Paisley, Ontario

Community in Ontario, Canada

44°18′27″N 81°16′27″W / 44.30750°N 81.27417°W / 44.30750; -81.27417^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceOntarioCountyBruce CountyMunicipalityArran–ElderslieFirst settled1851 (1851)Elevation

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217 m (712 ft)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)Postal code

N0G 2N0

Area codes519, 226, 548CGNDB keyFAXPT

Paisley is an unincorporated community and village in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie, Bruce County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] Paisley is defined by its position at the confluence of the Saugeen River and the Teeswater River, and at the junction of Bruce Roads 1, 11, and 3.

History

Paisley began with the settlement in 1851 of Simon Orchard and Samuel T. Rowe at the site of what would become the village of Paisley, later that year John Valentine, built a sawmill here. The village was named in 1856 after Paisley, Renfrewshire in Scotland.^[6]

Notable persons

Alexander James McPhail, an agricultural reformer, was born in Paisley in 1883.
Marshall Kay, a paleontologist prominently involved with the study of continental drift, was born in Paisley in 1904.
Isabella Valancy Crawford, a prolific Canadian author, lived in Paisley between 1857 and 1861.

Climate

Climate data for Paisley
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	12.2 (54.0)	14.0 (57.2)	23.0 (73.4)	28.5 (83.3)	32.2 (90.0)	33.9 (93.0)	34.5 (94.1)	35.0 (95.0)	32.8 (91.0)	27.2 (81.0)	21.0 (69.8)	18.5 (65.3)	35.0 (95.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−3.2 (26.2)	−2.6 (27.3)	2.5 (36.5)	10.2 (50.4)	17.8 (64.0)	22.1 (71.8)	25.0 (77.0)	24.0 (75.2)	19.5 (67.1)	12.8 (55.0)	5.9 (42.6)	−0.5 (31.1)	11.1 (52.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−7 (19)	−6.9 (19.6)	−2.2 (28.0)	5.1 (41.2)	11.5 (52.7)	15.9 (60.6)	18.9 (66.0)	18.2 (64.8)	14.1 (57.4)	8.2 (46.8)	2.5 (36.5)	−3.8 (25.2)	6.2 (43.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−10.7 (12.7)	−11.3 (11.7)	−6.8 (19.8)	0.1 (32.2)	5.2 (41.4)	9.6 (49.3)	12.7 (54.9)	12.4 (54.3)	8.8 (47.8)	3.5 (38.3)	−0.9 (30.4)	−7.1 (19.2)	1.3 (34.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−37.2 (−35.0)	−40.0 (−40.0)	−33.0 (−27.4)	−18.9 (−2.0)	−6.1 (21.0)	−2.2 (28.0)	2.2 (36.0)	0 (32)	−5.5 (22.1)	−8.3 (17.1)	−17.5 (0.5)	−31 (−24)	−40 (−40)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	144 (5.7)	93 (3.7)	88.4 (3.48)	70.3 (2.77)	75.5 (2.97)	76.4 (3.01)	73.9 (2.91)	101.2 (3.98)	111 (4.4)	98.2 (3.87)	110.7 (4.36)	150 (5.9)	1,192.7 (46.96)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	18.4 (0.72)	23.4 (0.92)	50.7 (2.00)	60.1 (2.37)	75.4 (2.97)	76.4 (3.01)	73.9 (2.91)	101.2 (3.98)	111 (4.4)	97.2 (3.83)	74.3 (2.93)	40.6 (1.60)	802.6 (31.60)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	125.7 (49.5)	69.6 (27.4)	37.7 (14.8)	10.3 (4.1)	0.1 (0.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.4)	36.4 (14.3)	109.4 (43.1)	390.1 (153.6)
Source: Environment Canada^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Paisley". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
^ Elevation taken from Google Maps at coordinates. Accessed 2018-07-03.
^ "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
^ Map 4 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
^ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #6 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
^ Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 263. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^ Environment Canada—[1], accessed 7 May 2013

Robertson, Norman (1906). "The History of the County of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, Province of Ontario, Canada". William Briggs (via ouroots.ca). Retrieved 2008-10-09.