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IMAX: Graeme Ferguson and Roman Kroitor - Graeme Ferguson and Roman Kroitor were filmakers from Toronto who invented the IMAX Movie System in 1968. 

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Key frame animation: Nestor Burtnyk and Marcelli Wein - Nestor Burtnyk was an electrical engineer from Manitoba and Marcelli Wein was a computer graphics researcher who immigrated from Poland to Quebec. They invented the method of digital animation mimicking movement in the 1970s.

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Multi-dynamic image technique: Christopher Chapman - Christopher Chapman was a famous film writer, director, editor, and cinematographer. He changed movie making with his multi-dynamic image technique, where multiple images move within a screen, in 1964.

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Mouse trackball: three engineers - Tom Cranston, Fred Longstaff, and Kenyon Taylor were engineers who worked in the Royal Canadian Navy's computer systems and first developed a trackball for scrolling in 1952.

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Canola oil: Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stefansson - Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stefansson developed Canola oil in the 1970s. Canada is still a world-leading exporter of Canola oil.

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McIntosh Red: John McIntosh - John McIntosh either discovered or accidentally created the McIntosh Red apple by transporting a bunch of apples he found in his back yard to a garden. After some time, only one apple strain remained, the McIntosh Red.

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Peanut butter: Marcellus Gilmore Edson - Marcellus Gilmore Edson first patented peanut butter in 1884.

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Dried baby food: Canadian doctors - Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Alan Brown were Canadian doctors who invented Pablum, a dried baby food used to prevent rickets in babies.

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Canada Dry: John J. McLaughlin - Pharmacist and chemist John J. McLaughlin, first created Canada Dry in 1904 and it has since become one of the world's most-famous soft drinks.

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Yukon Gold potato: Gary R. Johnston - Gary R. Johnston was a Belgian immigrant who owned a potato development lab in southern Ontario. He cross-bred a Peruvian potato with European ones to create the Yukon Gold in 1953.

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Walkie-talkie: Donald L. Hings - Donald L. Hings was a Canadian inventor employed the military. He developed the portable radio signalling system in 1942. His invention was used in World War II.

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Standard time: Sandford Fleming - As the United States and the United Kingdom were unevenly implementing time zones using different methods, Sandford Fleming proposed an international standardization of time zones that was adopted in 1883.

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BlackBerry: Mike Lazaridis - BlackBerry phones, tablets, and RIM software was developed by Mike Lazaridis.

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Pager: Alfred J. Gross - The first pager was invented by Alfred J. Gross all the way back in 1949.

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56k modem: Dr. Brent Townshend - One of the first universal modems was invented by Dr. Brent Townshend in 1996. 

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Brunton compass: David W. Brunton - David W. Brunton invented a portable compass in 1894. 

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Wheelchair accessible bus: Walter Harris Callow - Walter Harris Callow invented wheelchair-accessible buses for disabled veterans coming home from the war in 1947.

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Hydrofoil boat: Casey Baldwin - Hydrofoil boats, invented by Casey Baldwin in 1908, lift the boat out of the water and shoot it across the surface, increasing its speed.

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First jetliner: James C. Floyd - In 1949, James C. Floyd designed the Avro Jetliner, the first commercial jet liner.

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Streetcar connecter: John Joseph Wright - The power connector for electric streetcars was invented by John Joseph Wright in 1883. 

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Canadarm: SPAR Aerospace - The Brampton, Ontario company SPAR Aerospace developed the Canadarm and the Canadarm 2, which were critical features of building and repairing the International Space Station. The Canadarm 2 was used to connect the Russian and American parts, finalizing the space station.

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Controllable propellers: Wallace Rupert Turnbull - In 1927, Wallace Rupert Turnbull invented airplane propellers that could be controlled from the cockpit and reversed.

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Snowmobile: Joseph-Armand Bombardier - The founder of the Bombardier company, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, invented the snowmobile in 1937. 

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Electric wheelchair: George Klein - The electric wheelchair was invented by George Klein in 1952. 

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Snow blower: Arthur Sicard - The snow blower was invented by Arthur Sicard in 1927. 

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Military gas mask: Cluny MacPherson - The first military gas mask was invented by Cluny MacPherson in 1915.

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G-suit: Wilbur R. Franks - The G-suit used for pilots who experience G-force when travelling at high speed was invented by Wilbur R. Franks in 1941. 

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Sonar: Reginald Fessenden - Sonar was invented by Reginald Fessende, who detected icebergs two kilometers away using Morse code in 1914.

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Lacrosse: the Iroquois - Lacrosse was invented by the Iroquois people and given standardized rules by William George Beers in 1860. 

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Ice hockey: Kingston, Ontario - No one is exactly sure who invented ice hockey, but a mixture of stick and ball games from the Mi'kmaq First Nation and British soldiers created hockey as we know it.

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Basketball: James Naismith - Basketball was invented by the Canadian peach farmer James Naismith in Florida in 1891. 

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Goalie mask: Jacques Plante - Jacques Plante played goalie in an era when goaltenders didn't wear protective gear like face masks, until he invented one in 1959. 

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Five pin bowling : Thomas F. Ryan - Five pin bowling was invented in Toronto by Thomas F. Ryan in 1909. 

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Instant replay: George Retzlaff - George Retzlaff used "wet film" in 1955 during CBC 'Hockey Night in Canada' games to show audiences replays.

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