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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - CAD ($) | Total | Common shares | Issued capital | Issued capital Preferred shares | Issued capital Common shares | Contributed surplus | Retained earnings | Retained earnings Preferred shares | Retained earnings Common shares | Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes | Total shareholders' equity | Participating policyholders | Non-controlling interests’ equity
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Equity, beginning of year at Dec. 31, 2019 |  |  |  | $ 2,257,000,000 | $ 8,289,000,000 | $ 73,000,000 | $ 11,318,000,000 |  |  | $ 1,461,000,000 |  | $ 1,091,000,000 | $ 19,000,000
Changes in equity [abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issued during the year |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance costs, net of tax |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption of shares | $ 200,000,000 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options exercised |  | $ 23,000,000 |  |  | 23,000,000 | (5,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares purchased for cancellation |  | (50,000,000) |  |  | (50,000,000) |  | (150,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based payments |  |  |  |  |  | 4,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | 2,792,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 2,498,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 283,000,000 | 11,000,000
Dividends on shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (94,000,000) | $ (1,283,000,000) |  |  |  |
Changes attributable to acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 0
Total other comprehensive income (loss) for the year | 122,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 128,000,000 | $ 128,000,000 | (6,000,000) |
Additional contribution |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,000,000
Distribution to non-controlling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (18,000,000)
Equity, end of year at Dec. 31, 2020 | 25,862,000,000 |  | $ 22,212,000,000 | 2,257,000,000 | 8,262,000,000 | 72,000,000 | 12,289,000,000 |  |  | 1,589,000,000 | 24,469,000,000 | 1,368,000,000 | 25,000,000
Changes in equity [abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issued during the year |  |  |  | 1,000,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance costs, net of tax |  |  |  | 7,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption of shares | 0 |  |  | (1,025,000,000) |  |  | (20,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options exercised |  | 43,000,000 |  |  | 43,000,000 | (7,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares purchased for cancellation |  | $ 0 |  |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based payments |  |  |  |  |  | 6,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | 4,370,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 4,035,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 335,000,000 | 0
Dividends on shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (101,000,000) | $ (1,351,000,000) |  |  |  |
Changes attributable to acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  | (139,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  | 15,000,000
Total other comprehensive income (loss) for the year | (606,000,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (603,000,000) | (603,000,000) | (3,000,000) |
Additional contribution |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 37,000,000
Distribution to non-controlling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (18,000,000)
Equity, end of year at Dec. 31, 2021 | $ 28,073,000,000 |  | $ 24,075,000,000 | $ 2,239,000,000 | $ 8,305,000,000 | $ 71,000,000 | $ 14,713,000,000 |  |  | $ 986,000,000 | $ 26,314,000,000 | $ 1,700,000,000 | $ 59,000,000

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