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Property, Plant and Equipment - Finance Leases - Additional Information (Detail) - CAD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Property plant and equipment under finance leases [member] |  |
Disclosure of recognised finance lease as assets by lessee [line items] |  |
Carrying value of property, plant and equipment held under finance leases | $ 613 | $ 406
Land, buildings, plant and equipment [member] |  |
Disclosure of recognised finance lease as assets by lessee [line items] |  |
Carrying value of property, plant and equipment held under finance leases | $ 504 | $ 192

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- Definition The amount of assets recognised by the entity, which are leased under finance leases. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 31 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2018-03-02&anchor=para_31_a&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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