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Risk Management - Summary of Carrying Value of Past Due but not Impaired and Impaired Financial Assets (Detail) - CAD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | $ 204 | $ 633
Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] | Private placements [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 15 | 363
Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] | Mortgages and loans to Bank clients [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 70 | 92
Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] | Other financial assets [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 103 | 72
Impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 179 | 173
Impaired [Member] | Private placements [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 18 | 40
Impaired [Member] | Mortgages and loans to Bank clients [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 120 | 86
Impaired [Member] | Other financial assets [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 1 | 1
FVTPL [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 14 |
FVTPL [Member] | Impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 39 | 45
AFS [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 2 | 106
AFS [Member] | Impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 1 | 1
Less than 90 days [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 176 | 589
Less than 90 days [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] | Private placements [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 15 | 363
Less than 90 days [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] | Mortgages and loans to Bank clients [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 70 | 76
Less than 90 days [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] | Other financial assets [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 77 | 46
Less than 90 days [Member] | FVTPL [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 14 |
Less than 90 days [Member] | AFS [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets |  | 104
90 days and greater [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 28 | 44
90 days and greater [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] | Mortgages and loans to Bank clients [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets |  | 16
90 days and greater [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] | Other financial assets [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | 26 | 26
90 days and greater [Member] | AFS [Member] | Financial assets past due but not impaired [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets that are either past due or impaired [Line Items] |  |
Carrying value or impaired value, financial assets | $ 2 | $ 2

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