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advance billings and customer deposits - Contract liabilities (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
advance billings and customer deposits
Contract liabilities at beginning of period	$ 974	$ 914
Revenue deferred in previous period and recognized in current period	(631)	(625)
Net additions arising from operations	737	678
Additions arising from business acquisitions	22	7
Contract liabilities at end of period	1,102	974
Current	987	886
Non-current
Deferred revenues	112	84
Deferred customer activation and connection fees	$ 3	$ 4

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- Definition

The amount of an entity’s obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration (or the amount is due) from the customer.

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The increase in contract liabilities resulting from business combinations. [Refer: Total for all business combinations [member]; Contract liabilities]

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The amount of revenue that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period. [Refer: Contract liabilities; Revenue from contracts with customers]

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The amount of current contract liabilities before reclassifications into and out of contract assets.

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