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Commitments, Guarantees and Contingencies - Lease Commitments, Contractual Commitments, and Letters of Credit (Details) - CAD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Other Provisions, Contingent Liabilities And Contingent Assets [Abstract] |  |
Total future rental payments for the remainder of the operating leases | $ 1,056,000,000 | $ 923,000,000
Contractual commitments outstanding | 3,800,000,000 | 2,933,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity | 891,000,000 | 835,000,000
Letters of credit outstanding | $ 227,000,000 | $ 203,000,000

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- Definition The amount of future minimum lease payments payable under non-cancellable operating leases. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 35 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_35_a&doctype=Standard&book=B -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition Contractual Loans, Equities, And Mortgages + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Letters Of Credit Outstanding, Amount1 + References No definition available. + Details
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