financial instruments - Activity related to allowance for doubtful accounts (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | ||
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Jun. 30, 2026 |
Jun. 30, 2025 |
Jun. 30, 2026 |
Jun. 30, 2025 |
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| Summary of activity related to allowance for doubtful accounts | ||||
| Accounts written off during the period that were still subject to enforcement activity | $ 60 | $ 66 | $ 118 | $ 131 |
| Customer accounts receivable | ||||
| Summary of activity related to allowance for doubtful accounts | ||||
| Balance, beginning of period | (3,265) | |||
| Balance, end of period | (3,095) | (3,095) | ||
| Customer accounts receivable | Allowance for doubtful accounts | ||||
| Summary of activity related to allowance for doubtful accounts | ||||
| Balance, beginning of period | 145 | 139 | 143 | 134 |
| Additions (doubtful accounts expense) | 35 | 38 | 63 | 87 |
| Accounts written off less than recoveries | (43) | (37) | (72) | (85) |
| Other | 2 | (1) | 5 | 3 |
| Balance, end of period | $ 139 | $ 139 | $ 139 | $ 139 |
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- Definition The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Classes of financial instruments [domain]; Financial liabilities] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The increase (decrease) in financial assets resulting from foreign exchange and other movements. [Refer: Financial assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition The increase in financial assets resulting from origination or purchase. [Refer: Financial assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition The amounts charged to allowance for doubtful accounts which are still subject to enforcement activity that were of written off during the period. No definition available.
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