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additional statement of cash flow information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
additional statement of cash flow information |
Schedule of operating activities and investing activities | ​
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Years ended December 31 (millions) |  | Note |  | 2024 |  | 2023
OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Net change in non-cash operating working capital |  |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Current | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Accounts receivable |  |  | ​ | $ | (54) |  | $ | (184)
Inventories |  |  | ​ | ​ | (145) |  |  | 53
Contract assets | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (20) | ​ | ​ | (4)
Prepaid expenses |  |  | ​ | ​ | (81) |  |  | (60)
Unrealized change in held for trading derivatives | ​ | 4(h) | ​ | ​ | 24 | ​ | ​ | 8
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  | ​ | ​ | 307 |  |  | (268)
Income and other taxes receivable and payable, net |  |  | ​ | ​ | 41 |  |  | (72)
Advance billings and customer deposits |  | 24 | ​ | ​ | 46 |  |  | 74
Provisions |  | 25 | ​ | ​ | (92) |  |  | 135
​ |  |  | ​ | ​ | 26 |  | ​ | (318)
Non-current | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Contract assets | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (22) | ​ | ​ | 17
Unbilled customer finance receivables | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 7 | ​ | ​ | (66)
Unrealized change in held for trading derivatives | ​ | 4(h) | ​ | ​ | 211 | ​ | ​ | (12)
Costs incurred to obtain or fulfill contracts with customers | ​ | 20 | ​ | ​ | (83) | ​ | ​ | (64)
Prepaid maintenance | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 7 | ​ | ​ | 15
Refundable security deposits and other | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (22) | ​ | ​ | (21)
Provisions | ​ | 25 | ​ | ​ | (131) | ​ | ​ | (115)
Contract liabilities | ​ | 24, 27 | ​ | ​ | 27 | ​ | ​ | —
Other post-employment benefit liabilities | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 10 | ​ | ​ | 8
Other long-term liabilities | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (9) | ​ | ​ | 4
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (5) | ​ | ​ | (234)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | 21 | ​ | $ | (552)
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash payments for capital assets, excluding spectrum licences |  |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Capital asset additions |  |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Gross capital expenditures |  |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Property, plant and equipment |  | 17 | ​ | $ | (2,639) |  | $ | (2,622)
Intangible assets subject to amortization |  | 18 | ​ | ​ | (1,048) |  | ​ | (981)
​ |  |  | ​ | ​ | (3,687) |  | ​ | (3,603)
Additions arising from leases | ​ | 17 | ​ | ​ | 1,015 | ​ | ​ | 781
Additions arising from non-monetary transactions |  |  | ​ | ​ | 37 |  | ​ | —
Capital expenditures | ​ | 5 | ​ | ​ | (2,635) | ​ | ​ | (2,822)
Effect of asset retirement obligations | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 2 | ​ | ​ | (59)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (2,633) | ​ | ​ | (2,881)
Other non-cash items included above | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Change in associated non-cash investing working capital | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (115) | ​ | ​ | (360)
Non-cash change in asset retirement obligation |  |  | ​ | ​ | (2) |  | ​ | 59
​ |  |  | ​ | ​ | (117) |  | ​ | (301)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | (2,750) | ​ | $ | (3,182)
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Schedule of changes in liabilities arising from financing activities | ​
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Year ended December 31, 2023 | ​ |  | ​ | ​ | Year ended December 31, 2024 | ​ |  | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Statement of cash flows | ​ | Non-cash changes | ​ |  | ​ | ​ | Statement of cash flows | ​ | Non-cash changes | ​ |  | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Foreign | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Foreign | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Balance as | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Redemptions, | ​ | exchange | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Balance as at | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Redemptions, | ​ | exchange | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Balance as at
