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Cover - shares | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2025 | Apr. 15, 2025 | Jan. 15, 2025
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
Document Type | 40-F |  |
Document Registration Statement | false |  |
Document Annual Report | true |  |
Document Period End Date | Dec. 31, 2025 |  |
Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 |  |
Entity File Number | 1-8481 |  |
Entity Registrant Name | BCE INC. |  |
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | Z4 |  |
Entity Primary SIC Number | 4813 |  |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 98-0134477 |  |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 1, carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell, Building A, 7th Floor, |  |
Entity Address, City or Town | Verdun |  |
Entity Address, State or Province | QC |  |
Entity Address, Country | CA |  |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | H3E 3B3 |  |
City Area Code | 514 |  |
Local Phone Number | 786-8424 |  |
Title of 12(b) Security | Common shares |  |
Trading Symbol | BCE |  |
Security Exchange Name | NYSE |  |
Annual Information Form | true |  |
Audited Annual Financial Statements | true |  |
ISSUED (in shares) |  | 10,701,213 | 9,540,786
Number of shares outstanding |  | 312,818,741 | 308,654,258
Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes |  |
Entity Interactive Data Current | Yes |  |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |  |
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag | true |  |
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] | false |  |
Entity Central Index Key | 0000718940 |  |
Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2025 |  |
Document Fiscal Period Focus | FY |  |
Amendment Flag | false |  |
Series R |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 6,913,600 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 6,913,600 |  |
Series S |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 1,875,977 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 1,875,977 |  |
Series T |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 5,041,533 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 5,041,533 |  |
Series Y |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 5,382,087 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 5,382,087 |  |
Series Z |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 2,387,648 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 2,387,648 |  |
Series AA |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 10,186,378 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 10,186,378 |  |
Series AB |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 6,062,639 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 6,062,639 |  |
Series AC |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 6,160,274 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 6,160,274 |  |
Series AD |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 10,944,329 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 10,944,329 |  |
Series AE |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 3,220,472 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 3,220,472 |  |
Series AF |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 10,507,633 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 10,507,633 |  |
Series AG |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 8,097,685 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 8,097,685 |  |
Series AH |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 4,188,913 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 4,188,913 |  |
Series AI |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 8,738,340 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 8,738,340 |  |
Series AJ |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 3,776,360 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 3,776,360 |  |
Series AK |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 19,242,741 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 19,242,741 |  |
Series AL |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 1,489,288 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 1,489,288 |  |
Series AM |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 8,861,751 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 8,861,751 |  |
Series AN |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 950,322 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 950,322 |  |
Series AQ |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 7,727,909 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 7,727,909 |  |
Preferred shares |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
ISSUED (in shares) | 131,755,879 |  |
Number of shares outstanding | 131,755,879 |  |
Business Contact |  |  |
Entity Listings [Line Items] |  |  |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 28 Liberty St. |  |
Entity Address, City or Town | New York |  |
Entity Address, State or Province | NY |  |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 10005 |  |
City Area Code | 212 |  |
Local Phone Number | 894-8940 |  |
Contact Personnel Name | CT Corporation System |  |

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