Paisley, Ontario

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.

Paisley
Community
Historic Hose Tower in Paisley, built in 1891
Etymology: Named after Paisley, Renfrewshire
Paisley Location in southern Ontario
Coordinates: 44°18′27″N 81°16′27″W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Bruce County
Municipality	Arran–Elderslie
First settled	1851 (1851)
Elevation [2]	217 m (712 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code	N0G 2N0
Area codes	519, 226, 548
CGNDB key	FAXPT

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]