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Property, Plant and Equipment - Finance Leases - Additional Information (Detail) - CAD CAD in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Property plant and equipment under finance leases [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [line items]
Carrying value of property, plant and equipment held under finance lease	CAD 406	CAD 220
Land Building Plant and Equipment [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [line items]
Carrying value of property, plant and equipment held under finance lease	192	220
Construction In Progress [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [line items]
Carrying value of property, plant and equipment held under finance lease	CAD 214	CAD 0

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The amount of assets recognised by the entity, which are leased under finance leases.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Note Expiry date 2019-01-01
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-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 31
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-URIDate 2017-03-09

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