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Investment Contract Liabilities - Summary of Investment Contract Liabilities Measured at Amortized Cost and Fair Value Associated with Contracts (Parenthetical) (Detail) - CAD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Disclosure of Investment Contract Liabilities [line items] |  |
Investment contract liabilities reinsured | $ 67 | $ 93
Investment contract liabilities | 3,288 | 3,104
Carrying amount [member] |  |
Disclosure of Investment Contract Liabilities [line items] |  |
Investment contract liabilities reinsured | 67 | 93
Investment contract liabilities | 2,289 | 2,222
Fair value [Member] |  |
Disclosure of Investment Contract Liabilities [line items] |  |
Investment contract liabilities reinsured | 76 | 103
Investment contract liabilities | $ 2,690 | $ 2,537

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- Definition The amount of reinsurance contracts held that are liabilities. [Refer: Liabilities; Reinsurance contracts held [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Effective 2021-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 78 -Subparagraph d -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=17&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_78_d&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Effective 2021-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 54 -Subparagraph ma -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_54_ma&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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