Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

TELUS CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

(UNAUDITED)

 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

 

 

 

condensed interim consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income (unaudited)

 

   Three months   Nine months 
Periods ended September 30 (millions except per share amounts)  Note   2026   2025   2026   2025 
OPERATING REVENUES                        
Service      $4,481   $4,507   $13,407   $13,441 
Equipment       539    560    1,522    1,675 
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers)  6    5,020    5,067    14,929    15,116 
Other income  7    6    39    39    129 
Operating revenues and other income       5,026    5,106    14,968    15,245 
OPERATING EXPENSES                        
Goods and services purchased  16    2,035    1,942    5,760    5,647 
Employee benefits expense  8, 16    1,442    1,411    4,549    4,422 
Depreciation  17    617    621    1,791    1,814 
Amortization of intangible assets  18    380    390    1,219    1,193 
Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill  18    800    —    2,935    500 
        5,274    4,364    16,254    13,576 
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)        (248)   742    (1,286)   1,669 
Financing costs  9    376    154    1,131    871 
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES       (624)   588    (2,417)   798 
Income taxes  10    36    157    (71)   311 
NET INCOME (LOSS)        (660)   431    (2,346)   487 
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME  11                     
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to income                        
Change in unrealized fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges       (47)   30    (159)   16 
Foreign currency translation adjustment arising from translating financial statements of foreign operations       (22)   59    81    41 
        (69)   89    (78)   57 
Items never subsequently reclassified to income                        
Change in measurement of investment financial assets       (22)   1    (29)   8 
Employee defined benefit plan re-measurements       950    16    962    42 
        928    17    933    50 
        859    106    855    107 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)       $199   $537   $(1,491)  $594 
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO:                        
Common Shares      $(667)  $493   $(2,371)  $821 
Non-controlling interests      7    (62)   25    (334)
       $(660)  $431   $(2,346)  $487 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO:                        
Common Shares      $192   $567   $(1,516)  $941 
Non-controlling interests      7    (30)   25    (347)
       $199   $537   $(1,491)  $594 
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE  12                     
Basic      $(0.42)  $0.32   $(1.51)  $0.54 
Diluted      $(0.42)  $0.32   $(1.51)  $0.54 
TOTAL WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING                        
Basic       1,589    1,535    1,575    1,525 
Diluted       1,589    1,543    1,575    1,531 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

 

2 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

condensed interim consolidated statements of financial position (unaudited)

  

As at (millions)  Note  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
ASSETS             
Current assets             
Cash and temporary investments, net     $1,308   $2,621 
Accounts receivable  6(b)   3,569    3,797 
Income and other taxes receivable      280    173 
Inventories  1(b)   458    482 
Contract assets  6(c)   441    457 
Costs incurred to obtain or fulfill contracts with customers  20   330    413 
Prepaid maintenance and other      512    421 
Current derivative assets  4(d)   153    8 
       7,051    8,372 
Non-current assets             
Property, plant and equipment, net  17   18,115    17,503 
Intangible assets, net  18   19,799    20,328 
Goodwill, net  18   8,097    10,460 
Contract assets  6(c)   267    274 
Other long-term assets  20   4,005    2,676 
       50,283    51,241 
      $57,334   $59,613 
LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ EQUITY             
Current liabilities             
Short-term borrowings  22  $1,576   $920 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  23   3,903    3,494 
Income and other taxes payable      117    141 
Dividends payable  13   296    649 
Advance billings and customer deposits  24   951    1,053 
Provisions  25   455    300 
Current maturities of long-term debt  26   3,854    3,102 
Current derivative liabilities  4(d)   22    30 
       11,174    9,689 
Non-current liabilities             
Provisions  25   538    661 
Long-term debt  26   25,930    27,437 
Other long-term liabilities  27   1,025    955 
Deferred income taxes      4,416    4,292 
       31,909    33,345 
Liabilities      43,083    43,034 
Owners’ equity             
Common equity  28   13,443    15,775 
Non-controlling interests      808    804 
       14,251    16,579 
      $57,334   $59,613 
Contingent liabilities  29          

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.          

 

 September 30, 2026 | 3

 

 

condensed interim consolidated statements of changes in owners’ equity (unaudited)

 

      Common equity         
      Equity contributed       Accumulated       Non-     
      Common Shares (Note 28)       Retained   other       controlling     
(millions)  Note  Number of
shares
   Share
capital
   Contributed
surplus
   earnings
(deficit)
   comprehensive
income (loss)
   Total   interests
(Note 28(b))
   Total 
Balance as at January 1, 2025      1,504   $13,124   $1,081   $1,520   $(105)  $15,620   $1,178   $16,798 
Net income (loss)      —    —    —    821    —    821    (334)   487 
Other comprehensive income  11   —    —    —    42    78    120    (13)   107 
Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners                                           
Dividends  13   —    —    —    (1,883)   —    (1,883)   —    (1,883)
Dividends reinvested and optional cash payments  13(b), 14(c)   31    635    —    —    —    635    —    635 
Equity accounted share-based compensation      —    2    101    —    —    103    1    104 
Change in ownership interests of subsidiaries  28(b)   —    —    457    —    —    457    817    1,274 
Balance as at September 30, 2025      1,535   $13,761   $1,639   $500   $(27)  $15,873   $1,649   $17,522 
Balance as at January 1, 2026      1,549   $14,096   $1,577   $98   $4   $15,775   $804   $16,579 
Net income (loss)      —    —    —    (2,371)   —    (2,371)   25    (2,346)
Other comprehensive income  11   —    —    —    962    (107)   855    —    855 
Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners                                           
Dividends  13   —    —    —    (1,608)   —    (1,608)   —    (1,608)
Dividends reinvested and optional cash payments  13(b), 14(c)   39    653    —    —    —    653    —    653 
Equity accounted share-based compensation  14(b)   2    54    82    —    —    136    —    136 
Issue of shares in business combination  25   —    3    —    —    —    3    —    3 
Partnership distributions to non-controlling interest      —    —    —    —    —    —    (21)   (21)
Balance as at September 30, 2026      1,590   $14,806   $1,659   $(2,919)  $(103)  $13,443   $808   $14,251 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

