Paisley, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Paisley, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Paisley, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,328. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7125167. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.305°N, 81.267°W.

Population

In 1891, Paisley, Village had a population of 1,328: 642 male and 686 female residents. Population density was 1323.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	1,154
1891	1,328
1901	1,086
1911	830
1921	760

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Paisley, Village shared boundaries with:

Elderslie

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.70
FAM NO	280
Number of families	280
Number of females	686
Number of males	642
Number of married females	208
Number of married males	211
Number of married persons	419
Number of widowed females	48
Number of widowed males	20
Number of widowed persons	68
POP F	686
POP M	642
POP TOT	1,328
Total population	1,328

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	430
Number of single males under 18	411
Number of single persons under 18	841

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	3
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,325

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	271
Number of houses built of brick	72
Number of houses built of wood	199
Number of houses of 1 room	3
Number of houses of 1 story	62
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	8
Number of houses of 2 rooms	14
Number of houses of 2 stories	207
Number of houses of 3 rooms	17
Number of houses of 3 stories	2
Number of houses of 4 rooms	30
Number of houses of 5 rooms	39
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	156
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	4
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	271
Number of uninhabited houses	5

Agriculture (55 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	128
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,712
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	2,477
Acres of farmland under crops	599
Acres of hay crops	203
Acres of improved land in farms	4,439
Acres of land in farms	6,916
Acres of oats	62
Acres of potatoes	20
Acres of turnips	9
Acres of wheat	34
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	61
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	43
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,375
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1,037
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,116
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	60
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	3,910
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	350
CRN BU	43
HAY AC	203
HAY TONS	300
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	53
Number of chickens	1,384
Number of ducks	50
Number of farm occupants who own their land	194
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	62
Number of geese	44
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	18
Number of horses aged over 3 years	124
Number of milk cows	118
Number of occupants of farms	256
Number of other cattle	63
Number of other fowl	23
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	15
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	10
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	12
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	212
Number of sheep	76
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	16
Number of swine	40
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	116
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	62
OAT BU	2,375
PEA BU	1,037
POT AC	20
POT BU	2,116
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	223
Pounds of homemade butter	5,280
Tons of hay produced in the past year	300
WHT AC	34
WHT FALL BU	350
WHT SP BU	60

Other recorded variables (64 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	15
A 11 50	10
A 201 PL	7
A 51 100	12
BEN BU	61
BUTTER LB	5,280
CATTLE KS	53
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	430
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	411
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	841
COARSE WOOL LB	223
COLTS FILLIES	18
DUCKS	50
FAMILIES	280
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.70
FRN CA	3
GEESE	44
HENS AND CHKN	1,384
HORSES OVR THREE	124
HOUSES	271
HOUSES B	72
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	8
HOUSES FIVE RM	39
HOUSES FOUR RM	30
HOUSES ONE RM	3
HOUSES ONE STRY	62
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	156
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	4
HOUSES THREE RM	17
HOUSES THREE STRY	2
HOUSES TWO RM	14
HOUSES TWO STRY	207
HOUSES UNINH	5
HOUSES W	199
INF 11 A	212
MD FEM	208
MD MALE	211
MD TOT	419
MILK COWS	118
NAME CD	Bruce, North-Nord
OC F	62
OC P	194
OC TOT	256
OTHER FOWL	23
OTHER HRN CATTLE	63
OTHERS	1,325
SHEEP	76
SHEEP KS	16
SUP AM	4,439
SUP FOR	2,477
SUP JV	128
SUP PAT	3,712
SUP SC	599
SUP TOT	6,916
SWINE	40
SWINE KS	116
TOT DWLG OCC	271
TUR AC	9
TUR BU	3,910
TURKEY	2
WID FEM	48
WID MALE	20
WID TOT	68

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON052008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104027 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q7125167
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley,_Ontario

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Paisley, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/paisley-village-on052008-1891/.