Paisley, VL, Ontario (1881 census)

Paisley, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,154. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7125167. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.305°N, 81.267°W.

Population

In 1881, Paisley, VL had a population of 1,154: 568 male and 586 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Elderslie, 1871 (1.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Paisley, VL shared boundaries with:

• Elderslie

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,154 total population, 586 females, 568 males, 388 married persons, 244 families, 196 married females, 192 married males, 38 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 728 single persons under 18, 366 single males under 18, 362 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 234 inhabited houses, 234 occupied houses, 38 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,803 bushels of potatoes, 1,260 bushels of oats, 956 bushels of winter wheat, 953 bushels of other root crops, 455 bushels of peas and beans, 320 bushels of barley, 156 bushels of spring wheat, 156 bushels of turnips, 117 tons of hay, 86 acres of hay crops, 69 acres of wheat, 58 bushels of corn, 35 acres of potatoes, 20 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,154 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON177012 — 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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/paisley-vl-on177012-1881/.