 

4 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

condensed interim consolidated statements of cash flows (unaudited)

 

   Three months   Nine months 
Periods ended September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES                
Net income (loss)  $(660)  $431   $(2,346)  $487 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:                    
Depreciation and amortization   997    1,011    3,010    3,007 
Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill (Note 18)   800    —    2,935    500 
Income tax expense (recovery) (Note 10)   36    157    (71)   311 
Income taxes paid, net   (81)   (77)   (209)   (374)
Investment tax credits and tax other   (4)   (9)   (19)   (36)
Share-based compensation expense, net (Note 14(a))   48    42    131    121 
Employee future benefits expense, net (Note 31(a))   27    10    49    29 
Gain on contributions of real estate to joint ventures (Notes 7, 21)   —    (13)   (15)   (21)
(Income) loss from equity accounted investments, net (Notes 7, 21)   6    1    5    (1)
Gain on purchase of long-term debt  (Note 9, 26(b))   —    (222)   —    (222)
Other   (55)   (99)   (100)   (133)
Net change in non-cash operating working capital (Note 31(a))   371    261    507    68 
Cash provided by operating activities   1,485    1,493    3,877    3,736 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES                    
Cash payments for capital assets, excluding spectrum licences (Note 31(a))   (596)   (634)   (1,950)   (1,886)
Cash payments for spectrum licences (Note 18(a))   —    —    (373)   — 
Cash payments for acquisitions, net   —    (3)   —    (464)
Advances to, and investment in, real estate joint ventures and associates (Note 21)   —    (1)   (1)   (1)
Real estate joint venture receipts (Note 21)   —    —    6    1 
Proceeds on disposition   26    3    35    76 
Investment in portfolio investments and other   (95)   (25)   (198)   (81)
Cash used by investing activities   (665)   (660)   (2,481)   (2,355)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES (Note 31(b))                    
Dividends paid to holders of Common Shares (Note 13(a))   (444)   (408)   (1,308)   (1,215)
Issue (repayment) of short-term borrowings, net   353    3    665    12 
Long-term debt issued   1,137    1,381    3,848    9,513 
Redemptions and repayment of long-term debt (Note 26)   (1,938)   (4,910)   (5,893)   (9,948)
Partnership distributions to non-controlling interest (Note 28(b))   (7)   —    (21)   — 
Equity of subsidiary issued to non-controlling interest (Note  28(b))   —    1,261    —    1,261 
Financing activity transaction costs and other   —    (15)   —    (46)
Cash used by financing activities   (899)   (2,688)   (2,709)   (423)
CASH POSITION                    
Increase (decrease) in cash and temporary investments, net   (79)   (1,855)   (1,313)   958 
Cash and temporary investments, net, beginning of period   1,387    3,682    2,621    869 
Cash and temporary investments, net, end of period  $1,308   $1,827   $1,308   $1,827 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF OPERATING CASH FLOWS                    
Interest paid   $(370)  $(399)  $(1,250)  $(1,078)
Interest received  $7   $16   $52   $38 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 5

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

  

TELUS Corporation is one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, providing a wide range of technology solutions, which include: mobile and fixed voice and data telecommunications services and products; healthcare services, software and technology solutions (including employee and family assistance programs and benefits administration); agriculture and consumer goods services (software, data management and data analytics-driven smart-food chain and consumer goods technologies); and digital experiences. Data services include: internet protocol; television; hosting, managed information technology and cloud-based services; and home and business security and automation.

 

TELUS Corporation was incorporated under the Company Act (British Columbia) on October 26, 1998, under the name BCT.TELUS Communications Inc. (BCT). On January 31, 1999, pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act among BCT, BC TELECOM Inc. and the former Alberta-based TELUS Corporation (TC), BCT acquired all of the shares of BC TELECOM Inc. and TC in exchange for Common Shares and Non-Voting Shares of BCT, and BC TELECOM Inc. was dissolved. On May 3, 2000, BCT changed its name to TELUS Corporation and in February 2005, TELUS Corporation transitioned under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), successor to the Company Act (British Columbia). TELUS Corporation maintains its registered office at Floor 5, 510 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 0M3.

 

The terms “TELUS”, “we”, “us”, “our” or “ourselves” refer to TELUS Corporation and, where the context of the narrative permits or requires, its subsidiaries. Our principal subsidiaries, which were wholly owned as at September 30, 2026, are TELUS Communications Inc. and TELUS Health Inc.

 

Notes to consolidated financial statements   Page
General application    
1. Condensed interim consolidated financial statements   7
2. Accounting policy developments   7
3. Capital structure financial policies   10
4. Financial instruments   15
Consolidated results of operations focused    
5. Segment information   22
6. Revenue from contracts with customers   25
7. Other income   26
8. Employee benefits expense   26
9. Financing costs   27
10. Income taxes   27
11. Other comprehensive income   29
12. Per share amounts   31
13. Dividends per share   31
14. Share-based compensation   32
15. Employee future benefits   34
16. Restructuring and other costs   36
Consolidated financial position focused    
17. Property, plant and equipment   37
18. Intangible assets and goodwill   38
19. Leases   40
20. Other long-term assets   41
21. Real estate joint ventures and investments in associates   42
22. Short-term borrowings   43
23. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   43
24. Advance billings and customer deposits   44
25. Provisions   45
26. Long-term debt   46
27. Other long-term liabilities   52
28. Owners’ equity   52
29. Contingent liabilities   54
Other    
30. Related party transactions   55
31. Additional statement of cash flow information   56

 

6 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

1condensed interim consolidated financial statements

 

(a)Basis of presentation

 

The notes presented in our condensed interim consolidated financial statements include only significant events and transactions and are not fully inclusive of all matters normally disclosed in our annual audited financial statements; thus, our interim consolidated financial statements are referred to as condensed. Our condensed interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025.

