What was invented by Canadians?

Top 50, by vote, from a recent poll:
1. Insulin, Treatment for Diabetes [1921, Frederick Banting, Charles Best]
2. Telephone [1876, Alexander Graham Bell]
3. Light Bulb [1874, Henry Woodward, Mathew Evans]
4. Five Pin Bowling [1908, Thomas F. Ryan]
5. Wonderbra [1964, Louise Poirier]
6. Pacemaker [1950, John Hopps, Wilfred Bigelow, John Callaghan]
7. Robertson Screw, 1908 [Peter Robertson]
8. Zipper [1913, Gideon Sundback]
9. Electric Wheelchair [1952, George Klein]
10. Poutine [1957, Fernand Lachance]
11. Cobalt-60 “Bomb” Cancer Treatment [1951, Harold Johns]
12. Java Programming Language [1994, James Arthur Gosling]
13. Bloody Caesar [1969, Walter Chell]
14. Canadarm [1975, Spar Aerospace/NRC]
15. Standard time [1878, Sir Sandford Fleming]
16. Electron Microscope [1939, James Hillier, Albert Prebus]
17. Ski-Doo [1922, Armand Bombardier]
18. BlackBerry [1999, Mike Lazaridis]
19. Radio Voice Transmission [1900, Reginald Fessenden]
20. Birchbark Canoe [First Peoples]
21. Basketball [1892, James Naismith]
22. Retractable Beer Carton Handle [1957, Steve Pasjack]
23. UV Degradable Plastics [1971, James Guillet]
24. Instant Replay [1955, CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada]
25. Goalie Mask [1959, Jacques Plante]
26. Marquis Wheat [1908, Sir Charles Saunders]
27. Pablum [1930, Alan Brown, Theodore Drake, Frederick Tisdall]
28. Lacrosse [First Peoples]
29. Electric Oven [1892, Thomas Ahearn]
30. Steam Fog Horn [1853, Robert Foulis]
31. Walkie-Talkie [1942, Donald L. Hings]
32. Alkaline Long-Lasting Battery [1959, Lewis Urry]
33. Paint roller [1940, Norman Breakey]
34. Electronic Music Synthesizer [1945, Hugh Le Caine]
35. WeeVac 6 [1990, Wendy Murphy]
36. Green Garbage Bag [1950, Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen, Frank Plomp]
37. Snowblower [1925, Arthur Sicard]
38. Self-propelled Combine Harvester [1937, Thomas Carroll]
39. Instant Mashed Potatoes [1962, Edward Asselbergs]
40. Explosives Vapour Detector [1985, Lorne Elias]
41. Marine Screw Propeller [1833, John Patch]
42. Plexiglas [1931, William Chalmers]
43. Key Frame Animation [1969, Nestor Burtnyk, Marcelli Wein]
44. CPR Mannequin: “ACTAR 911” [1989, Dianne Croteau, Richard Brault]
45. G-Suit [1941, Wilbur Rounding Franks]
46. Ardox Spiral Nail [1954, Allan Dove]
47. Automatic Lubricating Cup [1872, Elijah McCoy]
48. Crash-Position Indicator-CPI [1957, Harry Stevinson]
49. Caulking Gun [1894, Theodore Witte]
50. Separable Baggage Check [1882, John Mitchell Lyons]

Note: #47 is where the term 'The Real McCoy' came from.

2007-10-03 03:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋

Of the major sports globally There's a debate, although not much of a debate we invented ice hockey, in Nova Scotia in the 1800's. The first ever pro sports league that used the term "football" in its league name was the Canadian Football League in 1860. Including all of Europe and South American football (soccer leagues) James Naismith, a Canadian invented basked ball while living in Massachusetts So that leaves, in my opinion, baseball, rugby, and soccer and cricket. Personally I am a fan of all these sports expect basketball and cricket on some level. But, more so I'm a proud Canadian when I see a very small country, a very young country of on 30M people win at any of these sports on an international level. -We compete at the world baseball classic -We are the newest up and comers in the rugby world competition -A Canadian will be drafted 1st overall in the NBA draft this year, as well as two more Canadian in the rope 15 picks. -We don't play cricket and our soccer players are great but are managed by fools, organized by idiots, and are underfunded. -Last but not least we have 3 of the last 4 gold medals in Men's ice hockey, our ice hockey teams are worth more money then some epl teams. What we are best at, we defend, and the rest of the world will have to pry it from our cold cold ice cold, Canadian cold, dead hands. Now that's a sports Nation, go canada go!

2016-04-07 01:53:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Here are a few of the MILLION + Canadian inventions on record:

Air-Conditioned Railway Coach Invented by Henry Ruttan in 1858
AC Radio Tube Invented by Edward Samuels Rogers in 1925
Bone Marrow Compatibility Test Invented by Barbara Bain in 1960
Paint Roller invented by Norman Breakey of Toronto in 1940

2007-10-03 03:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋

A Canadian invented the game of basketball. alot of people don't know that.

2007-10-03 03:46:17 · answer #4 · answered by ron197192064 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋

Square drive screws!!

2007-10-03 03:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by JD 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Our idiot of a governor, Jennifer Granholm. Can't we just boot her sorry @$$ back across the Detroit River into Windsor and have the Canadians keep her there?

2007-10-03 03:43:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋

Canada.

2007-10-03 03:44:02 · answer #7 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋

Listen to the song Canadian Idiot and you shall know. I'm just saying it in good fun!

2007-10-03 03:38:59 · answer #8 · answered by ~*Fender Freak*~ 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋

Self depredation

2007-10-03 03:38:43 · answer #9 · answered by Nick A 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋

maple leaves

2007-10-03 03:38:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋

What was invented by Canadians?

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