 1968

Sony of Canada Ltd. is established

1970

Sony of Canada Ltd. opens The Sony Store, the first Sony retail store in the world

1970

Trinitron colour television introduced

1975

General Distributors (Gendis) assumed 51 percent ownership of Sony of Canada Ltd

1976

Sony wins an Emmy award for its development of the Trinicon single-tube camera, electronic editing units and the U-matic, the world's first videocassette system

1979

Launch of the "Walkman", the world's first personal headphone stereo

1982

World's first CD player, the CDP-101 is introduced

1983

Sony of Canada receives an international marketing award for establishing Betacam as the de facto standard for ENG/EFP.1984

Discman Sony's portable CD player is launched

1985

Sony unveils first XBR TV models

1995

Sony of Canada Ltd. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation

The world's first consumer use digital video camcorder, the "Digital Handycam" is launched

1996

Sony's Cyber-shot Digital Camera is introduced

1997

Sony of Canada and Alliance Broadcasting share Gemini award for development of multi-channel server system.Launch of VAIO Computers

Technical Emmy for its foresight in implementing the Sony Digital Routing System at the CBC.