 

Our condensed interim consolidated financial statements are expressed in Canadian dollars and follow the same accounting policies and methods of their application as set out in our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025. The generally accepted accounting principles that we use are International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IFRS® Accounting Standards) and Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Our condensed interim consolidated financial statements comply with International Accounting Standard 34, Interim Financial Reporting and reflect all adjustments (which are of a normal recurring nature) that are, in our opinion, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented.

 

These consolidated financial statements for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, were authorized by our Board of Directors for issue on November 6, 2026.

 

(b)Inventories

 

Inventories primarily consist of mobile handsets, parts and accessories, which totalled $344 million as at September 30, 2026 (December 31, 2025 – $376 million), and communications equipment held for resale. These inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value, with cost being determined on an average cost basis. Costs of goods sold for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, totalled $0.5 billion (2025 – $0.6 billion) and $1.6 billion (2025 – $1.7 billion), respectively.

 

2accounting policy developments

 

(a)Initial application of standards, interpretations and amendments to standards and interpretations in the reporting period

 

·In May 2024, the International Accounting Standards Board issued Amendments to the Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments (Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7). The narrow-scope amendments are to address diversity in accounting practice in respect of: the classification of financial assets with environmental, social and corporate governance and similar features; and to clarify the date on which a financial asset or financial liability is to be de-recognized when using electronic payment systems. The new standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and earlier adoption was permitted. Our existing practices were compliant with the amendments.

 

(b)Standards, interpretations and amendments to standards and interpretations not yet effective and not yet applied

 

·In April 2024, the International Accounting Standards Board issued IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in the Financial Statements, which sets out the overall requirements for presentation and disclosures in the financial statements and does not affect the recognition and measurement requirements of IFRS Accounting Standards. The new standard will replace IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements.

 

Although much of the substance of IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements, will carry over into the new standard:

 

The new standard
incrementally will
Current assessment of the new
standard’s requirements on our
future presentation and disclosure
With a view to improving comparability amongst entities, require presentation in the statement of operations of a subtotal for operating profit and a subtotal for profit before financing and income taxes (both subtotals as defined in the new standard) The presentation of certain immaterial amounts will shift among operating*, investing (new) and financing* categories of the statement of operations (as discussed further below)

 

 

*As presented prior to the application of the new standard.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 7

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

The new standard
incrementally will
Current assessment of the new
standard’s requirements on our
future presentation and disclosure
With a view to improving comparability amongst entities, require limited changes to the statement of cash flows, including elimination of options for the classification of interest and dividend cash flows The classification of interest paid and interest received will shift from being within operating activities (applying the indirect method)* to within financing activities and within investing activities, respectively; our existing dividend cash flow classification is compliant with the new standard
Require disclosure and reconciliation, within a single financial statement note, of management-defined performance measures which are used in public communications to share management’s views of various aspects of an entity’s performance and are derived from the statement of income and other comprehensive income** The incremental disclosure, which may be partially duplicative of non-GAAP and other financial measures disclosures, including reconciliations, not contained within the financial statements (including disclosures and reconciliations made in management’s discussion and analysis), will be presented with other non-standardized financial measures in our segment information note (as discussed further below)
Enhance the requirements for aggregation and disaggregation of financial statement amounts Our existing aggregation and disaggregation practices are compliant with the new standard

 

The new standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027, with earlier adoption permitted. We are continuing to assess the impacts of the new standard and, other than as set out above, do not expect the totality of our financial disclosure to be materially affected by the application of the new standard.

 

Statement of income and other comprehensive income presentation

 

Of most significance, relative to our historical practice, IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, will newly define what income and expenses are to be classified in the operating and financing categories of, and will newly introduce an investing category to, our statement of income and other comprehensive income.

 

The income and expenses arising from investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for applying the equity method will be classified in the newly introduced investing category of the statement of income and other comprehensive income. Relative to our historical practice (see Note 7), the possible effect of applying the new standard for primary financial statement purposes will be reclassifying equal and offsetting amounts between operating income* and investing income; such possible effect is not currently expected to be material.

 

Irrespective of an entity’s capital structure financial policies’ approach to cash management, the new standard prescribes that an entity such as ourselves classify any income generated from cash and cash equivalents as investing income. We manage our financing expense on a net basis by offsetting income on cash and cash equivalents against such expense and thus, historically, have not separately recognized such income as a revenue. Relative to our historical practice (see Note 9), the possible effect of applying the new standard for primary financial statement purposes will be to increase the investing income and financing expense* by equal and offsetting amounts; such possible effect is not currently expected to be material.

 

The new standard requires that the income and expenses from other assets, such as investment properties (as defined by IFRS Accounting Standards), which do not comprise a specified main business activity and which generate a return individually and largely independently of our other resources, be classified in the newly introduced investing category of our statement of income and other comprehensive income. Relative to our historical practice, the possible effect of applying the new standard for primary financial statement purposes will be reclassifying equal and offsetting amounts between operating income* and investing income; such possible effect is not currently expected to be material.

 

 

*As presented prior to the application of the new standard.
**Although there is no requirement for entities to use the same terminology, the new standard references this primary financial statement as the “statement of financial performance”.

