to the burglaries near his home and job.
Police also seized hundreds of photographs and videos of the sexual assaults and murders from his home computer.
At sentencing, Williams sobbed as he apologised for the pain and suffering he caused, for "violating people's intimate privacy" and betraying his family, friends and military colleagues.
"Your Honour, I stand before you ashamed of the crimes I've committed," he said. "I deeply regret what I've done, and the harm I've caused with these despicable crimes." LINK
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