Normal Course Issuer Bid, Percent Of Issued And Outstanding Shares

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Number Of Shares Authorised In Share Based Payment Arrangement As A Percentage Of Common Shares Outstanding

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Percentage Of Dividend Increased From Previous Quarterly Dividend

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award Expiration Period1

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period2

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Stock Purchase Program, Term

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Stock Repurchase Program, Number Of Shares Authorized To Be Repurchased1

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Stock Repurchased And Retired During Period, Shares 1

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Stock Repurchased And Retired During Period, Value 1

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Stock Repurchased During Period, Weighted Average Price Per Share

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Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio1

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount, per share, of dividends recognised as distributions to owners.

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Share Capital - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions						2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 05, 2025 $ / shares	Oct. 07, 2024 $ / shares	Feb. 28, 2024 $ / shares	Nov. 01, 2023 $ / shares	Mar. 01, 2023 $ / shares	Mar. 04, 2025 CAD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 12, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024 CAD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 08, 2024 shares
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Dividend increase percentage	4.00%	7.00%	5.00%	11.00%	6.00%
Dividend declared (in CAD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.5875	$ 0.5625	$ 0.525	$ 0.50	$ 0.45
Normal course issuer bid, percent of issued and outstanding shares	10.00%								10.00%
Share repurchase term							12 months
Shares repurchased and retired (in shares) \| shares						7,740,000		55,350,000
Weighted average price per share of shares repurchased and retired (in CAD per share) \| $ / shares						$ 44.11		$ 48.07
Purchase of common shares under normal course issuer bid \| $						$ 344		$ 2,700
Stock split conversion ratio								2
Stock options
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Vesting term (in years)								5 years
Shares that may be reserved for issuance as a percentage of common shares outstanding								7.00%
Retained earnings
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Purchase of common shares under normal course issuer bid \| $								$ 2,414
Bottom of range \| Stock options
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Expiration term								5 years
Top of range
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Shares authorized to be repurchased through Normal Course Issuer Bid (in shares) \| shares									180,462,858
Top of range \| Stock options
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Expiration term								6 years