 

8 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

Foreign exchange differences arise due to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates between the time of a foreign currency-denominated transaction and its settlement. We manage such differences as a part of our financing management. As such, we establish hedging relationships and apply hedge accounting for a significant portion of our U.S. dollar-denominated transactions. However, it is not practicable to establish hedging relationships and apply hedge accounting for all foreign currency-denominated transactions. In our instance, primarily in respect of unhedged foreign exchange exposures (or not accounted for as a foreign currency translation adjustments arising from translating financial statements of foreign operations), the new standard prescribes that the default classification for foreign exchange differences is to be operating activities, irrespective of an entity’s financing management. Relative to our historical practice (see Note 9), the possible effect of applying the new standard for primary financial statement purposes will be reclassifying any such equal and offsetting default foreign exchange differences between Goods and services purchased within operating activities* and financing expense*; such possible effect is not currently expected to be material.

 

Management-defined performance measures

 

IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements will require financial statement disclosure of management-defined performance measures (which the new standard restricts to subtotals of income and expense and, among other requirements, which are used in public communications outside of the financial statements) and their reconciliation to the most directly comparable listed or required IFRS Accounting Standard totals or subtotals. Management-defined performance measures present management’s view of only limited aspects of management-defined financial performance as a whole*** and are not necessarily comparable with measures sharing similar labels or descriptions provided by other entities.

 

Judgment is required in identifying which of our measures may be management-defined performance measures. Due consideration must be given to the view that differing opinions may reasonably exist regarding what constitutes a performance measure and/or a management-defined performance measure, particularly so when a measure is multi-faceted and serves multiple purposes. On a continuing basis, as we continue to develop and evolve our business, we review and evolve our measures, including total of reportable segments measures and capital management measures, to identify those which may have become possible management-defined performance measures, and we review our possible management-defined performance measures to assess whether they may have ceased to be such.

 

Our management-defined performance measures possibly include, among others, adjusted net income attributable to Common Shares (the numerator of adjusted net income per basic share). Adjusted net income excludes the effects of (if, and as, applicable):

 

·Gain on purchase of long-term debt;

·Long-term debt prepayment premium;

·Restructuring and other costs;

·Real estate rationalization-related restructuring impairments;

·Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill; and

·Income tax-related adjustments.

 

Adjusted net income attributable to Common Shares is a measure used to evaluate performance at a consolidated level and excludes items that, in management’s view, may obscure underlying trends in business performance or are atypical items that do not reflect our ongoing operations. It should not be considered an alternative to Net income (loss) in measuring our performance.

 

 

*As presented prior to the application of the new standard.
***Free cash flow is not a standardized financial measure under IFRS Accounting Standards and might not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers (see Note 3).

 

 

 September 30, 2026 | 9

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

   Three-month period ended September 30, 2026  Nine-month period ended September 30, 2026 
   Unattributed amounts  Attributable to  Unattributed amounts  Attributable to 
      Income tax  Common Shares 1  Non-controlling     Income tax  Common Shares 1  Non-controlling 
(millions except per share amounts)  Total  effect  Total  Per basic share  interests  Total  effect  Total  Per basic share  interests 
Reconciliation of net income (loss) with possible management-defined performance measure                                         
Net income (loss)  $(660)     $(667) $(0.42) $      7  $(2,346)     $(2,371) $(1.51) $       25 
Add (deduct):                                         
Long-term debt prepayment premium (Note 9)   —  $—   —   —   —   51  $(14)  51   0.03   — 
Restructuring and other costs (Note 16(a))   211  $(49)  210   0.13   1   715  $(159)  714   0.45   1 
Real estate rationalization-related restructuring impairments included in depreciation (Note 16(a))   1  $—   1   —   —   5  $(1)  5   —   — 
Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill (Note 18(b))   800  $(15)  800   0.50   —   2,935  $(234)  2,935   1.86   — 
Income-tax related adjustments   (30)      (30)  (0.02)  —   (66)      (66)  (0.04)  — 
Income tax on the above adjustments   (64)      (63)  (0.03)  (1)  (408)      (407)  (0.24)  (1)
Adjusted net income  $258      $251  $0.16  $7  $886      $861  $0.55  $25 
            Possible management-defined performance measure               Possible management-defined performance measure     

 

1The amounts presented as being attributable to Common Shares are consistent with those that are disclosed and reconciled (as required by securities regulation) in Section 11.1 of the management’s discussion and analysis corresponding to these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

 

3capital structure financial policies

 

General

 

Our objective when managing financial capital is to maintain a flexible capital structure that optimizes the cost and availability of capital at an acceptable level of risk. In our definition of financial capital, we include:

 

·Common equity (excluding accumulated other comprehensive income);

·Non-controlling interests;

·Long-term debt (including long-term credit facilities, commercial paper backstopped by long-term credit facilities and any hedging assets or liabilities associated with long-term debt items, net of amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income);

·Cash and temporary investments;

·Short-term borrowings (including those arising from securitized trade receivables and unbilled customer finance receivables and any hedging assets or liabilities associated with short-term borrowings, net of amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income); and

·Other long-term debt.

 

We manage our financial capital structure and make adjustments to it in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of our business. In order to maintain or adjust our financial capital structure, we may:

 

·Adjust the amount of dividends paid to holders of Common Shares;

·Adjust the discount at which Common Shares are offered under the Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan;

·Purchase Common Shares for cancellation pursuant to normal course issuer bids;

 

10 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

·Issue new equity (including Common Shares and subsidiary equity);

 

·Issue new debt, issue new debt to replace existing debt with different characteristics; and/or

 

·Increase or decrease the amount of short-term borrowings arising from securitized trade receivables and unbilled customer finance receivables.

 

During 2026, our financial objectives, which are reviewed annually, were unchanged from 2025. We believe that our financial objectives support our long-term strategy.

 

We monitor financial capital utilizing a number of measures, including: net debt to earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA*) – excluding restructuring and other costs ratio; coverage ratios; and dividend payout ratios.

