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[edit] Computing and Animation
* Charge coupled device was co-invented by Canadian physicist Willard Boyle and American physicist George E. Smith (1969) (shared the Nobel Prize in Physics, 2009).
* Key frame animation was invented by Nestor Burtnyk and Marcelli Wein in the 1970s.
[edit] Food and agriculture
* Manure spreader was invented by Joseph Kemp in 1875.
* Canola (or rapeseed) was developed by National Research Council personnel in the (1940s).
* Marquis wheat was invented by Charles E. Saunders.
* McIntosh Red apple was developed by John McIntosh.
* Peanut butter was first patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884.
* Instant mashed potatoes were invented by Edward Asselbergs in 1962.
* Pablum was invented by Canadian doctors Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Alan Brown in 1930.
* Canada Dry Ginger Ale was invented by John A. McLaughlin in 1907.
* Poutine
* Nanaimo Bar
* Butter Tarts
[edit] Communication
* The Walkie-Talkie was invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross for military use (1942)
* The television camera was improved by F.C.P. Henroteau (1934).
* Amplitude modulation was invented by Reginald Fessenden in 1906.
* Standard time was introduced by Sir Sandford Fleming (1878).
* The Cesium Beam atomic clock was developed by National Research Council personnel in the 1960s.
* Java programming language was invented by James Gosling.
* Development of the BlackBerry was led by Mike Lazaridis.
* The pager was invented by Alfred J. Gross in 1949.
* The 56k modem was invented by Dr. Brent Townshend in 1996.
* The telephone was invented by Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell in Brantford, Ontario
* Brunton compass was patented by David W. Brunton in 1894.
* Radio telephony was first demonstrated by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1901. 27.[1]
* was invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross in 1942 for military use.IMax Movie System was Co-invented by Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr in 1968.[2]
* Fathometer an early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919.
* Computerized Braille was invented by Roland Galarneau in 1972.
* Hot wire barretter was invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1902.
[edit] Transportation and mobility
* The separable baggage check was invented by John Michael Lyons in 1882.
* The hydrofoil boat was invented by Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin(1908).
* The first commercial jetliner to fly in North America was designed by James C. Floyd, the term jetliner being derived from his Avro Jetliner (1949).
* The electric streetcar was improved by John Joseph Wright in (1883).
* The Canadarm was developed by staff of the National Aeronautical Establishment (1981).
* The variable pitch propeller was invented by Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1927).
* The snowmobile was invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1937).
* The Crash Position Indicator was invented by personnel of the National Research Council in the (1950s)
* The Parclo (partial cloverleaf) interchange was developed by planners at the Ontario Department of Highways (20th century)
* The Uno motorcycle was invented by Ben Gulak while still a teenager in 2006.
* Bixi, a public bicycle sharing system launched in Montreal in 2009.
* JACO, a robotic arm for wheelchair invented by Charles Deguire and Louis-Joseph Caron L'Écuyer from Kinova.[3][4]
* Power Knee, a robotic leg device invented by Victhom [5][6]
* TM4 MФTIVE, a lightweight magnet electric motor invented by Pierre Couture in 1982.
* The Quasiturbine was invented in 1996.[7]
* Birch bark canoe was invented in Canada by aboriginals.
* The Electric wheelchair was invented by George Klein in 1952.
* Prosthetic hand was invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971.
* Compound steam engine for marine use was invented by Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts in 1842.
* Electric car heater was invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1890.
[edit] Climate
* The snow blower was invented by Arthur Sicard (1927).
* The foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis (1854).
* The rotary snowplow for railroads was invented by a Canadian dentist in 1869.
[edit] Defence
* The gas mask was improved by Cluny MacPherson in 1915.
* The G-suit was invented by Wilbur R. Franks in 1941.
* The Walkie-Talkie
* SONAR was invented by Reginald Fessenden .
* ASDIC was invented by Robert William Boyle in 1916.
* The Beartrap (helicopter device) was invented for the Royal Canadian Navy in the early 1960s and still in use in the 21st century by the Canadian Forces Maritime Command.
* The CADPAT was the first ion and passive negative ion generator uniform in the world developed in 1996.
[edit] Sport and entertainment
* Table hockey games was invented by Donald Munro (1930s).
* Basketball was invented by James Naismith (1892).
* The goalie mask was invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
* Multi-Dynamic Image Technique was invented by Christopher Chapman in 1967.
* IMAX was co-invented by Roman Kroitor in 1968.
* DigiSync a bar-code reader used in motion picture production was invented by Mike Lazaridis (it won Emmy and Academy Awards in 1999)
* Five pin bowling was invented by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto in 1909.
* Lacrosse was codified by William George Beers around 1860.
* Ice hockey was invented in Windsor, Nova Scotia. The life long dispute has been made official.[citation needed]
* Instant Replay was invented for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada in 1955.
* Abdomenizer was invented by Dennis Colonello in 1984.
* Trivial Pursuit was invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.
[edit] Science and Medicine
* Insulin (as a diabetes treatment) was invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip (1922) But, first invented in 1916 by Nicolae Paulescu.
* Cobalt-60 “Bomb” Cancer Treatment was invented by Harold Johns in 1951.
* Electron Microscope was invented by James Hillier and Arthur Prebus in 1939.
* Explosives Vapour Detector was invented by Lorne Elias in 1985.
* Bromine A process to extract was invented by Herbert Henry Dow in 1890.
* Bone Marrow Compatibility Test was invented by Barbara Bain in 1960.
* Calcium Carbide Thomas Willson invented a process for Calcium Carbide in 1892.
* Acetylene Thomas L. Wilson invented the production process in 1892.
[edit] Domestic life
* Pablum was invented by Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Allan Brown in 1930.
* Plexiglas was invented by William Chalmers while a graduate student at McGill University in 1931.
* Easy-Off Oven Cleaner was invented by Herbert McCool in Regina in 1932.
* The garbage bag was invented by Harry Wasylyk, 1950.
* The jolly jumper was invented by Olivia Poole in 1959.
* Caesar (cocktail), introduced in Calgary in 1969.
* Bi-pin connector was invented by Reginald Fessenden in 1893.
* Wonderbra was invented by Louise Poirier.
* Cardiac pacemaker was invented by John Hopps.
* Alkaline battery was invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
* Automatic Lubricating Cup was invented by Elijah McCoy in 1872.
* Caulking gun was invented by Theodore Witte in 1894.
* Electric Oven was invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1882.
* WEEVAC 6 was invented by Wendy Murphy.
* Egg carton was invented by Joseph Coyle of Smithers, British Columbia in 1911.
[edit] Tools and manufacturing
* A process for distilling Kerosene was invented by Abraham Gesner.
* A process for making pulped wood paper was invented by Charles Fenerty
* The paint roller was invented by Norman James Breakey.
* The Robertson screw was invented by P.L. Robertson
* Ardox Spiral Nail was invented by Allan Dove.
* The rotary vane pump was invented by Charles Barnes.
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