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Financial Instrument Risk Management - Mortgages and Loans by Geographic Location and Type (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	$ 143,061	$ 137,691
Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	16,433	15,493
Loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	30,389	27,312
Mortgages and loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	46,822	42,805
Retail | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	4,202	4,291
Office | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	4,228	4,261
Multi-family residential | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	5,375	4,582
Industrial and land | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	1,906	1,660
Other | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	722	699
Canada | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	8,557	8,390
Canada | Mortgages | Canada Mortgage And Housing Corporation
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	3,537	3,171
Canada | Loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	13,238	13,265
Canada | Mortgages and loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	21,795	21,655
Canada | Retail | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	1,921	2,027
Canada | Office | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	1,811	1,898
Canada | Multi-family residential | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	3,455	3,214
Canada | Industrial and land | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	752	670
Canada | Other | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	618	581
United States | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	7,876	7,103
United States | Loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	11,458	9,542
United States | Mortgages and loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	19,334	16,645
United States | Retail | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	2,281	2,264
United States | Office | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	2,417	2,363
United States | Multi-family residential | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	1,920	1,368
United States | Industrial and land | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	1,154	990
United States | Other | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	104	118
United Kingdom | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
United Kingdom | Loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	2,547	1,678
United Kingdom | Mortgages and loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	2,547	1,678
United Kingdom | Retail | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
United Kingdom | Office | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
United Kingdom | Multi-family residential | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
United Kingdom | Industrial and land | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
United Kingdom | Other | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
Other countries | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
Other countries | Loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	3,146	2,827
Other countries | Mortgages and loans
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	3,146	2,827
Other countries | Retail | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
Other countries | Office | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
Other countries | Multi-family residential | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
Other countries | Industrial and land | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	0	0
Other countries | Other | Mortgages
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items]
Financial assets	$ 0	$ 0

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The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

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