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Defined benefit plans - Summary of Defined Benefit Plans' Weighted Average Asset Allocation Percentages by Asset Category (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Pension Plans [member] |  |
Investment funds |  |
Money market | 2.00% |
Canadian fixed income | 98.00% | 100.00%
Total | 100.00% | 100.00%
Supplemental pension plan [member] |  |
Investment funds |  |
Money market | 1.00% | 6.00%
Canadian fixed income | 6.00% | 2.00%
Other | 49.00% | 46.00%
Total | 100.00% | 100.00%
Supplemental pension plan [member] | Canada [member] |  |
Investment funds |  |
Equities | 22.00% | 20.00%
Supplemental pension plan [member] | UNITED STATES |  |
Investment funds |  |
Equities | 10.00% | 19.00%
Supplemental pension plan [member] | Other jurisdictions [member] |  |
Investment funds |  |
Equities | 12.00% | 7.00%

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