Interests in Resource Properties - Additional Information (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Interest in an iron ore development project
Interests in Resource Properties
Expected future minimum sublease payments receivable	$ 3,250
Reversal of non cash impairment loss	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Percentage of pre tax discount rate	13.18%	8.08%	6.43%
Hydrocarbon properties
Interests in Resource Properties
Reversal of non cash impairment loss		$ 0	$ 0
Percentage of pre tax discount rate		10.00%	10.00%

The amount of future minimum sublease payments expected to be received under non-cancellable subleases for finance leases. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is, or can be, required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee.

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