Bombardier's Contributions To Canadian Society

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J.-Armand Bombardier primary contributions to Canadian society during the 1920s to 1930s was that he improved the efficiency of transportation in Canada during winter by inventing the snowmobile and the Ski-Doo. His first snowmobile during that time was a technological breakthrough, holding up to three passengers. Two years later he improved the snowmobile to holding up to 7 passengers, due to the success and high demand of the snowmobile which was called the B7. ("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", Historica Canada) People living in remote areas such as, doctors, ambulance drivers, and preists were the first people to buy the snowmobile in 1939 2 years after the B7 was released. Soon the snowmobiles were sold to individuals. The snowmobiles …show more content…
He started to produce armored vehicles in 1942 and 1946 after the Canadian Armed Forces were interested in his B12 snowmobile. However they needed a more powerful version of it to be able to move troops efficiently and transport military equipment during winter after the start of the Second World War. ("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", The Canadian Encyclopedia) By 1947 the company produced the C18 which was a winter school bus that can hold up to 25 students. This later expanded to Ontario and later on to Western Canada. ("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", Historica Canada) Bombardier also developed an all terrain vehicle that could outstand almost any type of terrain including swamps, sand, or snow terrain. ("J-Armand Bombardier") These vehicle was introduced in 1953 and was called the Muskeg. ("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", The Canadian Encyclopedia) More success and accomplishments followed as by 1958 and 1959 when the company introduced the Ski-Doo which was a lighter and smaller version of the snowmobile. ("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", Historica Canada) The company further expanded to 60 other countries. They also expanded in to new markets and industries like railway, and subway. ("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", The Canadian Encyclopedia)Another industry they expanded too was the aerospace industry in 1986, …show more content…
He was born in Valcourt, Quebec which was a small town who most people living their where farmers. Since he was young he had passion of mechanics and inventing.("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", Historica Canada) He built toy tractors and boats for his younger siblings, as well as small toy trains as young as the age of 13 years old. ("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", The Canadian Encyclopedia) By the age of 19, he started his career as a true mechanic and inventor, after his family helped him build his garage from the money his father loaned to him in 1926. ("J-Armand Bombardier") The first time he created a full-scale vehicle was during New Years Eve in 1922 at the age of 15. This vehicle was a wooden car with a Model T Ford Engine on and a wooden propeller at the front. This allowed the vehicle to drive even on snowy terrain during the winter. In the end it was disassembled because his father said it can potential cause an injury, but the vehicle did drive for over a kilometer. ("Joseph-Armand Bombardier", The Canadian Encyclopedia) Bombardier starts to put his full effort to finding a way to a solution of being isolated during winter, after the loss of his son Yvon in the winter of 1934. His son died of peritonitis at the age of two because Bombardier family couldn't get to the hospital in time. ("J-Armand Bombardier") After the great success of his snowmobile finally happened in 1934, Bombardier company