Things invented by Canadians

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Film colorization — invented by Wilson Markle in 1983.

Java programming language — invented by James Gosling in 1994.

56k modem — invented by Dr. Brent Townshend in 1996.

735kV power line — the international standard for long-distance electricity transmission, invented by Jean-Jacques Archambault in Quebec, where the world's first 735,000-volt line was commissioned in 1965.

AM broadcasting — invented by Reginald Fessenden in 1906.

Fathometer — an early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919.

Pager — invented by Alfred J. Gross in 1949.

Quartz clock — built by Warren Marrison in 1927.

Standard time — introduced by Scottish-Canadian Sandford Fleming in 1878.

Telephone — invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.

Undersea telegraph cable — invented by British-Canadian Fredric Newton Gisborne in 1857.

California roll — created by the Japanese-Canadian chef, Hidekazu Tojo, in the 1970s.

McIntosh Red apple — developed by John McIntosh (1811).

Poutine — created in the Centre-du-Québec region in the 1950s.

Yukon Gold potato — invented by Gary Johnston in 1966.

CADPAT digital camouflage pattern

ASDIC — invented by Robert William Boyle in 1916.
G-suit (or "anti-gravity suit") — a suit for high-altitude jet pilots invented by Wilbur R. Franks in 1941.

Defendo — a Canadian martial art

Sonar — invented by Reginald Fessenden.

Alkaline battery — invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.

Caesar (cocktail) — introduced in Calgary in 1969.

Electric cooking range — invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1882.

Green ink — invented by American Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1862 while teaching at Université Laval; used for various U.S. banknotes.

Incandescent light bulb — invented in 1874 by Henry Woodward, who sold the patent to Thomas Edison.

Jolly Jumper — a baby jumper invented by Olivia Poole in 1959.

Lawn sprinkler — invented by Elijah McCoy.

Plexiglas — made practical by William Chalmers' invention for creating methyl methacrylate, while a graduate student at McGill University in 1931.

Snow goggles — used by Inuit to prevent snow blindness in the Arctic and were made typically from ivory, bone or other materials.

The first coloured coins used in circulation

Kerosene — Discovered in the 1840s by Abraham Gesner.

CPR mannequin — invented by Dianne Croteau in 1989.

The first practical electron microscope was built by James Hillier and Arthur Prebus in 1939.

Finite element method, a method for numerically solving differential equations, invented by Alexander Hrennikoff

Forensic pathology in policing — introduced by Dr. Frances McGill (1877–1959).

NeisVac‑C — a conjugate vaccine developed in 1982 by Harold Jennings and his Ottawa-based team for immunizing against Group C meningococcal meningitis.
 

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Palm n’ Turn — child-proof container technology developed by Dr. Henri Breault in 1967.

Five-pin bowling — invented by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto in 1909.

Jockstrap hard cup — added to the existing jockstrap undergarment by Guelph Elastic Hosiery in 1927.

Baseball — The first ever recorded baseball type game in Canada was played in Beachville, Upper Canada on June 4, 1838.

Collerette ladder for firefighting — invented by Montréal firefighter Rodrigue Colleret and demonstrated in London in 1896.

Robertson screw — invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908.

Rotary vane pump — invented by Charles Barnes and patented in 1874.

Air-conditioned railway coach — invented by Henry Ruttan in 1858.

BIXI — a public bicycle sharing system launched in Montreal in 2009.

Brunton compass — patented by David W. Brunton in 1894.

Canadarm — developed by staff of the SPAR Aerospace (1981).

Electric car heater — invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1890.

Hydrofoil boat — invented by Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin in 1908.

The first commercial jetliner to fly in North America — designed by James C. Floyd, the term jetliner being derived from his Avro Jetliner (1949).

Overhead power connection for electric streetcars — invented by John Joseph Wright (1883).

Parclo (partial cloverleaf) interchange — developed by planners at the Ontario Department of Highways (c. 20th century)

Road lines — invented by John D. Millar. The world's first road lines were painted on a stretch of highway between Ontario and Quebec in 1930.