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Test your knowledge of these life-changing Canadian inventions

Canada may be known for exporting maple syrup, poutine and hockey — but this country has produced inventions that have changed the world. How many do you know?

Gov. Gen. David Johnston and Tom Jenkins co-created a book about Canada's inventors

Gov. Gen. David Johnston and Tom Jenkins recently released Ingenious, a book celebrating Canadian inventors and their creations. Did you know we made all this? (Brandon Giesbrecht/Flickr CC)

Canada may be known for exporting maple syrup, poutine and hockey — but this country has produced inventions that have changed the world.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston and co-author Tom Jenkins have chronicled 150 of these inventions in their recent book Ingenious: How Canadian Innovators Made the World Smarter, Smaller, Kinder, Safer, Healthier, Wealthier and Happier.

How many do you know?