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Subsidiaries (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Equity interest | $ 0 | $ 0
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 65,338 |
Manulife Holdings (Alberta) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 22,118 |
John Hancock Financial Corporation |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
The Manufacturers Investment Corporation |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Reassurance Company Ltd. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Financial Network, Inc. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Investment Management LLC |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Investment Management Timberland and Agriculture Inc. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Distributors LLC |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
John Hancock Insurance Agency, Inc. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Reinsurance Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Reinsurance (Bermuda) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Bank of Canada |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 1,882 |
Manulife Investment Management Holdings (Canada) Inc. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 1,477 |
Manulife Investment Management Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
First North American Insurance Company |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 8 |
Manulife Holdings (Bermuda) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 21,658 |
Manufacturers P&C Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manufacturers Life Reinsurance Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Financial Asia Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife (Cambodia) PLC |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Myanmar Life Insurance Company Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife (Vietnam) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Investment Fund Management (Vietnam) Company Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife International Holdings Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife (International) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife-Sinochem Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (51%) |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 51.00% |
Manulife Investment Management International Holdings Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Investment Management (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Life Insurance Company (Japan) |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Investment Management (Japan) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Holdings Berhad (62.6%) |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 62.60% |
Manulife Insurance Berhad (62.6%) |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 62.60% |
Manulife Investment Management (Malaysia) Berhad (62.6%) |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 62.60% |
Manulife (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Investment Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Fund Management Co., Ltd. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Phils.), Inc. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Chinabank Life Assurance Corporation (60%) |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 60.00% |
PT Asuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
PT Manulife Aset Manajemen Indonesia |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Investment Management (Europe) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 456 |
Manulife Assurance Company of Canada |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 55 |
EIS Services (Bermuda) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 1,235 |
Berkshire Insurance Services Inc. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 2,343 |
JH Investments (Delaware) LLC |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Manulife Wealth Inc. |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 349 |
Manulife Investment Management (North America) Limited |  |
Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] |  |
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary | 100.00% |
Equity interest | $ 5 |

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