​ | ​ | at January 1, | ​ | Issued or | ​ | repayments or | ​ | movement | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | December 31, | ​ | Issued or | ​ | repayments or | ​ | movement | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | December 31,
(millions) |  | 2023 |  | received |  | payments |  | (Note 4(i)) |  | Other |  | 2023 |  | received |  | payments |  | (Note 4(i)) |  | Other |  | 2024
Dividends payable to holders of Common Shares | ​ | $ | 502 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | (2,063) | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 2,111 | ​ | $ | 550 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | (2,259) | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 2,314 | ​ | $ | 605
Dividends reinvested in shares from Treasury | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 748 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (748) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 697 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (697) | ​ | ​ | —
​ | ​ | $ | 502 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | (1,315) | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 1,363 | ​ | $ | 550 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | (1,562) | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 1,617 | ​ | $ | 605
Short-term borrowings | ​ | $ | 104 | ​ | $ | 607 | ​ | $ | (609) | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 2 | ​ | $ | 104 | ​ | $ | 1,040 | ​ | $ | (263) | ​ | $ | 41 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 922
Net-settled derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated short-term borrowings – liability (asset) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 63 | ​ | ​ | (15) | ​ | ​ | (46) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2
​ | ​ | $ | 104 | ​ | $ | 607 | ​ | $ | (609) | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 2 | ​ | $ | 104 | ​ | $ | 1,103 | ​ | $ | (278) | ​ | $ | (5) | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 924
Long-term debt | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​
TELUS Corporation senior notes | ​ | $ | 18,660 | ​ | $ | 2,250 | ​ | $ | (500) | ​ | $ | (104) | ​ | $ | (5) | ​ | $ | 20,301 | ​ | $ | 2,500 | ​ | $ | (1,100) | ​ | $ | 378 | ​ | $ | (2) | ​ | $ | 22,077
TELUS Corporation commercial paper | ​ | ​ | 1,458 | ​ |  | 5,502 | ​ |  | (5,929) | ​ |  | (10) | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 1,021 | ​ |  | 3,601 | ​ |  | (3,300) | ​ |  | 82 | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 1,404
TELUS Corporation credit facilities | ​ | ​ | 1,145 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (1) | ​ | ​ | 1,144 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (1,144) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | —
TELUS Communications Inc. debentures | ​ | ​ | 199 | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 1 | ​ |  | 200 | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 200
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. credit facility | ​ | ​ | 914 | ​ |  | 1,471 | ​ |  | (548) | ​ |  | (60) | ​ |  | 4 | ​ |  | 1,781 | ​ |  | 354 | ​ |  | (587) | ​ |  | 152 | ​ |  | 3 | ​ |  | 1,703
Other | ​ | ​ | 321 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (182) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 149 | ​ | ​ | 288 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (70) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 370 | ​ | ​ | 588
Lease liabilities | ​ | ​ | 2,340 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (538) | ​ | ​ | 15 | ​ | ​ | 797 | ​ | ​ | 2,614 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (661) | ​ | ​ | 24 | ​ | ​ | 905 | ​ | ​ | 2,882
Derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar- denominated long-term debt – liability (asset) | ​ | ​ | (80) | ​ |  | 5,984 | ​ |  | (5,977) | ​ |  | 134 | ​ |  | (48) | ​ |  | 13 | ​ |  | 3,377 | ​ |  | (3,333) | ​ |  | (421) | ​ |  | 296 | ​ |  | (68)
​ | ​ | ​ | 24,957 | ​ |  | 15,207 | ​ |  | (13,674) | ​ |  | (25) | ​ |  | 897 | ​ |  | 27,362 | ​ |  | 9,832 | ​ |  | (10,195) | ​ |  | 215 | ​ |  | 1,572 | ​ |  | 28,786
To eliminate effect of gross settlement of derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt | ​ | ​ | — | ​ |  | (5,984) | ​ |  | 5,984 | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | (3,377) | ​ |  | 3,377 | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | —
​ | ​ | $ | 24,957 | ​ | $ | 9,223 | ​ | $ | (7,690) | ​ | $ | (25) | ​ | $ | 897 | ​ | $ | 27,362 | ​ | $ | 6,455 | ​ | $ | (6,818) | ​ | $ | 215 | ​ | $ | 1,572 | ​ | $ | 28,786
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