Pelican Parts Forums - Canadian Inventions

Over in that stupid bondo thread that was closed (thankfully), a poster brought up the question of what, if anything, Canadians have invented. A little Google-sluthing came up with this:

Fathometer An early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919
Film Colourization Invented by Wilson Markle in 1983
Garbage Bag (polyethylene) Invented by Harry Wasylyk in 1950
Goalie Mask Invented by Jaques Plante in 1960
Gramophone Co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell & Emile Berliner in 1889
Green Ink Currency ink invented by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1862
Half-tone Engraving Co-invented by Georges Edouard Desbarats and William Augustus Leggo in 1869
Heart Pacemaker Invented by Dr. John A. Hopps in 1950
Hydrofoil Boat Co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin in 1908
IMax Movie System Co-invented in 1968 by Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr
Instant Mashed Potatos Dehydrated potato flakes were invented by Edward A. Asselbergs in 1962
Insulin Process Fredrick Banting, J. J. Macleod, Charles Best and Collip invented the process for insulin in 1922
JAVA Software programming language invented by James Gosling in 1994
Jetliner The first commercial jetliner to fly in North America was designed by James Floyd in 1949. The first test flight of the Avro Jetliner was on August 10 1949.
Jolly Jumper Baby's delight invented by Olivia Poole in 1959
Kerosene Invented by Doctor Abraham Gesner in 1846
Lawn Sprinkler Another invention made by Elijah McCoy
Light Bulb Leads Leads made of nickel & iron alloy were invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1892
Marquis Wheat Invented by Sir Charles E. Saunders in 1908
McIntosh Apple Invented by John McIntosh in 1796
Music Synthesizer Invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945
Newsprint Invented by Charles Fenerty in 1838
Odometer Invented by Samuel McKeen in 1854
Paint Roller invented by Norman Breakey of Toronto in 1940
Plexiglas Polymerized Methyl Methacrylate invented by William Chalmers in 1931
Polypump Liquid Dispenser Harold Humphrey made pumpable liquid hand soap possible in 1972
Portable Film Developing System Invented by Arthur Williams McCurdy in 1890, but he foolishly sold the patent to George Eastman in 1903
Potato Digger Invented by Alexander Anderson in 1856
Process to Extract Helium from Natural Gas Invented by Sir John Cunningham McLennan in 1915
Prosthetic Hand An electric prosthetic invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971
Quartz Clock Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock
R-Theta Navigation System Invented by J.E.G. Wright in 1958
Radio-Transmitted Voice Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1904
Railway Car Brake Invented by George B. Dorey in 1913
Railway Sleeper Car Invented by Samuel Sharp in 1857
Robertson Screw Invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908
Rotary Blow Molding Machine Plastic bottle maker invented by Gustave Côté in 1966
Rotary Railroad Snowplow Invented by J.E. Elliott in 1869
Rubber Shoe Heels Elijah McCoy patented an important improvement to rubber heels in 1879
Safety Paint A high reflectivity paint invented by Neil Harpham in 1974
Screw Propeller Ship's propeller invented by John Patch in 1833
Silicon Chip Blood Analyzer Invented by Imants Lauks in 1986
SlickLicker Made for cleaning oil spills and patented by Richard Sewell in 1970
Snowblower Invented by Arthur Sicard in 1925
Snowmobile Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1958
Standard Time Invented by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1878
Stereo-orthography Map Making System Invented by T.J. Blachut, Stanley Collins in 1965
Superphosphate Fertilizer Invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1896
Synthetic Sucrose Invented by Dr. Raymond Lemieux in 1953
Television System Reginald A. Fessenden patented a television system in 1927
Television Camera Invented by F. C. P. Henroteau in 1934
Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
Telephone Handset Invented by Cyril Duquet in 1878
Tone-to-Pulse Converter Invented by Michael Cowpland in 1974
Trivial Pursuit Invented in 1979 by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott
Tuck-Away-Handle Beer Carton Invented by Steve Pasjac in 1957
Undersea Telegraph Cable Invented by Fredrick Newton Gisborne in 1857
UV-degradable Plastics Invented by Dr. James Guillet in 1971
Variable Pitch Aircraft Propeller Invented by Walter Rupert Turnbull in 1922
Walkie-Talkie Invented by Donald L. Hings in 1942
Wireless Radio Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1900
Wirephoto Edward Samuels Rogers invented the first in 1925
Zipper Invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913

Looks like we dreamed up more than just Igloos up here! SmileWavy