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Goodwill Impairment, Effect Of One Percentage Point Increase To The Discount Rate

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Growth Rate Used To Extrapolate Cash Flow Projections, Period

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Number Of Ventilators Designed And Manufactured

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The discount rate applied to cash flow projections for a cash-generating unit (group of units). [Refer: Cash-generating units [member]]

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The growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections beyond the period covered by the most recent budgets/forecasts for a cash-generating unit (group of units). [Refer: Cash-generating units [member]]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of impairment loss recognised in profit or loss for intangible assets and goodwill. [Refer: Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss; Intangible assets and goodwill]

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IMPAIRMENT OF NONFINANCIAL ASSETS - Narrative (Details) ventilator in Thousands		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 10, 2020 ventilator	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020 CAD ($)
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss, intangible assets and goodwill			$ 40,700,000
Civil Aviation Training Solutions, Defense and Security and Healthcare
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections, period		5 years
Civil Aviation Training Solutions, Defense and Security and Healthcare \| Bottom of range
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections		2.00%	2.00%
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections		7.00%	7.00%
Civil Aviation Training Solutions, Defense and Security and Healthcare \| Top of range
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections		3.00%	3.00%
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections		15.00%	15.00%
Goodwill
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss, intangible assets and goodwill			$ 37,500,000
Goodwill \| Bottom of range
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections		2.00%	2.00%
Goodwill \| Top of range
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections		3.00%	3.00%
Goodwill \| Healthcare
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss, intangible assets and goodwill			$ 37,500,000
Additional impairment charge from increase of one percent to the discount rate			17,000,000
Additional impairment charge from decrease of one percent to the growth rate			10,000,000
Goodwill \| Civil Aviation Training Solutions And Defense And Security
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss, intangible assets and goodwill			$ 0
Contract With Government Of Canada For CAE Air1 Ventilators \| Goodwill \| Healthcare
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [line items]
Number of ventilators designed and manufactured \| ventilator	10