Great Canadian Discoveries and Inventions

Some of the most famous inventions of the last 150 years have been created by Canadians, including Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward who invented the first electric light bulbs (and sold their patents to Thomas Edison)

Reginald Fessenden, who sent the first ever wireless voice message, Dr John A.Hopps, the inventor of the cardiac pacemaker, Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best, who discovered insulin, which is estimated to have saved 16 million lives, and Michael Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who invented the Blackberry, one of the most popular mobile devices ever.