 

Debt and coverage ratios

 

Net debt to EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs is calculated as net debt at the end of the period, divided by 12-month trailing EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs. Historically, this measure is substantially similar to the leverage ratio covenant in our credit facilities. Net debt and EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs are measures that do not have any standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS Accounting Standards and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers. The calculation of these measures is set out in the following table. Net debt is one component of a ratio used to determine compliance with certain debt covenants.

 

As at, or for the 12-month periods
ended, September 30 ($ in millions)
  Objective  2026   2025 
Components of debt and coverage ratios             
Net debt 1     $25,981   $25,663 
EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs 2     $7,213   $7,353 
Net interest cost 3 (Note 9)     $1,513   $1,418 
Debt ratio             
Net debt to EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs  2.5 – 3.0 4   3.6    3.5 
Coverage ratios             
Earnings coverage 5      (0.3)   2.1 
EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs interest coverage 6      4.8    5.2 

 

 

* EBITDA is not a standardized financial measure under IFRS Accounting Standards and might not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers (upon application of IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements (see Note 2(b)), EBITDA possibly may not be a management-defined performance measure); we define EBITDA as operating revenues and other income less goods and services purchased and employee benefits expense. We report EBITDA because it is a key measure that management uses to evaluate the performance of our business, and it is also utilized to determine compliance with certain debt covenants.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 11

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

1Net debt and total managed capitalization are calculated as follows:

 

  As at September 30  Note  2026   2025 
  Long-term debt  26  $29,784   $28,989 
  TELUS Corporation junior subordinated notes equity credit deducted in calculating net debt  26(f)   (3,699)   (2,232)
  Debt issuance costs netted against long-term debt      155    138 
  Derivative (assets) liabilities used to manage interest rate and currency risks associated with U.S. dollar-denominated debt, net      (57)   (22)
  Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) amounts arising from financial instruments used to manage interest rate and currency risks associated with U.S. dollar-denominated debt – excluding tax effects      (470)   (305)
  Cash and temporary investments, net      (1,308)   (1,827)
  Short-term borrowings  22   1,576    922 
  Net debt      25,981    25,663 
  Common equity      13,443    15,873 
  Non-controlling interests      808    1,649 
  Add: TELUS Corporation junior subordinated notes equity credit deducted in calculating net debt      3,699    2,232 
  Less: accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss amounts included above in common equity and non-controlling interests      103    (31)
  Total managed capitalization     $44,034   $45,386 

 

2EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs is calculated as follows:

 

     EBITDA
(Note 5)
   Restructuring
and other
costs
(Note 16)
   EBITDA –
excluding
restructuring
and other costs
 
  Add               
  Nine-month period ended September 30, 2026  $4,659   $715   $5,374 
  Year ended December 31, 2025   6,922    432    7,354 
  Deduct               
  Nine-month period ended September 30, 2025   (5,176)   (339)   (5,515)
  EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs  $6,405   $808   $7,213 

 

3Net interest cost is defined as financing costs, excluding employee defined benefit plans net interest, unrealized changes in virtual power purchase agreements forward element when accounted for as held for trading, recoveries on long-term debt prepayment premium and recoveries on repayment of debt, calculated on a 12-month trailing basis (expenses recorded for long-term debt prepayment premium, if any, are included in net interest cost) (see Note 9).

 

4Our long-term objective range for this ratio is 2.5 – 3.0 times, reflecting a shift of 0.3 in the range, as announced on July 31, 2026, to better align with our long-term optimal leverage range. The ratio as at September 30, 2026, is outside the long-term objective range. We may permit, and have permitted, this ratio to go outside the objective range (for long-term investment opportunities). We have an objective of achieving a ratio of 3.0 times by year-end 2028. We are in compliance with the leverage ratio covenant in our credit facilities, which states that we may not permit our net debt to operating cash flow ratio to exceed 4.25:1.00 (see Note 26(d)); the calculation of the debt ratio is substantially similar to the calculation of the leverage ratio covenant in our credit facilities.

 

5Earnings coverage is defined in Canadian Securities Administrators National Instrument 41-101 as net income before borrowing costs and income tax expense, divided by borrowing costs (interest on long-term debt (including dividend obligations on preferred shares that are required to be accounted for as financial liabilities); interest on short-term borrowings and other; and long-term debt prepayment premium), and adding back capitalized interest, all such amounts excluding those attributable to non-controlling interests.

 

6EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs interest coverage is defined as EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs, divided by net interest cost. This measure is substantially similar to the coverage ratio covenant in our credit facilities.

 

Net debt to EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs was 3.6 times as at September 30, 2026, compared to 3.5 times one year earlier. In addition to a decrease in EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs, the increase in the ratio was also due to the effect of the increase in net debt levels arising from current and prior period acquisitions of spectrum and businesses, offset by the junior subordinated notes equity credit.

 

12 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

The earnings coverage ratio for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2026, was (0.3) times, down from 2.1 times one year earlier. A decrease in income before borrowing costs and income taxes lowered the ratio by 2.4 and an increase in borrowing costs immaterially lowered the ratio. The EBITDA – excluding restructuring and other costs interest coverage ratio for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2026, was 4.8 times, down from 5.2 times one year earlier. An increase of $95 million in net interest costs lowered the ratio by 0.3.

 

TELUS Corporation Common Share dividend payout ratio

 

So as to be consistent with the way we manage our business, our TELUS Corporation Common Share dividend payout ratio is presented as a historical measure calculated as the sum of the dividends declared in the most recent four quarters for TELUS Corporation Common Shares, as recorded in the financial statements, net of dividend reinvestment plan effects (see Note 13), divided by the sum of free cash flow* amounts for the most recent four quarters for interim reporting periods (divided by annual free cash flow if the reported amount is in respect of a fiscal year).

 

For the 12-month periods ended September 30  Objective  2026   2025 
Determined using most comparable IFRS Accounting Standards measures             
Ratio of TELUS Corporation Common Share dividends declared to cash provided by operating activities (Note 2(b)) – less capital expenditures      97%   106%
Determined using management measures             
TELUS Corporation Common Share dividend payout ratio – net of dividend reinvestment plan effects  45%–60% 1   75%   75%

 

1Our objective range for the TELUS Corporation Common Share dividend payout ratio is 45%-60% of free cash flow on a trailing 12-months basis, reflecting a shift from 60-75% of free cash flow on a prospective basis. Our calculation of TELUS Corporation Common Share dividends declared, net of dividend reinvestment plan effects, is as follows:

 

  For the 12-month periods ended September 30 (millions)  2026   2025 
  TELUS Corporation Common Share dividends declared  $2,257   $2,488 
  Amount of TELUS Corporation Common Share dividends declared reinvested in TELUS Corporation Common Shares   (679)   (860)
  TELUS Corporation Common Share dividends declared – net of dividend reinvestment plan effects  $1,578   $1,628 

 

Our calculation of free cash flow, and its reconciliation to cash provided by operating activities, is as follows:

 

 

* Free cash flow is not a standardized financial measure under IFRS Accounting Standards and might not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers; we define free cash flow as EBITDA (operating revenues and other income less goods and services purchased and employee benefits expense) excluding items that we consider to be of limited predictive value, including certain working capital changes (such as trade receivables and trade payables), proceeds from divested assets, and other sources and uses of cash, as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows. We have issued guidance on, and report, free cash flow because it is a key financial performance measure that management and investors use to evaluate the financial performance of our business.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 13

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

     2026   2025 
For the 12-month periods ended September 30 (millions)  Note  Cash provided
by operating
activities
(Note 2(b))
   Difference   Free cash
flow
   Cash provided
by operating
activities
(Note 2(b))
   Difference   Free cash
flow
 
EBITDA   5  $6,405   $—   $6,405   $6,946   $—   $6,946 
Restructuring and other costs, net of disbursements      318    —    318    (29)   —    (29)
Effects of contract asset, acquisition and fulfilment and TELUS Easy Payment mobile device financing      (26)   —    (26)   (100)   —    (100)
Effect of non-discretionary lease principal (a)   31(b)   —    (478)   (478)   —    (664)   (664)
Items from the Consolidated statements of cash flows:                                 
Share-based compensation, net of employee share purchase plan cash outflows   14   154    4    158    162    7    169 
Employee future benefits expense, net   31(a)   57    —    57    46    —    46 
Gain on contributions of real estate to joint ventures   7, 21   (38)   38    —    (29)   29    — 
(Income) loss from equity accounted investments, net      5    —    5    4    —    4 
Gain on purchase of long-term debt      (81)   81    —    (222)   222    — 
Interest paid      (1,556)   —    (1,556)   (1,397)   —    (1,397)
Interest received      67    —    67    41    —    41 
Other      (93)   93    —    (238)   238    — 
Other working capital items      110    (110)   —    103    (103)   — 
Capital expenditures (excluding acquisition from related party)   5   —    (2,679)   (2,679)   —    (2,375)   (2,375)
Capital expenditure for acquisition from related party       —    —    —    —    (93)   (93)
Related party construction credit facility repayment made concurrent with capital expenditure for acquisition from related party and similar       —    26    26    —    94    94 
       5,322    (3,025)   2,297    5,287    (2,645)   2,642 
Income taxes paid, net of refunds (b)      (315)   116    (199)   (474)   —    (474)
      $5,007   $(2,909)  $2,098   $4,813   $(2,645)  $2,168 

 

(a)As set out in this note, we may issue new debt to replace existing debt with different characteristics. As a part of managing our capital structure, we chose to replace lease principal of $849 (2025 – $NIL) through discretionary prepayment.

 

(b)As part of managing our capital structure, we paid incremental income taxes in connection with issuing subsidiary equity and such amount has been excluded from the free cash flow amount shown in this table.

 

14 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

4financial instruments

 

(a)Credit risk

 

Excluding credit risk, if any, arising from currency swaps settled on a gross basis, the best representation of our maximum exposure (excluding income tax effects) to credit risk, which is a worst-case scenario and does not reflect results we expect, is set out in the following table.

 

As at (millions)  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Cash and temporary investments, net  $1,308   $2,621 
Accounts receivable   4,140    4,383 
Contract assets   708    731 
Derivative assets   184    48 
   $6,340   $7,783 

 

Cash and temporary investments, net

 

Credit risk associated with cash and temporary investments is managed by ensuring that these financial assets are placed with: governments; major financial institutions that have been accorded strong investment grade ratings by a primary rating agency; and/or other creditworthy counterparties. An ongoing review evaluates changes in the status of counterparties.

 

Accounts receivable

 

Credit risk associated with accounts receivable is inherently managed through the size and diversity of our large customer base, which encompasses substantially all consumer and business sectors in Canada. A program of credit evaluations of customers is followed and the amount of credit extended is limited when we deem it to be necessary. Accounts are considered to be past due (in default) when customers have failed to make contractually required payments when due, which is generally within 30 days of the billing date. Any late payment charges are levied at an industry-based market rate or a negotiated rate on outstanding non-current customer account balances.

 

Customer accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts               
                
As at (millions)  Note  Gross   Allowance   Net 1 
September 30, 2026               
Less than 30 days past billing date     $1,073   $(20)  $1,053 
30-60 days past billing date      341    (18)   323 
61-90 days past billing date      167    (22)   145 
More than 90 days past billing date      208    (45)   163 
Unbilled customer finance receivables      1,489    (37)   1,452 
      $3,278   $(142)  $3,136 
Current 2   6(b)  $2,694   $(129)  $2,565 
Non-current 3   20   584    (13)   571 
      $3,278   $(142)  $3,136 
December 31, 2025                  
Less than 30 days past billing date     $1,002   $(23)  $979 
30-60 days past billing date      466    (19)   447 
61-90 days past billing date      146    (21)   125 
More than 90 days past billing date      206    (45)   161 
Unbilled customer finance receivables      1,588    (35)   1,553 
      $3,408   $(143)  $3,265 
Current 2   6(b)  $2,809   $(130)  $2,679 
Non-current 3   20   599    (13)   586 
      $3,408   $(143)  $3,265 

 

1Net amounts represent customer accounts receivable for which an allowance had not been made as at the dates of the Consolidated statements of financial position (see Note 6(b)).

