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Long-term debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Notes payable(1) | 24 | 1.16 | % | 3,151 |  | 2,649 |
Loans secured by trade receivables | 24 | 2.11 | % | 921 |  | 931 |
Long-term debt due within one year(2) |  | 4.38 | % | 1,106 |  | 835 |
Unsecured committed term credit facility(3) |  |  |  | — |  | 479 |
Net unamortized discount |  |  |  | — |  | (1 | )
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  | — |  | (6 | )
Total long-term debt due within one year | 20 |  |  | 1,106 |  | 1,307 |
Total debt due within one year |  |  |  | 5,178 |  | 4,887 |
(1) | Includes commercial paper of $2,484 million in U.S. dollars ($3,116 million in Canadian dollars) and $1,945 million in U.S. dollars ($2,612 million in Canadian dollars) as at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which were issued under our U.S. commercial paper program and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations through forward currency contracts. See Note 24, Financial and capital management for additional details.
(2) | Included in long-term debt due within one year is the current portion of finance leases of $445 million and $435 million as at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
(3) | In 2017, Bell Canada repaid $357 million in U.S. dollars ($480 million in Canadian dollars) representing all of the borrowings outstanding under its unsecured committed term credit facility. Accordingly, this credit facility was closed and the cross currency basis swap which was used to hedge the U.S. currency exposure under such credit facility was settled. See Note 24, Financial and capital management for additional details.
Securitized trade receivables
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE |  | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE | MATURITY | 2017 |  | 2016 |
| Debt securities |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 1997 trust indenture |  | 3.86 | % |  | 2018-2047 | 14,950 |  | 13,600 |
|  | 1976 trust indenture |  | 9.54 | % |  | 2021-2054 | 1,100 |  | 1,100 |
|  | 2011 trust indenture(1) |  | 4.28 | % |  | 2018-2024 | 425 |  | — |
|  | 2001 trust indenture(1) |  | 5.63 | % |  | 2019 | 200 |  | — |
| Subordinated debentures |  | 8.21 | % |  | 2026-2031 | 275 |  | 275 |
| Finance leases | 13 |  | 6.64 | % |  | 2018-2047 | 2,172 |  | 2,260 |
| Unsecured committed term credit facility(2) | 19 |  |  |  |  | — |  | 479 |
| Other |  |  |  |  | 195 |  | 188 |
Total debt |  |  |  |  | 19,317 |  | 17,902 |
| Net unamortized premium |  |  |  |  | 50 |  | 18 |
| Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  |  | (46 | ) | (41 | )
| Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Amount due within one year | 19 |  |  |  |  | (1,106 | ) | (1,307 | )
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  | 18,215 |  | 16,572 |

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