{"id":5632,"date":"2022-06-29T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/?p=5632"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:42:03","slug":"canadian-inventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/canadian-inventions\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Inventions You Probably Didn\u2019t Know Were Canadian \ud83c\udf41"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In celebration of Canada Day we wanted to highlight the many ground breaking Canadian inventions that have made our lives better and easier. But the list was far too long; Insulin, the Telephone, Cardiac Pacemaker, the Snowmobile, Lacrosse, Basketball, the Prosthetic Hand. How could we possibly decide which to include in our top list? Instead we came up with the 7 of the lesser known inventions the world can thank Canada for.<\/p>\n

Peanut Butter<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 in 1884 Marcellus Gilmore Edson<\/a> created this nutty treat<\/a> in Quebec as a food option for people who couldn\u2019t chew. George Washington Carver, who is often credited, with this invention was responsible for making it popular in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\"\"

We are nuts about this Canadian invention – Peanut Butter!<\/p><\/div>\n

Paint Roller<\/strong><\/span>  \u2013Norman Breakey<\/a> of Toronto was determined to find a better way to paint an entire building. He slid a cylinder of absorbent material onto a handle and dipped it in paint. Interest in the paint roller increased during a WWII paint brush shortage but Breakey never had the cash to patent the paint roller<\/a> and died without receiving a nickel for his idea.<\/p>\n

\"\"

1940’s Paint Roller and modern Roller<\/p><\/div>\n

Electric Oven<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Thomas Aheard of Ottawa wanted an alternative to wood or gas, he turned to electricity to cook a meal. Made of bricks, the first electric oven was six feet high by six feet wide. At that size no wonder its first demonstration meal<\/a> took place at Ottawa\u2019s Windsor Hotel in 1892.<\/p>\n

\"\"

This 1949 electric stove is smaller than the original 6’x6′ stove invented in Ottawa in 1892. Photo Wikimedia<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Foghorn<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Walking around in fog helped Robert Foulis of Saint John, New Brunswick invent the steam powered foghorn<\/a> in 1859. It worked much like a tea kettle, and was a key navigational tool that saved thousands of lives for more than 100 years. Foulis never patented his Foghorn and died penniless in 1866.<\/p>\n

\"\"

The world’s first steam-operated fog horn on Partridge Island. Photo Canadashistory.ca<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Egg Carton<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Newspaper editor Joseph Coyle<\/a> of Smithers, BC wanted to find a way to carry eggs without them breaking. He came up with an egg-cellent new use for paper in 1911.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Now it’s safe to put all your eggs in one basket..or carton.<\/p><\/div>\n

Goalie Mask<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Tired of getting hit in the face by hockey pucks, Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante<\/a> invented the fibreglass goalie mask<\/a>. He wore it for the first time after breaking his nose in the first period during a game against the New York Rangers in 1951 and changed the face of hockey.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Wearing his new mask, Plante in action against the Toronto Maple Leafs a few months into the 1959-60 season. Photo: Hockey Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Superman<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 the first DC comic superhero was co-created by Toronto-born Joe Shuster<\/a> . Metropolis was inspired by Toronto, and the Daily Planet was based on the Toronto Star<\/a> where Shuster had an afterschool job selling newspapers.<\/p>\n

\"\"

The cover of Superman #6 by Joe Shuster, the original artist and Superman creators Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster. Photo: Wikimedia<\/a> Creative Commons <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Want to see more? Here\u2019s a list<\/a> of the top 100 inventions made in Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In celebration of Canada Day we wanted to highlight the many ground breaking Canadian inventions that have made our lives better and easier. But the list was far too long; READ MORE ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[463,434,213,989,990,992,14,321,991],"class_list":["post-5632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canada","tag-canada-day","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-inventions","tag-canadiana","tag-dyk","tag-geranium","tag-home","tag-inventions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5644,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632\/revisions\/5644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}