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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - CAD ($) | Total | Common shares (Note 15) | Issued capital Preferred shares (Note 15) | Issued capital Common shares (Note 15) | Contributed surplus | Retained earnings | Retained earnings Preferred shares (Note 15) | Retained earnings Common shares (Note 15) | Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes (Note 27) | Total shareholders' equity | Non-controlling interests’ equity | Participating policyholders
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Changes in equity [abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment for change in accounting policy (Note 2) |  |  |  |  |  | $ (44,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year, after change in accounting policy |  |  |  |  |  | 10,261,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity, beginning of year at Dec. 31, 2017 |  |  | $ 2,257,000,000 | $ 8,582,000,000 | $ 72,000,000 | 10,305,000,000 |  |  | $ 1,105,000,000 |  | $ 0 | $ 650,000,000
Changes in equity [abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options exercised |  | $ 16,000,000 |  | 16,000,000 | (3,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares purchased for cancellation |  | (183,000,000) |  | (183,000,000) |  | (458,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares issued as consideration for business acquisition | $ (4,000,000) |  |  | (4,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based payments |  |  |  |  | 4,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | 2,914,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 2,616,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 0 | 298,000,000
Dividends on shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (94,000,000) | $ (1,147,000,000) |  |  |  |
Transfer to (from) within equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (89,000,000)
Transfer from participating policyholders’ equity (Note 21) |  |  |  |  |  | (89,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |
Changes attributable to acquisition (Note 3) |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0 |
Equity, end of year at Dec. 31, 2018 | 24,570,000,000 | 21,449,000,000 | 2,257,000,000 | 8,419,000,000 | 73,000,000 | 11,267,000,000 |  |  | 1,690,000,000 | $ 23,706,000,000 | 0 | 864,000,000
Changes in equity [abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total other comprehensive income (loss) for the year | 590,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 585,000,000 | 585,000,000 |  | 5,000,000
Adjustment for change in accounting policy (Note 2) |  |  |  |  |  | (22,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year, after change in accounting policy |  |  |  |  |  | 11,245,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options exercised |  | 28,000,000 |  | 28,000,000 | (5,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares purchased for cancellation |  | (158,000,000) |  | (158,000,000) |  | (434,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares issued as consideration for business acquisition | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based payments |  |  |  |  | 5,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | 2,947,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 2,713,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 4,000,000 | 230,000,000
Dividends on shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (95,000,000) | $ (1,236,000,000) |  |  |  |
Transfer to (from) within equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
Transfer from participating policyholders’ equity (Note 21) |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Changes attributable to acquisition (Note 3) |  |  |  |  |  | (875,000,000) |  |  |  |  | 15,000,000 |
Equity, end of year at Dec. 31, 2019 | 24,508,000,000 | $ 21,141,000,000 | $ 2,257,000,000 | $ 8,289,000,000 | $ 73,000,000 | $ 11,318,000,000 |  |  | 1,461,000,000 | 23,398,000,000 | $ 19,000,000 | 1,091,000,000
Changes in equity [abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total other comprehensive income (loss) for the year | $ (232,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (229,000,000) | $ (229,000,000) |  | $ (3,000,000)

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