Who invented the first automobile in Canada?

There's no single inventor of the "first" automobile in Canada, as the development of automobiles was a gradual process with multiple inventors and designs emerging around the same time. Several Canadians experimented with self-propelled vehicles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but pinpointing a definitive "first" is difficult and depends on what criteria you use (steam vs. internal combustion, practicality, etc.). No single individual stands out as the clear inventor of the first Canadian automobile in the same way Henry Ford is associated with the mass-produced automobile in the United States.