XML 125 R91.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.22.0.1

Insurance Contract Liabilities and Reinsurance Assets - Summary of Actuarial Methods and Assumptions (Detail) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of sensitivity analysis for actuarial assumptions [Line Items]
Total	$ 287	$ 563
Attributed to participating policyholders' account	222	301
Attributed to shareholders'account	65	262
Change in net income attributed to shareholders	(41)	(198)
Mortality and morbidity updates [member]
Disclosure of sensitivity analysis for actuarial assumptions [Line Items]
Total	350	(304)
Attributed to participating policyholders' account		(1)
Attributed to shareholders'account	350	(303)
Change in net income attributed to shareholders	(257)	232
Lapses and policyholder behavior updates [member]
Disclosure of sensitivity analysis for actuarial assumptions [Line Items]
Total	686	893
Attributed to participating policyholders' account	18	0
Attributed to shareholders'account	668	893
Change in net income attributed to shareholders	(534)	(682)
Expense Updates [Member]
Disclosure of sensitivity analysis for actuarial assumptions [Line Items]
Total	(653)
Attributed to participating policyholders' account	(25)
Attributed to shareholders'account	(628)
Change in net income attributed to shareholders	503
Investment return assumptions [member]
Disclosure of sensitivity analysis for actuarial assumptions [Line Items]
Total	(257)	(212)
Attributed to participating policyholders' account	(2)	(153)
Attributed to shareholders'account	(255)	(59)
Change in net income attributed to shareholders	168	31
Other updates [member]
Disclosure of sensitivity analysis for actuarial assumptions [Line Items]
Total	110	228
Attributed to participating policyholders' account	231	455
Attributed to shareholders'account	(121)	(227)
Change in net income attributed to shareholders	119	190
Long term care triennial review [member]
Disclosure of sensitivity analysis for actuarial assumptions [Line Items]
Total	51	(42)
Attributed to participating policyholders' account		0
Attributed to shareholders'account	51	(42)
Change in net income attributed to shareholders	$ (40)	$ 31

X

- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_DisclosureOfSensitivityAnalysisForActuarialAssumptionsLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

The increase (decrease) in insurance liabilities, net of reinsurance.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Note Expiry date 2023-01-01
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2021-01-01
-Paragraph 85
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-b&anchor=para_85&doctype=Standard&book=b
-URIDate 2021-03-24

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceLiabilitiesNetOfReinsurance
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Increase (decrease) in net income attributed to participating policyholders

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	mfc_IncreaseDecreaseInNetIncomeAttributedToParticipatingPolicyholders
Namespace Prefix:	mfc_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Increase (decrease) in net income attributed to shareholders.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	mfc_IncreaseDecreaseInNetIncomeAttributedToShareholders
Namespace Prefix:	mfc_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Increase (decrease) in net income attributed to shareholders after tax.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	mfc_IncreaseDecreaseInNetIncomeAttributedToShareholdersAfterTax
Namespace Prefix:	mfc_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ActuarialAssumptionsAxis=mfc_MortalityAndMorbidityUpdatesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ActuarialAssumptionsAxis=mfc_LapsesAndPolicyholderBehaviourMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ActuarialAssumptionsAxis=mfc_ExpenseUpdatesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ActuarialAssumptionsAxis=mfc_InvestmentReturnAssumptionsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ActuarialAssumptionsAxis=mfc_OtherUpdatesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ActuarialAssumptionsAxis=mfc_LongTermCareTriennialReviewMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: