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Goodwill | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Goodwill [Abstract] |
Goodwill |
22. GOODWILL
| 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Carrying Value, Beginning of Year |  | 2,272 |  |  |  | 2,272 |
Goodwill Recognized (Note 5A) |  | 1,289 |  |  |  | — |
Goodwill Reclassified to Assets Held for Sale (Note 16) |  | (88) |  |  |  | — |
Carrying Value, End of Year |  | 3,473 |  |  |  | 2,272 |
The carrying amount of goodwill allocated to the Company's CGUs is:
As at December 31, | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Primrose (Foster Creek) |  | 1,171 |  |  |  | 1,171 |
Christina Lake |  | 1,101 |  |  |  | 1,101 |
Lloydminster Thermal |  | 651 |  |  |  | — |
Sunrise |  | 550 |  |  |  | — |
|  | 3,473 |  |  |  | 2,272 |
For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to the CGUs to which it relates. The assumptions used to test Cenovus’s goodwill for impairment as at December 31, 2021, are consistent to those disclosed in Note 10. There was no impairment of goodwill as at December 31, 2021.

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