Financial Instrument Risk Management - Debt Securities by Geographic Location (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	$ 152,785	$ 143,061
Debt securities
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	81,606	74,443
Debt securities \| Canada
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	33,252	29,308
Debt securities \| United States
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	30,046	27,246
Debt securities \| United Kingdom
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	5,402	5,657
Debt securities \| Other countries
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	12,906	12,232
Fair value through profit or loss \| Debt securities
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	67,894	61,402
Fair value through profit or loss \| Debt securities \| Canada
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	28,221	25,091
Fair value through profit or loss \| Debt securities \| United States
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	24,224	21,329
Fair value through profit or loss \| Debt securities \| United Kingdom
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	4,874	5,092
Fair value through profit or loss \| Debt securities \| Other countries
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	10,575	9,890
Available- for-sale \| Debt securities
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	13,712	13,041
Available- for-sale \| Debt securities \| Canada
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	5,031	4,217
Available- for-sale \| Debt securities \| United States
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	5,822	5,917
Available- for-sale \| Debt securities \| United Kingdom
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	528	565
Available- for-sale \| Debt securities \| Other countries
Disclosure of geographical areas [line items]
Financial assets	$ 2,331	$ 2,342

- Definition

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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