2Presented in the Consolidated statements of financial position as Accounts receivable.

3Presented in the Consolidated statements of financial position as Other long-term assets.

 

We maintain allowances for lifetime expected credit losses related to doubtful accounts. Factors considered when determining allowances for past-due accounts include: current economic conditions (including forward-looking macroeconomic data); historical information (including credit agency reports, if available); reasons for the accounts being past due; and the line of business from which the customer accounts receivable originated. These factors are also considered when determining whether to write off amounts charged to the allowance for doubtful accounts against customer accounts receivable. The doubtful accounts expense is calculated on a specific-identification basis for customer accounts receivable balances above a specific threshold and on a statistically derived allowance basis for the remainder. No customer accounts receivable are written off directly to the doubtful accounts expense; doubtful accounts expense is included in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income as a part of Goods and services purchased.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 15

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

The following table presents a summary of the activity related to our allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

   Three months   Nine months 
Periods ended September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Balance, beginning of period  $139   $139   $143   $134 
Additions (doubtful accounts expense)   32    39    95    126 
Accounts written off 1 less than recoveries   (34)   (42)   (106)   (127)
Other   5    2    10    5 
Balance, end of period  $142   $138   $142   $138 

 

1For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, accounts that were written off but were still subject to enforcement activity totalled $59 (2025 – $63) and $177 (2025 – $194), respectively.

 

Contract assets

 

Credit risk associated with contract assets is inherently managed through the size and diversity of our large customer base, which encompasses substantially all consumer and business sectors in Canada. A program of credit evaluations of customers is followed and the amount of credit extended is limited when we deem it to be necessary.

 

Contract assets, net of impairment allowance            
             
As at (millions)  Gross   Allowance   Net (Note 6(c)) 
September 30, 2026               
To be billed and thus reclassified to accounts receivable during:               
The 12-month period ending one year hence  $575   $(23)  $552 
The 12-month period ending two years hence   235    (9)   226 
Thereafter   43    (2)   41 
   $853   $(34)  $819 
December 31, 2025               
To be billed and thus reclassified to accounts receivable during:               
The 12-month period ending one year hence  $612   $(22)  $590 
The 12-month period ending two years hence   240    (9)   231 
Thereafter   44    (1)   43 
   $896   $(32)  $864 

 

We maintain allowances for lifetime expected credit losses related to contract assets. Factors considered when determining the amounts of these allowances include: current economic conditions; historical information (including credit agency reports, if available); and the line of business from which the contract assets originated. These same factors are considered when determining whether to write off amounts charged to the impairment allowance for contract assets against contract assets.

 

Derivative assets (and derivative liabilities)

 

Counterparties to our material foreign exchange derivatives are major financial institutions that have been accorded investment grade ratings by a primary credit rating agency. Credit exposure to any single financial institution is limited and counterparties’ credit ratings are monitored. We do not give or receive collateral on swap agreements and hedging items due to our credit rating and those of our counterparties. While we are exposed to the risk of credit losses due to the potential non-performance of our counterparties, we consider this risk remote. Our derivative liabilities do not have credit risk-related contingent features.

 

(b)Liquidity risk

 

As a component of our capital structure financial policies, discussed further in Note 3, we manage liquidity risk by:

 

·maintaining a daily cash pooling process that enables us to manage our available liquidity and our liquidity requirements according to our actual needs;

·maintaining a short-term borrowing agreement associated with trade receivables and unbilled customer finance receivables (Note 22), a non-revolving syndicated credit facility (Note 22), bilateral bank facilities (Note 22), a supply chain financing program (Note 23), a commercial paper program (Note 26(c)) and syndicated credit facilities (Note 26(d));

·maintaining an in-effect shelf prospectus;

·continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows; and

·managing maturity profiles of financial assets and financial liabilities.

 

Our debt maturities in future years are disclosed in Note 26(i). As at September 30, 2026, unchanged from December 31, 2025, TELUS Corporation could offer an unlimited amount of securities in Canada, and $1.9 billion of securities in the United States, qualified pursuant to a Canadian shelf prospectus in effect until January 2029 (December 31, 2025 – January 2029). We believe our investment grade credit ratings contribute to reasonable access to capital markets.

 

16 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

We closely match the contractual maturities of our derivative financial liabilities with those of the risk exposures they are being used to manage.

 

The expected maturities of our undiscounted financial liabilities do not differ significantly from the contractual maturities, other than as noted in the accompanying tables. The contractual maturities of our undiscounted financial liabilities, including interest thereon (where applicable), are set out in the accompanying tables.

