61 things invented by Canadians

[rainbowdemon]

1. Electric Street Car

2. Standard Time

3. Telephone

4. Java Script

5. Hockey

6. Lacross

7. Basketball

8. Complexion Cosmetic

9. Ice Skates

10. Electric Car Heater

11. Portable Film Developing System

12. Silicon Steel Alloy

13. Wireless Radio

14. Radio Transmitted Voice

15. Ginger Ale

16. Robertson Screw

17. Hydrofoil Boats

18. 5 Pin Bowling

19. Chocolate Bar

20. Railway Car Break

21. Sonar

22. Snowmobile

23. Syncronized Swimming

24. Snow Blower

25. Zipper

26. Television

27. Electric Organ

28. Frozen Food

29. Televison Camera

30. Paint Roller

31. Walkie-Talkie

32. Synthesizer

33. Pacemaker (for your heart)

34. Tuck-away-handle beer carton

35. Automatic postal sorter

36. Jolly Jumper

37. Goalie mask

38. Instant Mashed Potatoes

39. Football Goalpost

40. IMAX Movie system

41. Computerized Braille

42. Roadway Guardrail

43. Trivial Pursuit

44. CN Tower (Worlds tallest Freestanding structure)

45. Film Colourization

46. Silicon

47. Roller Skate

48. Toboggan

49. Tipi (Tepee)

50. Totem Pole

51. Kayak

52. Washing Machine

53. Snow Shoes

54. Mcintosh Apple

55. Newsprint

56. Kerosene

57. Odometer

58. Green Ink

59. Rubber Shoe Heels

60. Lawn Sprinkler

61. Electric Lightbulb (patent sold to Thomas Edison 1874)

[Malicious Intent]

Hockey???? People were playing that before there were enough inbred people in the world to live in a place as cold as Canada!

Every country lays claim to the invention of the telephone, TV and lightbulb.

Hold on a minute - Odemeter? Frozen food? Is this a joke <_>

[Wolfie]

16. Robertson Screw

[Malicious Intent]

I don't get it - I'm missing something here :(

[Wolfie]

I don't get it - I'm missing something here :(

You probably would not unless you had fat guy living next door named Robertson. :bigsmile:

[The Hunter]

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96mar/bell.html

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hor...9107/hockey.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa090100a.htm

[method77]

Most of them are not true but the most known invention of them all, telephone, was invented by Bell. He was scotish.

Now, if you count immigrants then yes, almost all inventions were american or canadian. Those countries were immigrant paradise during the past century.

eg. I will never consider Einstein american.

BTW sports were ALL invented by ancient cultures. Changes have been made during the years but the philosophy of each game comes from older games so I don't consider basketball, for instance, was invented by canadians. Check out a stamp issued by the greek post that features an old wall painting (left) that could be considered basketball. It may not be a plastic ball but the philosophy of putting a ball in a hoop was there. I know of a much better ancient basketball pic but can't find it...

[method77]

I know tha Mayans had a basketball-like game too.

This is also an ancient greek picture that shows something like field hockey...

[The Hunter]

He was living in Canada at the time. Cape Breton to be exact, and I do believe he was a Canadian citizen at the time.

Going by your reasoning, someone that is an immigrant and has taken up citizenship of a country is still not a citizen. That would also mean that the lady that is going to be our next governor general , who was a Hatian refugee, is not a citizen of Canada. PS finally I agree with our countries choice of governor general, as she represents all that has made this country what it is.

[The Hunter]

PS, I believe the reference was to ice hockey, not field hockey. Basket ball I was always a bit dubious about, as if you give folks a ball anywhere, they will generally try and hit something with it. We may have made it popular, but I highly doubt it was invented here.

[method77]

You are right about citizenship but I always considered him scotish

[The Hunter]

LOL, I always considered him to be of Scottish heritage. Although the main thing I considered him to be was brilliant, and a great help to humanity, especially in the aid he did to help those with the same afflication as his wife. To be honest, although Im proud of my country, the main thing Im concerned with about inventors is, did they invent something to help humanity? The bugger that invented the zipper should have been shot, as any drunk that has caught his pecker in his zipper can tell you. I just bet that never happened with a button fly.

[Ken]

I know tha Mayans had a basketball-like game too.

Not really, the "ball game" was quite different than basketball.

It involved hitting the ball with your hip.

The losers were sacrificed.

[Shawn]

The guy that invented basketball was a Canadian teaching in the States.

I think we invented sex too.

[Excrement_Cranium]

The greatest Canadian invention ever was Canada. Idea theft is the greatest patent in America. I invented farting.

[Starfire]

no method....NOW IS OFFICIAL....the telephone was invented by Meucci.