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Long-term debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Summary of long-term debt |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AT DECEMBER 31, 2022 |  | 2022 | 2021
Notes payable(1) | 29 | 4.27 |  | % | 869 |  | 735 |
Loans secured by receivables(2) | 29 | 5.19 |  | % | 1,588 |  | 900 |
Long-term debt due within one year(3) | 25 | 4.79 |  | % | 1,680 |  | 990 |
Total debt due within one year |  |  |  | 4,137 |  | 2,625 |
(1)Includes commercial paper of $627 million in U.S. dollars ($849 million in Canadian dollars) and $561 million in U.S. dollars ($711 million in Canadian dollars) as at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 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 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (2)At December 31, 2022, loans secured by receivables totaled $1,173 million in U.S. dollars ($1,588 million in Canadian dollars) and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations through foreign currency forward contracts. At December 31, 2021, loans secured by receivables totaled $900 million in Canadian dollars. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (3)Included in long-term debt due within one year is the current portion of lease liabilities of $930 million and $864 million as at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AT DECEMBER 31, 2022 |  | MATURITY | 2022 | 2021
| Debt securities |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 1997 trust indenture (1) |  | 3.82 | % |  | 2023-2051 | 16,747 |  | 16,750 |
|  | 1976 trust indenture |  | 9.38 | % |  | 2027-2054 | 975 |  | 975 |
|  | 2011 trust indenture |  | 4.00 | % |  | 2024 | 225 |  | 225 |
|  | 2016 U.S. trust indenture (2) |  | 3.32 | % |  | 2024-2052 | 6,525 |  | 5,188 |
|  | 1996 trust indenture (subordinated) |  | 8.21 | % |  | 2026-2031 | 275 |  | 275 |
| Lease liabilities |  | 4.53 | % |  | 2023-2068 | 4,402 |  | 4,309 |
| Other |  |  |  |  | 449 |  | 438 |
Total debt |  |  |  |  | 29,598 |  | 28,160 |
| Net unamortized discount |  |  |  |  | (34) |  | (26) |
| Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  |  | (101) |  | (96) |
| Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Amount due within one year | 24 |  |  |  | (1,680) |  | (990) |
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  | 27,783 |  | 27,048 |
(1)At December 31, 2022, $500 million has been swapped from fixed to floating using interest rate swaps. See Note 29, Financial and capital management for additional details. (2)At December 31, 2022 and 2021, notes issued under the 2016 U.S. trust indenture totaled $4,850 million and $4,100 million in U.S. dollars, respectively, and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations through cross currency interest rate swaps, including $600 million in U.S. dollars, which has been swapped from fixed to floating. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details.

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