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Share capital (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Disclosure Of Share Capital, Reserves And Other Equity Interest [Abstract] |
Summary of principal terms of preference shares and common shares | The following table provides a summary of the principal terms of BCE’s First Preferred Shares as at December 31, 2023. There were no Second Preferred Shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023. BCE’s articles of amalgamation, as amended, describe the terms and conditions of these shares in detail.
| ANNUAL DIVIDEND RATE |  |  |  |  |  |  | STATED CAPITAL
SERIES | CONVERTIBLE INTO | CONVERSION DATE | REDEMPTION DATE | REDEMPTION PRICE | NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING | DECEMBER 31, 2023 | DECEMBER 31, 2022
Q | floating | Series R | December 1, 2030 | At any time | $25.50 | — |  | — |  | — |
R(1) | 3.018 | % | Series Q | December 1, 2025 | December 1, 2025 | $25.00 | 7,764,800 |  | 194 |  | 200 |
S | floating | Series T | November 1, 2026 | At any time | $25.50 | 2,054,167 |  | 51 |  | 53 |
T(1) | 4.99 | % | Series S | November 1, 2026 | November 1, 2026 | $25.00 | 5,301,633 |  | 132 |  | 146 |
Y | floating | Series Z | December 1, 2027 | At any time | $25.50 | 6,451,752 |  | 161 |  | 175 |
Z(1) | 5.346 | % | Series Y | December 1, 2027 | December 1, 2027 | $25.00 | 2,708,031 |  | 68 |  | 74 |
AA(1) | 4.94 | % | Series AB | September 1, 2027 | September 1, 2027 | $25.00 | 11,482,631 |  | 293 |  | 312 |
AB | floating | Series AA | September 1, 2027 | At any time | $25.50 | 6,918,839 |  | 176 |  | 195 |
AC(1) | 5.08 | % | Series AD | March 1, 2028 | March 1, 2028 | $25.00 | 6,482,274 |  | 165 |  | 255 |
AD | floating | Series AC | March 1, 2028 | At any time | $25.50 | 12,513,726 |  | 319 |  | 254 |
AE | floating | Series AF | February 1, 2025 | At any time | $25.50 | 6,022,513 |  | 151 |  | 162 |
AF(1) | 3.865 | % | Series AE | February 1, 2025 | February 1, 2025 | $25.00 | 9,076,087 |  | 227 |  | 237 |
AG(1) | 3.37 | % | Series AH | May 1, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | $25.00 | 8,442,830 |  | 211 |  | 223 |
AH | floating | Series AG | May 1, 2026 | At any time | $25.50 | 4,784,070 |  | 120 |  | 125 |
AI(1) | 3.39 | % | Series AJ | August 1, 2026 | August 1, 2026 | $25.00 | 9,246,640 |  | 231 |  | 237 |
AJ | floating | Series AI | August 1, 2026 | At any time | $25.50 | 4,118,260 |  | 103 |  | 111 |
AK(1) | 3.306 | % | Series AL | December 31, 2026 | December 31, 2026 | $25.00 | 22,303,812 |  | 558 |  | 578 |
AL(2) | floating | Series AK | December 31, 2026 | At any time |  | 1,755,688 |  | 44 |  | 45 |
AM(1) | 2.939 | % | Series AN | March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2026 | $25.00 | 10,183,378 |  | 233 |  | 239 |
AN(2) | floating | Series AM | March 31, 2026 | At any time |  | 1,035,822 |  | 24 |  | 24 |
AO(3) | fixed | Series AP |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | — |
AP(3) | floating | Series AO |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | — |
AQ(1) | 6.538 | % | Series AR | September 30, 2028 | September 30, 2028 | $25.00 | 8,303,614 |  | 206 |  | 225 |
AR(4) | floating | Series AQ | September 30, 2033 | At any time |  | — |  | — |  | — |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,667 |  | 3,870 |
(1)BCE may redeem each of these series of First Preferred Shares on the applicable redemption date and every five years thereafter. (2)BCE may redeem Series AL and AN First Preferred Shares at $25.00 per share on December 31, 2026 and March 31, 2026, respectively, and every five years thereafter (each, a Series conversion date). Alternatively, BCE may redeem Series AL or AN First Preferred Shares at $25.50 per share on any date which is not a Series conversion date for the applicable series of First Preferred Shares. (3)On March 31, 2022, BCE redeemed its 4,600,000 issued and outstanding Series AO First Preferred Shares with a stated capital of $118 million for a total cost of $115 million. The remaining $3 million was recorded to contributed surplus. (4)If Series AR First Preferred Shares are issued on September 30, 2028, BCE may redeem such shares at $25.00 per share on September 30, 2033 and every five years thereafter (each, a Series conversion date). Alternatively, BCE may redeem Series AR Preferred Shares at $25.50 per share on any date which is not a Series conversion date for such series of First Preferred Shares. The following table provides details about the outstanding common shares of BCE.
|  | 2023 | 2022
| NOTE | NUMBER OF SHARES | STATED CAPITAL | NUMBER OF SHARES | STATED CAPITAL
Outstanding, January 1 |  | 911,982,866 |  | 20,840 |  | 909,018,871 |  | 20,662 |
Shares issued under deferred share plan |  | 843 |  | — |  | 11,003 |  | 1 |
Shares issued under employee stock option plan | 31 | 306,139 |  | 19 |  | 2,952,992 |  | 177 |
Unclaimed shares(1) |  | (15,303) |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Outstanding, December 31 |  | 912,274,545 |  | 20,859 |  | 911,982,866 |  | 20,840 |
(1) Represents unclaimed shares following the expiry of former Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS) shareholders' rights to receive BCE common shares in connection with the acquisition of MTS.

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