Ardoise

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ardoise is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in West Hants Regional Municipality in Hants County. Its name is the French word for slate, and is considered descriptive of the geology of the area.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ardoise

Prospectus of the Douglas Slate Quarry, &c. of the province of Nova Scotia

Douglas Slate Quarrying Company of Nova Scotia · 1868

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

American black elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Seen 2026-09-18

Tomentose Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus tomentosus

Seen 2026-09-17

Golden Shiner

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Seen 2026-09-16

fringed sedge

Carex crinita

Seen 2026-09-16

American Royal Fern

Osmunda spectabilis

Seen 2026-09-16

leatherleaf

Chamaedaphne calyculata

Seen 2026-09-16

American white waterlily

Nymphaea odorata

Seen 2026-09-16

tamarack

Larix laricina

Seen 2026-09-16

northern whitecedar

Thuja occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).