Canadians have made various discoveries and inventions. Some of the most famous are listed below.
- Alexander Graham Bell -- hit on the idea of the telephone at his summer house in Canada.
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier -- invented the snowmobile, a light-weight winter vehicle.
- Sir Sandford Fleming -- invented the worldwide system of standard time zones.
- Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward -- together invented the first electric light bulb and later sold the patent to Thomas Edison who, more famously, commercialized the light bulb.
- Reginald Fessenden -- contributed to the invention of radio, sending the first wireless voice message in the world.
- Dr. Wilder Penfield -- was a pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal, and was known as "the greatest living Canadian."
- Dr. John A. Hopps -- invented the first cardiac pacemaker, used today to save the lives of people with heart disorders.
- SPAR Aerospace / National Research Council -- invented the Canadarm, a robotic arm used in outer space.
- Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie -- co-CEOs of Research in Motion (RIM), a wireless communications company known for its most famous invention -- the BlackBerry.
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