| Paisley | |
| Settlement Type: | Community |
| Etymology: | Named after Paisley, Renfrewshire |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 44.3075°N -81.2742°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bruce County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Arran–Elderslie |
| Established Title: | First settled |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 217 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | N0G 2N0 |
| Area Codes: | 519, 226, 548 |
| Blank Name: | CGNDB key |
| Blank Info: | FAXPT |
Paisley is an unincorporated community and village in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie, Bruce County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.[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 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]