Science & Tech
National Research Council Canada brings together leading minds to solve challenges of critical importance to Canada. Its scientists have saved lives with the electric pacemaker and a vaccine against meningitis C, helped develop the world's most accurate clocks, and carried Canada's name into space with the Canadarm. Founded in 1916, it has more than a century of historic scientific breakthroughs and research achievements and continues to champion Canadian innovation by developing technologies to clean oceans, produce sustainable foods, and improve health care.
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Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (1872-1918)
Military
National Artillery Memorial/Monument national aux artilleurs
Military
The Ottawa Memorial/Le Monument commémoratif d'Ottawa
Military
WWII British Commonwealth/Empire Air Forces Honored Dead in Canada and the United States of America
Military
Rideau Falls
Nature
Canada's Discovery Route/La voie de la découverte du Canada
Transportation
