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Financial Instrument Risk Management - Equities by Issuer Country (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | $ 168,785 | $ 152,785
Other invested assets |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 6,631 | 4,787
Other invested assets | Available-for-sale |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 262 | 313
Other invested assets | Fair value through profit or loss |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 6,369 | 4,474
Canada | Other invested assets |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 3,079 | 2,835
Canada | Other invested assets | Available-for-sale |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 15 | 22
Canada | Other invested assets | Fair value through profit or loss |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 3,064 | 2,813
United States | Other invested assets |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 1,194 | 687
United States | Other invested assets | Available-for-sale |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 148 | 137
United States | Other invested assets | Fair value through profit or loss |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 1,046 | 550
United Kingdom | Other invested assets |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 169 | 137
United Kingdom | Other invested assets | Available-for-sale |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 6 | 5
United Kingdom | Other invested assets | Fair value through profit or loss |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 163 | 132
Other countries | Other invested assets |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 2,189 | 1,128
Other countries | Other invested assets | Available-for-sale |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 93 | 149
Other countries | Other invested assets | Fair value through profit or loss |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |
Financial assets | $ 2,096 | $ 979

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- 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] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 25 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_25&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 35H -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35H&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 35I -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35I&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 35M -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35M&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 35N -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35N&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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