List of Canadian inventions and discoveries

Canadian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes, or techniques—invented, innovated, or discovered—that owe their existence either partially or entirely to a person born in Canada, a citizen of Canada, or a company or organization based in Canada. Some of these inventions were funded by National Research Council Canada (NRCC), which has been an important factor in innovation and technological advancement. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two.

The following is a list of inventions, innovations or discoveries known or generally recognized to be Canadian.

Inventions and improvements

Notable Canadian inventions and improvements to existing technologies include:

Agriculture, food and beverage

Pecan butter tart
Hawaiian pizza
Nanaimo bar

Computing, film, and animation

IMAX format

Communications

Three Blackberry phones
Fessenden barretter
Rotary snowplow

Defence

CADPAT digital camouflage pattern

Domestic life and fashion

Inuit woman wearing an amauti

Science and medicine

Calcium carbide

Sport, music, and entertainment

Swimming polar bear carved from walrus ivory, Middle Dorset culture, Iglulik region
Table hockey

Tools and manufacturing

Collerette ladder

Transportation and mobility

Canadarm (right) during Space Shuttle mission
Bell hydrofoil

Animal breeds

A Canadienne heifer
Lac La Croix mare

Holidays & Events

See also

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