List of Canadians - Inventors

Inventors

• Abbott, Scott (unknown) – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Ahearn, Thomas PC(1855–1938) – invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater
• Barringer, Anthony R. (born 1925) – 70 patents for mineral exploration technology
• Bascom, Earl W. (1906–1995) – co-invented rodeo's side-delivery chute, invented reverse-opening side-delivery chute, hornless bronc saddle, one-hand bareback rigging and high-cut chaps
• Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922) – born in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States
• Bombardier, Joseph-Armand (1907–1964) – invented the snowmobile
• Bull, Gerald (1928–1990) – invented the G5 howitzer and the Iraqi supergun
• Carroll, Thomas (1888–1868) – developed first self-propelled combine harvester
• Dow, Herbert Henry (1866–1930) – invented a method of bromine extraction known as the Dow process
• Evans, Mathew (unknown) – co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
• Fenerty, Charles (c. 1821–1892) – Canadian inventor of the wood pulp process for making paper.
• Fessenden, Reginald (1866–1932) – 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 Fleming, Sandford (1827–1915) – inventor of the system of Standard Time zones
• Franks, Wilbur R. (1901–1986) – invented the anti-black-out-suit (the G-suit)
• Gesner, Abraham Pineo (1797–1864) – inventor of kerosene; known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry"
• Gosling, James (born 1955) – invented Java computer language
• Haney, Chris (1950–2010) – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Jacks, Sam (1915–1975) – inventor of ringette
• Klein, George (1904–1992) – developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and the Canadarm
• Krogh, Thomas Edward (born 1936) – developed technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating to further the precision of geochronology
• Le Caine, Hugh (1914–1977) – invented the music synthesizer in 1945
• McCoy, Elijah (1844–1929) – developed automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy"
• MacPherson, Cluny (1879–1966) – invented the first general-issue gas mask used by the British Army in World War I
• Markle, Wilson – (born 1938) – invented film colorization process in 1983
• Naismith, James (1861–1939) – invented basketball
• Robertson, Peter Lymburner (1879–1951) – invented the Robertson Screw
• Ruttan, Henry (June 12, 1792 – July 31, 1871) – invented air-conditioned railway coach
• Ryan, Thomas F. (1872–1971) – invented five-pin bowling
• Sicard, Arthur (unknown) invented the snowblower in 1925
• Sunatori, Simon (born 1959) – engineer, inventor and entrepreneur; created the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer
• Urry, Lewis (1927–2004) – invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
• Wasylyk, Harry – (born 1925) – invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in 1950
• Willson, Thomas (1860–1915) – invented arc lamps and process for creating calcium carbide
• Woodward, Henry (unknown) – co-inventor of the first electric light bulb