Canadian products that changed the world, from batteries to the Blackberry
Daniel Coughlin
22 May 2023
Ingenious inventions from the Great White North
Dawid S Swierczek/Shutterstock
Kayak (up to 5,000 years ago)
Captain Lynn [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Toboggan (many centuries ago)
BiblioArchives/LibraryArchives/Flickr CC
Sunglasses (many centuries ago)
Julian Idrobo/CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
Petroleum jelly (many centuries ago)
Kiyok/CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
Parka (many centuries ago)
George R. King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Chewing gum (many centuries ago)
Jody/Shutterstock
Steam fog horn (1853/1854)
kenny1/Shutterstock
Light bulb (1874)
Marzolino/Shutterstock
Telephone (1876)
Moffett Studio [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Electric oven (1882)
Courtesy Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
Peanut butter (1884)
M. G. Edson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Caulking gun (1894)
noprati somchit/Shutterstock
Bi-pin connector (1894)
Artography/Shutterstock
Egg carton (1911)
Courtesy Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Zipper (1914)
Gideon Sundbäck [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Insulin (1921)
Sherry Yates Young/Shutterstock
Snowmobile (1922)
Library and Archives Canada [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Snow blower (1925)
Archives de la Ville de Montréal [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Walkie-talkie (1937)
Bob Orsillo/Shutterstock
Paint roller (1940)
Rasta777/Shutterstock
G-suit (1941)
Courtesy University of Toronto Archives
Pager (1949)
Kb7uxe [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Garbage bag (1950s)
UPPICHAYA/Shutterstock
Electric wheelchair (1953)
Courtesy University of Toronto Archives
Alkaline battery (1954)
Dawid S Swierczek/Shutterstock
Wonderbra (1964)
Courtesy Wonderbra
IMAX (1968)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Electric prosthetic hand (1971)
Krysja/Shutterstock
Trivial Pursuit (1979)
Pratyeka/CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
BlackBerry (1999)
BCFC/Shutterstock
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