Technological Records

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Record holders and places are Canadian unless noted.
(GWR - Guinness World Record)

Highest Capacity Intercontinental Internet Route
In 2001, the Internet routes between Europe and USA/Canada had a bandwidth capacity of 162,250.1 megabits per second. (GWR 2004)

Busiest International Telephone Route
In 2001, there were approximately 10.4 billion minutes of two-way traffic between Canada and the US. (GWR 2003)

Most Internet Users By Capita
According to the Computer Industry Almanac, 428.3 out of every 1,000 people in Canada use the Internet. (Record broken in 2001 by Sweden) (GWR 2001)

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Deepest Operating Neutrino Observatory
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is located 2,072 m (6,800 ft) below ground in the Inco Creighton Mine in Ontario. It consists a vessel with a diameter of 2 m (39 ft) containing around 900 tonnes (1.9 million lb) of heavy water. (GWR 2004)

Highest Resolution Digital Camera
The MegaCam, which has a resolution of 320 million pixels, has been used on the 3.6-m (11-ft 10- in) Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii Since June 28, 2002. (GWR 2004)

Biggest Scanner
The SLC972C colour scanner produced by Widecom Group Inc. of Brampton, Ontario, has a 1.82-m (6-ft) scan width. It was unveiled at a California trade show in May 1999 to target people working in the automobile and aircraft manufacturing and shipbuilding businesses who deal with huge drawings. (GWR 2002)

Largest Fax Machine
WideCom Group Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, manufactured 'WIDEfax 36' that can transmit, print and copy 91-cm (3-ft.) wide documents. (GWR 1998)

Largest Robotic Arm In Space
The Canadarm 2, built by the Canadian Space Agency, measures 17.5 m (57.7 ft) in length and weighs 1,641 kg (3,618 lb). It was attached to the International Space Station on April 22, 2001, by Chris Hadfield and American Scott Parazynski. (GWR 2002)

Heaviest Watch
The 24.3-m (80-ft.) Eta Watch on the Swiss pavilion at Expo'86 in Vancouver weighed 35 tonnes. (GWR 1998)

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Most Powerful Light Source
A 313-kW high-pressure argon lamp of 1.2 million candles was completed by Vortek Industries Ltd. of Vancouver in March 1984. (GWR 2000)

Longest Oil Pipeline
The Interprovincial Pipe Line Inc. installation which spans from Edmonton through Chicago, Illinois, to Montreal is 3,782 km (2,353 miles) long. (GWR 1998)

Longest Gas Pipeline
The TransCanada pipeline that transports 66.6 million m³ (2,351.5 billion ft.³) of natural gas is over 13,955 km (8,671 miles) long. (GWR 1998)

Biggest Black Out
About 30 million people in Ontario and seven northeastern US states were plunged into darkness when power failed on November 9-10, 1965 over an area of 207,200 km² (80,000 miles²). (GWR 1998)

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Largest Known Prime Number
Michael Cameron, a participant in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, announced the discovery of the largest known prime number, 2 to the power of 13,466,917 minus 1, on December 5, 2001. (GWR 2003)

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