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Debt due within one year (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Schedule of debt due within one year |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AT DECEMBER 31, 2023 |  | 2023 | 2022
Notes payable(1) | 29 | 5.21 |  | % | 207 |  | 869 |
Loans secured by receivables(2) | 29 | 6.16 |  | % | 1,588 |  | 1,588 |
Long-term debt due within one year(3) | 25 | 3.60 |  | % | 3,247 |  | 1,680 |
Total debt due within one year |  |  |  | 5,042 |  | 4,137 |
(1)Includes commercial paper of $149 million in U.S. dollars ($197 million in Canadian dollars) and $627 million in U.S. dollars ($849 million in Canadian dollars) as at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, which were issued under our U.S. commercial paper program and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations with forward currency contracts. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (2)Loans secured by receivables totaled $1,200 million in U.S. dollars ($1,588 million in Canadian dollars) and $1,173 million in U.S. dollars ($1,588 million in Canadian dollars) as at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations with forward currency contracts. 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 $1,074 million and $930 million as at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AT DECEMBER 31, 2023 |  | MATURITY | 2023 | 2022
| Debt securities |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 1997 trust indenture (1) |  | 4.02 | % |  | 2024-2053 | 19,768 |  | 16,747 |
|  | 1976 trust indenture |  | 9.38 | % |  | 2027-2054 | 975 |  | 975 |
|  | 2011 trust indenture |  | 4.00 | % |  | 2024 | 225 |  | 225 |
|  | 2016 U.S. trust indenture (2) |  | 3.58 | % |  | 2024-2052 | 7,529 |  | 6,525 |
|  | 1996 trust indenture (subordinated) |  | 8.21 | % |  | 2026-2031 | 275 |  | 275 |
| Lease liabilities |  | 5.82 | % |  | 2024-2068 | 4,857 |  | 4,402 |
| Bell Mobility trade loan (3) |  | 6.98 | % |  | 2025 | 476 |  | — |
| Other |  |  |  |  | 422 |  | 449 |
Total debt |  |  |  |  | 34,527 |  | 29,598 |
| Net unamortized discount |  |  |  |  | (33) |  | (34) |
| Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  |  | (112) |  | (101) |
| Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Amount due within one year | 24 |  |  |  | (3,247) |  | (1,680) |
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  | 31,135 |  | 27,783 |
(1)At December 31, 2023 and 2022, $1,625 million and $500 million, respectively, have been swapped from fixed to floating using interest rate swaps. As at December 31, 2023, $700 million and $525 million have been swapped from fixed to floating with forward interest rate swaps starting in 2024 and 2028, respectively. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (2)At December 31, 2023 and 2022, notes issued under the 2016 U.S. trust indenture totaled $5,700 million and $4,850 million in U.S. dollars, respectively, and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations with 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. (3)At December 31, 2023, loans incurred under the Bell Mobility trade loan agreement totaled $360 million in U.S. dollars and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations with cross currency interest rate swaps. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details.
Details of securitized trade receivables | The following table provides further details on our securitized receivables programs during 2023 and 2022.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | 2023 | 2022
Average interest rate throughout the year | 5.72 | % | 3.15 | %
Securitized receivables | 3,320 |  | 3,353 |
Summary of total bank credit facilities | The table below is a summary of our total bank credit facilities at December 31, 2023.
| TOTAL AVAILABLE | DRAWN | LETTERS OF CREDIT | COMMERCIAL PAPER OUTSTANDING | NET AVAILABLE
Committed credit facilities |  |  |  |  |
Unsecured revolving and expansion credit facilities (1)(2) | 3,500 |  | — |  | — |  | 197 |  | 3,303 |
Unsecured non-revolving credit facilities (3) | 641 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 641 |
Other | 106 |  | — |  | 81 |  | — |  | 25 |
Total committed credit facilities | 4,247 |  | — |  | 81 |  | 197 |  | 3,969 |
Non-committed credit facilities |  |  |  |  |
Bell Canada | 2,159 |  | — |  | 862 |  | — |  | 1,297 |
Bell Mobility | 794 |  | 476 |  | — |  | — |  | 318 |
Total non-committed credit facilities | 2,953 |  | 476 |  | 862 |  | — |  | 1,615 |
Total committed and non-committed credit facilities | 7,200 |  | 476 |  | 943 |  | 197 |  | 5,584 |
(1)Bell Canada’s $2.5 billion committed revolving credit facility expires in May 2028 and its $1 billion committed expansion credit facility expires in May 2026. In 2022, Bell Canada converted its committed credit facilities into a sustainability-linked loan. The amendment introduces a borrowing cost that varies based on our performance of certain sustainability performance targets. (2)As of December 31, 2023, Bell Canada’s outstanding commercial paper included $149 million in U.S. dollars ($197 million in Canadian dollars). All of Bell Canada’s commercial paper outstanding is included in Debt due within one year. (3)In 2022, Bell Canada entered into two 30-year senior unsecured non-revolving credit facilities in the aggregate principal amount of up to $647 million to partly fund the expansion of its broadband networks as part of government subsidy programs. In 2023, the maximum aggregate principal amount of such credit facilities was decreased to $641 million.

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