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Employee Future Benefits - Summary of Key Assumptions Used by to Determine Defined Benefit Obligation and Net Benefit Cost for Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Retiree Welfare Plans (Detail) | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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U.S. plans [Member] | Pension defined benefit plans [member] | Defined benefit obligation [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 2.40% | 3.20%
U.S. plans [Member] | Pension defined benefit plans [member] | Defined benefit cost [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 3.20% | 4.30%
U.S. plans [Member] | Retiree welfare plans [Member] | Defined benefit obligation [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 2.40% | 3.20%
Initial health care cost trend rate | 7.30% | 7.50%
U.S. plans [Member] | Retiree welfare plans [Member] | Defined benefit cost [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 3.20% | 4.30%
Initial health care cost trend rate | 7.50% | 7.80%
Canadian plans [Member] | Pension defined benefit plans [member] | Defined benefit obligation [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 2.50% | 3.10%
Canadian plans [Member] | Pension defined benefit plans [member] | Defined benefit cost [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 3.10% | 3.80%
Canadian plans [Member] | Retiree welfare plans [Member] | Defined benefit obligation [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 2.60% | 3.10%
Initial health care cost trend rate | 5.50% | 5.60%
Canadian plans [Member] | Retiree welfare plans [Member] | Defined benefit cost [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 3.10% | 3.80%
Initial health care cost trend rate | 5.60% | 5.70%

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- Definition The discount rate used as the significant actuarial assumption to determine the present value of a defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Defined benefit obligation, at present value; Actuarial assumptions [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 144 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_144&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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- Definition Medical cost trend rate used as significant actuarial assumption to determine the present value of a defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Defined benefit obligation, at present value; Actuarial assumptions [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 144 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_144&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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