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Long-term debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Summary of Long-Term Debt |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AT DECEMBER 31, 2020 |  | 2020 | 2019
Notes payable(1) | 28 | 0.24 |  | % | 392 |  | 1,994 |
Loans secured by trade receivables | 28 | 1.10 |  | % | 1,050 |  | 1,050 |
Long-term debt due within one year(2) | 24 | 5.52 |  | % | 975 |  | 837 |
Total debt due within one year |  |  |  | 2,417 |  | 3,881 |
(1)Includes commercial paper of $274 million in U.S. dollars ($349 million in Canadian dollars) and $1,502 million in U.S. dollars ($1,951 million in Canadian dollars) as at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, 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 28, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (2)Included in long-term debt due within one year is the current portion of lease liabilities of $754 million and $775 million as at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AT DECEMBER 31, 2020 |  | MATURITY | 2020 | 2019
| Debt securities |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 1997 trust indenture |  | 3.68 | % |  | 2022-2050 | 16,400 |  | 14,500 |
|  | 1976 trust indenture |  | 9.54 | % |  | 2021-2054 | 1,100 |  | 1,100 |
|  | 2011 trust indenture |  | 4.00 | % |  | 2024 | 225 |  | 225 |
|  | 2016 U.S. trust indenture (1) |  | 4.41 | % |  | 2048-2049 | 2,228 |  | 2,273 |
|  | 1996 trust indenture (subordinated) |  | 8.21 | % |  | 2026-2031 | 275 |  | 275 |
| Lease liabilities |  | 4.91 | % |  | 2021-2065 | 4,356 |  | 4,599 |
| Other |  |  |  |  | 386 |  | 328 |
Total debt |  |  |  |  | 24,970 |  | 23,300 |
| Net unamortized (discount) premium |  |  |  |  | (19) |  | 15 |
| Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  |  | (70) |  | (63) |
| Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Amount due within one year | 23 |  |  |  | (975) |  | (837) |
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  | 23,906 |  | 22,415 |
(1)At December 31, 2020 and 2019, notes issued under the 2016 U.S. trust indenture totaled $1,750 million in U.S. dollars, and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations through cross currency interest rate swaps. See Note 28, Financial and capital management, for additional details.

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