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dividends per share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
dividends per share |
Dividends per share |
Years ended December 31 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
(millions except per share amounts) |  | Declared |  | Paid to |  |  |  |  | Declared |  | Paid to |  |  |
Common Share dividends |  | Effective |  | Per share |  | shareholders |  | Total |  | Effective |  | Per share |  | shareholders |  | Total
Quarter 1 dividend |  | Mar. 9, 2018 |  | $ | 0.5050 |  | Apr. 2, 2018 |  | $ | 299 |  | Mar. 10, 2017 |  | $ | 0.4800 |  | Apr. 3, 2017 |  | $ | 283
Quarter 2 dividend |  | Jun. 8, 2018 |  |  | 0.5250 |  | Jul. 3, 2018 |  |  | 315 |  | Jun. 9, 2017 |  |  | 0.4925 |  | Jul. 4, 2017 |  |  | 293
Quarter 3 dividend |  | Sep. 10, 2018 |  |  | 0.5250 |  | Oct. 1, 2018 |  |  | 313 |  | Sep. 8, 2017 |  |  | 0.4925 |  | Oct. 2, 2017 |  |  | 292
Quarter 4 dividend |  | Dec. 10, 2018 |  |  | 0.5450 |  | Jan. 2, 2019 |  |  | 326 |  | Dec. 11, 2017 |  |  | 0.5050 |  | Jan. 2, 2018 |  |  | 299
|  |  |  | $ | 2.1000 |  |  |  | $ | 1,253 |  |  |  | $ | 1.9700 |  |  |  | $ | 1,167

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