Sunday Canadian Special!

 Actually, Canada invented a lot more stuff than that: Here's a small sample!

Computing and animation

IMAX format

• Key frame animation was co-invented by Nestor Burtnyk and Marcelli Wein at the NRC in the 1970s.^[1]
• Multi-Dynamic Image Technique was invented by Christopher Chapman in 1967.
• IMAX Movie System was co-invented by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr in 1968.^[2]
• The trackball was first built for the DATAR computer (although the concept was first mentioned in a similar UK project)

Food and agriculture

See also: Canadian cuisine

Pablum

• Hawaiian Pizza was invented by the Greek Canadian cook and businessman, Sam Panopoulos, in 1962.
• California Roll was created by the Japanese-Canadian chef, Hidekazu Tojo, in the 1970s.
• Pablum was invented by Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Allan Brown in 1930.
• Canola was developed from natural rapeseed by NRC personnel in the (1970s).
• Marquis wheat was invented by Charles E. Saunders and tested at the Agassiz experimental farm in British Columbia. (~1900)
• McIntosh Red apple was developed by John McIntosh. (1811)
• An early form of peanut butter was first patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884.
• Instant mashed potatoes were invented by Edward Asselbergs in 1962.
• Canada Dry Ginger Ale was invented by John J. McLaughlin in 1907.
• Poutine
• Nanaimo Bar
• Butter Tarts
• Yukon Gold potato was invented by Gary Johnston in 1966.^[3]

Communication

Atomic clock

• The Walkie-Talkie was invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross for military use. (1942)
• Amplitude modulation was invented by Reginald Fessenden in 1906.
• Standard time was introduced by Scottish-born Sir Sandford Fleming in Canada in 1878.
• The Cesium Beam atomic clock was developed by National Research Council personnel in the 1960s.
• 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.
• Brunton compass was patented by David W. Brunton in 1894.
• Radio telephony was first demonstrated by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1901. 27.^[4]
• 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.

Transportation and mobility

Bell hydrofoil

• The first wheelchair accessible bus was invented by Walter Harris Callow, 1947^[5][6]
• The separable baggage check was invented by John Michael Lyons in 1882.
• The hydrofoil boat was invented by Alexander Graham Bell and Canadian 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 overhead power connection for electric streetcars was invented by John Joseph Wright (1883).
• The Canadarm was developed by staff of the SPAR Aerospace (1981).
• The electrically controlled variable-pitch propeller was invented by Wallace Rupert Turnbull and tested at CFB Borden (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 dicycle 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.^[7][8]
• TM4 MФTIVE, a lightweight magnet electric motor invented by Pierre Couture in 1982.
• The Quasiturbine was invented in 1996.^[9]
• The Electric wheelchair was invented by George Klein in 1952.
• Compound steam engine for marine use was invented by Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts in 1842.
• Electric car heater was invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1890.

Climate

Rotary snowplow

• The snow blower was invented by Arthur Sicard (1927).
• The steam-powered foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis (1854).
• The rotary snowplow for railroads was invented by a Canadian dentist in 1869, and perfected by Orange Jull of Orangeville, Ontario.

Defence

CADPAT digital camouflage pattern

• The first widely used military gas mask was introduced by Cluny MacPherson in 1915.
• The G-suit was invented by Wilbur R. Franks in 1941.
• The Canadian pipe mine, a land mine used in Britain in World War II
• 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
• The CADPAT was the first "digital" camouflage system, which was then used for the US MARPAT (1996).

Sport and entertainment

Table hockey

• Lacrosse was codified by William George Beers around 1860.
• Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891.
• Ice Hockey was invented in 19th Century Canada
• Jockstrap hard cup in 1927
• Table hockey game was invented by Donald Munro (1930s).
• The goalie mask was invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
• 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.
• Instant Replay was invented for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada in 1955.
• Ringette was invented by Sam Jacks and Mirl "Red" McCarthy in 1963.
• Abdomenizer was invented by Dennis Colonello in 1984.
• Trivial Pursuit was invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.

Science and medicine

Calcium carbide

• A process for extracting medicinal insulin was invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip (1922).
• The first practical electron microscope was built by James Hillier and Arthur Prebus in 1939.
• A process to extract Bromine was invented by Herbert Henry Dow in 1890.
• Thomas Willson invented a process for producing calcium carbide for Acetylene in 1892.
• Weevac 6 a stretcher for babies invented by Wendy Murphy in 1985.
• The Ebola Vaccine was discovered by researchers at Canada's Public Health Agency in 2014. ^[10]
• The Oil Red O forensic technique was discovered by Alexandre Beaudoin in 2004.

Domestic life

• Plexiglas was made practical by William Chalmers' invention for creating methyl methacrylate 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.
• The modern plunged-style Wonderbra was invented by Louise Poirier in 1964.
• Cardiac pacemaker was invented by John Hopps.
• Alkaline battery was invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
• Electric Oven was invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1882.
• Egg carton was invented by Joseph Coyle of Smithers, British Columbia in 1911.

Tools and manufacturing

Collerette ladder

• A process for distilling Kerosene was invented by Abraham Gesner and made the fuel popular.
• A process for making pulped wood paper was invented by Charles Fenerty.
• Caulking gun was invented by Theodore Witte in 1894.
• The paint roller was invented by Norman James Breakey.
• The Robertson screw was invented by P.L. Robertson in 1908.
• The rotary vane pump was invented by Charles Barnes and patented in 1874.
• Automatic Lubricating Cup was invented by Elijah McCoy in 1872.
• The Collerette ladder for fire fighting was invented by Montrealer Rodrigue Colleret and demonstrated in London in 1896.