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==Inventors== * [[Scott Abbott]] β co-inventor of [[Trivial Pursuit]] * [[Thomas Ahearn]] [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] (1855β1938) β invented the [[Electric stove#Early patents|electric cooking range]] and the electric car heater * [[Anthony R. Barringer]] (1925β2009) β holds 70 patents for [[mineral exploration]] technology * [[Earl W. Bascom]] (1906β1995) β co-invented rodeo's side-delivery chute, invented reverse-opening side-delivery chute, hornless bronc saddle, one-hand bareback rigging and high-cut chaps * [[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847β1922) β born in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States * [[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] (1907β1964) β invented the [[snowmobile]] * [[Gerald Bull]] (1928β1990) β invented the [[G5 howitzer]] and the [[Project Babylon|Iraqi supergun]] * [[Herbert Henry Dow]] (1866β1930) β invented a method of bromine extraction known as the [[Dow process (bromine)|Dow process]] * [[Mathew Evans]] β co-inventor of the first electric [[light bulb]] * [[Charles Fenerty]] (c. 1821β1892) β inventor of the [[wood pulp]] process for making [[paper]] * [[Reginald Fessenden]] (1866β1932) β [[radio]] inventor who made the first radio-transmitted audio transmission and the first two-way transatlantic radio transmission; also invented [[sonar]] and patented the first [[television]] system * Sir [[Sandford Fleming]] <small>[[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] [[Doctor of Science|DSc]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]]</small> (1827β1915) β inventor of the system of [[Standard Time]] zones * [[Wilbur R. Franks]] <small>[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]</small> (1901β1986) β invented the anti-black-out-suit (the [[G-suit]]) * [[Abraham Pineo Gesner]] (1797β1864) β inventor of kerosene; known as the "father of the petroleum industry" * [[James Gosling]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]]</small> (born 1955) β invented Java computer language * [[Chris Haney (Trivial Pursuit)|Chris Haney]] (1950β2010) β co-inventor of [[Trivial Pursuit]] * [[Sam Jacks]] (1915β1975) β inventor of [[ringette]] * [[George Klein (inventor)|George Klein]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (1904β1992) β developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and the [[Canadarm]] *[[James L. Kraft|James L Kraft]] (1874β1953) β entrepreneur and inventor, founder of L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later became [[Kraft Foods|Kraft Foods Inc]]; patented processed cheese (AKA American cheese) * [[Thomas Edvard Krogh]] <small>[[Doctor of Science|ScD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]]</small> (1936β2008) β developed technique of [[Radiometric dating|radiometric]] [[uranium]]-[[lead]] dating to further the precision of [[geochronology]] * [[Hugh Le Caine]] (1914β1977) β invented the [[music synthesizer]] in 1945 * [[Cluny Macpherson (physician)|Cluny MacPherson]] (1879β1966) β invented the first general-issue [[WWI gas mask|gas mask]] used by the British Army in [[World War I]] * [[Wilson Markle]] (1938β2020) β invented [[film colorization]] process in 1983 * [[Elijah McCoy]] (1844β1929) β developed automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy" * [[James Naismith]] (1861β1939) β invented [[basketball]] * [[P. L. Robertson]] (1879β1951) β invented the Robertson screw * [[Henry Ruttan]] (1792β1871) β invented air-conditioned railway coach * [[Thomas F. Ryan]] (1872β1971) β invented [[five-pin bowling]] * Arthur Sicard (1876β1946) β invented the [[snowblower]] in 1925 * [[Lewis Urry]] (1927β2004) β invented the long-lasting [[alkaline battery]] * [[Harry Wasylyk]] (1925β2013) β invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in 1950 * [[Thomas Willson]] (1860β1915) β invented [[arc lamp]]s and process for creating [[calcium carbide]] * [[Henry Woodward (inventor)|Henry Woodward]] β co-inventor of the first electric [[light bulb]]
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