Paisley, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Paisley, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 760. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7125167. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.305°N, 81.267°W.

Population

In 1921, Paisley, VL had a population of 760: 349 male and 411 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Paisley, VL shared boundaries with:

• Elderslie

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 760 total population, 411 females in the population, 374 females born in Canada, 349 males in the population, 313 males born in Canada, 33 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 31 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born outside the British Empire, 3 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 339 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 201 persons of British origin (Irish), 179 persons of British origin (English), 22 persons of German origin, 7 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 349 Presbyterians, 162 Methodists, 117 Anglicans (Church of England), 112 Baptists, 12 Roman Catholics, 3 Jews, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Brethren, 1 Lutherans, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON104027 — 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 1921 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, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/paisley-vl-on104027-1921/.