Editing Exshaw (section)

== Demographics ==
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| source      = ''[[Statistics Canada]]''<br/><ref name=1951census>{{1951CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1956census>{{1956CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1961census>{{1961CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1966census>{{1966CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1971census>{{1971CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1976census>{{1976CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1981census>{{1981CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1986census>{{1986CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{1991CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1996census>{{1996CDNcdplr}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2011census>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2016censusABdpls/><ref name=2021census/>
|1941|308
|1951|538
|1956|608
|1961|678
|1966|587
|1971|548
|1976|389
|1981|353
|1986|348
|1991|383
|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|386
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|374
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|231
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|382
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|362
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|412
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|449
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Exshaw had a population of 449 living in 170 of its 185 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:449-412}}|412|1}} from its 2016 population of 412. With a land area of {{cvt|1.55|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|449|1.55|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}</ref>

As a designated place in the [[2016 Canadian census|2016 Census of Population]] conducted by Statistics Canada, Exshaw had a population of 412 living in 164 of its 178 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:412-362}}|362|1}} from its 2011 population of 362. With a land area of {{convert|1.58|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|412|1.58|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABdpls>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref>