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Contingent Payment - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	May 17, 2021 CAD ($) $ / bbl	Dec. 31, 2021 CAD ($) $ / bbl	Dec. 31, 2020 CAD ($)
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Average crude oil price | $ / bbl		45.00
Contingent payable		$ 402	$ 0
Conoco Phillips Company and certain of its subsidiaries
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Contingent payments period	5 years
Average crude oil price | $ / bbl	52.00
Quarterly contingent payment	$ 6
Contingent payable		$ 160	$ 0

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Average crude oil price.

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Contingent consideration payment period.

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Represents the quarterly contingent payment that will be required for each dollar in excess of specified average crude oil price per barrel based on acquisition agreement.

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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.

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The amount of contingent liabilities recognised in a business combination that were settled. [Refer: Contingent liabilities recognised in business combination]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 3
-IssueDate 2021-01-01
-Paragraph B67
-Subparagraph c
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=3&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_B67_c&doctype=Appendix&subtype=B
-URIDate 2021-03-24

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