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Insurance Contract Liabilities and Reinsurance Assets - Summary of Components of Gross and Net Insurance Contract Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of insurance contract liabilities and reinsurance assets [abstract]
Reinsurance assets for investment contract liabilities	$ 38	$ 48

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- Definition

The amount of reinsurance contracts held that are liabilities. [Refer: Liabilities; Reinsurance contracts held [member]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Note Effective 2023-01-01
-Name IFRS
-Number 17
-IssueDate 2022-03-24
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Note Effective 2023-01-01
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2022-03-24
-Paragraph 54
-Subparagraph ma
-URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_54_ma&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2022-03-24

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