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Canadian Inventions and Discoveries
Canadians have invented and discovered many things, but seldom get much acknowledgment for their contributions. Here is a list of just a fraction of Canadian inventions and discoveries.
Canadians have invented and discovered many things, but seldom get much acknowledgment for their contributions. Here is a list of just a fraction of Canadian inventions and discoveries.
- Actar 911 CPR Dummy - Dianne Croteau, Richard Brault, and Jonathan Vinden
- Anti-gravity suit - Dr. Wilbur R. Franks
- Automatic lubricators - Elijah McCoy
- Avro Arrow - Royal Canadian Air Force
- Balderdash - Laura Robinson and aul Toyne
- Basketball - Dr. James A. Naismith
- Birchbark canoe - Canada's Natives
- Chocolate bar - James K. Ganong
- Cobalt bomb - University of Saskatchewan and Eldorado Mining and Refining
- Cystic fibrosis gene - Lap-Chee Tsui
- Electric cooking range - Thomas Ahearn
- Electric wheelchair - George J. Klein
- Electron microscope - The University of Toronto
- Explosives and vapour detector - Dr. Lorne Elias
- Five-pin bowling - Thomas E. Ryan
- Football goalpost with single base - Jim Trimble
- Fuller brush - Alfred C. Fuller
- Ginger ale - John J. McLaughlin
- Green garbage bag - Harry Wasylyk
- Green ink - Thomas Sterry Hunt
- Hydrofoil boat - Casey Baldwin and Alexander Graham Bell
- Ice hockey - Members of the Royal Canadian Rifles
- Imax film format - Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr
- Instant food - Dr. Edward Asselbergs
- Insulin - Frederick Banting
- Java - James Gosling
- Jolly jumper - Olivia Poole
- Kayak - Canada's Natives
- Kerosene - Dr. Abraham Gesner
- Lacrosse - Canada's Natives
- Laser sailboat - Bruce Kirby, Ian Bruce, and Hans Fogh
- Light bulb - Henry Woodward (later sold the patent to Thomas Edison)
- McIntosh apple - John McIntosh
- Mobile blood-transfusion service - Norman Bethune
- Newsprint - Charles Fenerty
- Pablum - Doctors T.G.H. Drake, Alan Brown, and Frederick F. Tisdall
- Pacemaker - Wilfred Bigelow
- Paint roller - Norman Breakey
- Panoramic camera - John Cannon
- Pictionary - Rob Angel
- Retractable beer case handle - Steve Pasjac
- Robertson Screwdriver - Peter Lymburner Robertson
- Snow blower - Arthur Sicard
- Snow shoes - Canada's Natives
- Snowmobile - Joseph-Armand Bombardier
- Speed of sound - Dr. George Wong
- Standard time - Sandford Fleming
- Stanley Cup - Lord Stanley of Preston
- Steam foghorn - Robert Foulis
- Stol aircraft - de Havilland Canada
- Superman - Joe Shuster
- Synchronized swimming - The Canadian Royal Lifesaving Society
- Table hockey - Donald Munro
- Telegraph - Frederic Newton Gesborne
- Tipi - Canada's Natives
- Tobaggan - Canada's Natives
- Trivial Pursuit - Chris Haney and Scott Abbott
- Variable pitch propeller - Wallace Rupert Turnbull
- Velcro - George de Mestral
- Walkie-Talkie - Donald L. Hings
- Yachtzee - Edwin S. Lowe
- Zipper - Gideon Sundback