 

   Non-derivative   Derivative     
           Composite long-term debt                 
   Non-interest
bearing
financial
   Short-term   Long-term
debt,
excluding
leases 1
   Leases   Currency swap agreement
amounts to be exchanged
       Currency swap agreement
amounts to be exchanged 3
     
(millions)  liabilities   borrowings 1   (Note 26)   (Note 26)   (Receive) 2   Pay   Other   (Receive)   Pay   Total 
As at September 30, 2026                                        
2026 (remainder of year)  $3,099   $17   $1,596   $177   $(1,446)  $1,403   $3   $(259)  $252   $4,842 
2027   570    1,610    3,302    676    (2,465)   2,311    6    (676)   644    5,978 
2028   73    —    3,111    601    (386)   347    4    (485)   505    3,770 
2029   8    —    2,492    498    (386)   347    3    —    —    2,962 
2030   7    —    2,694    396    (1,379)   1,309    3    —    —    3,030 
2031 - 2035   7    —    10,592    876    (4,671)   4,379    17    —    —    11,200 
Thereafter   —    —    24,271    1,075    (3,129)   2,937    23    —    —    25,177 
Total  $3,764   $1,627   $48,058   $4,299   $(13,862)  $13,033   $59   $(1,420)  $1,401   $56,959 
             Total (Note 26(i))       $51,528                     
As at December 31, 2025                                                  
2026  $3,106   $37   $3,754   $837   $(1,373)  $1,356   $3   $(845)  $841   $7,716 
2027   108    939    2,799    739    (1,917)   1,841    3    (52)   47    4,507 
2028   62    —    3,137    589    (373)   347    3    (469)   505    3,801 
2029   8    —    2,519    422    (373)   347    3    —    —    2,926 
2030   6    —    2,977    276    (1,332)   1,309    3    —    —    3,239 
2031 - 2035   7    —    10,500    648    (4,512)   4,379    11    —    —    11,033 
Thereafter   —    —    23,842    646    (3,023)   2,937    3    —    —    24,405 
Total  $3,297   $976   $49,528   $4,157   $(12,903)  $12,516   $29   $(1,366)  $1,393   $57,627 
             Total       $53,298                     

 

1Cash outflows in respect of interest payments on our short-term borrowings, sustainability-linked notes, commercial paper, amounts drawn under our credit facilities (if any), other (unsecured) and junior subordinated notes have been calculated based upon the interest rates and, if applicable, foreign exchange rates, in effect as at the relevant statement of financial position date.

2The amounts included in undiscounted non-derivative long-term debt in respect of U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt, and the corresponding amounts in the long-term debt currency swap receive column, have been determined based upon the foreign exchange rates in effect as at the relevant statement of financial position date. The contractual amounts of hedged U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt at maturity, in effect, are reflected in the long-term debt currency swap pay column as gross cash flows are exchanged pursuant to the currency swap agreements; however, the maturities and gross cash flows for the TELUS Corporation junior subordinated notes reflect the initial fixed-rate reset date.

3The amounts included in undiscounted short-term borrowings in respect of U.S. dollar-denominated short-term borrowings, and the corresponding derivative liability amounts, if any, included in the currency swap pay column amounts, have been determined based upon the foreign exchange rates in effect as at the relevant statement of financial position date. The derivative liability hedging amounts, if any, for the contractual amounts of hedged U.S. dollar-denominated short-term borrowings are included in the currency swap pay column amounts as net cash flows are exchanged pursuant to the currency swap agreements. Gross cash flows are exchanged pursuant to European euro – U.S. dollar currency swaps and have been calculated based upon the interest rates and foreign exchange rates in effect as at the relevant statement of financial position date.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 17

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

(c)Market risks

 

Net income and other comprehensive income for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, could have varied if the Canadian dollar: U.S. dollar exchange rate, the U.S. dollar: European euro exchange rate, market interest rates and virtual power purchase agreement forward element valuation varied by reasonably possible amounts from their actual statement of financial position date amounts.

 

The sensitivity analysis of our exposure to currency risk has been determined based upon a hypothetical change taking place at the relevant statement of financial position date. We used the U.S. dollar-denominated and European euro-denominated balances and the notional amounts of our derivative financial instruments as at the relevant statement of financial position dates in these calculations.

 

The sensitivity analysis of our exposure to interest rate risk has been determined based upon a hypothetical change taking place at the beginning of the relevant fiscal year and being held constant through to the statement of financial position date. We used the principal and notional amounts as at the relevant statement of financial position dates in these calculations.

 

The sensitivity analysis of our exposure to wind discount risk and solar premium risk is based upon a hypothetical change taking place at the relevant statement of financial position date. The notional amounts of the virtual power purchase agreements as at the relevant statement of financial position dates have been used in these calculations.

 

In the sensitivity analysis, income tax expense is presented on a net basis, using the applicable statutory income tax rates for the reporting periods.

 

Nine-month periods ended September 30  Net income   Other comprehensive
income
   Comprehensive income 
(increase (decrease) in millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025   2026   2025 
Reasonably possible changes in market risks 1                              
10% change in C$: US$ exchange rate                              
Canadian dollar appreciates  $(7)  $(5)  $(34)  $(98)  $(41)  $(103)
Canadian dollar depreciates  $7   $5   $34   $98   $41   $103 
10% change in US$: € exchange rate                              
U.S. dollar appreciates  $(40)  $(32)  $(11)  $(30)  $(51)  $(62)
U.S. dollar depreciates  $40   $32   $11   $30   $51   $62 
25 basis point change in interest rates                              
Interest rates increase                              
Canadian interest rate   $(5)  $(4)  $91   $58   $86   $54 
U.S. interest rate  $(1)  $(4)  $(86)  $(80)  $(87)  $(84)
Combined  $(6)  $(8)  $5   $(22)  $(1)  $(30)
Interest rates decrease                              
Canadian interest rate   $5   $4   $(93)  $(60)  $(88)  $(56)
U.S. interest rate  $1   $2   $89   $84   $90   $86 
Combined  $6   $6   $(4)  $24   $2   $30 
20 basis point change in wind discount                              
Wind discount increases  $—   $—   $(21)  $(23)  $(21)  $(23)
Wind discount decreases  $—   $—   $21   $22   $21   $22 
20 basis point change in solar premium                              
Solar premium increases  $—   $—   $12   $12   $12   $12 
Solar premium decreases  $—   $—   $(12)  $(13)  $(12)  $(13)

 

1These sensitivities are hypothetical and should be used with caution. Changes in net income and/or other comprehensive income generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in net income and/or other comprehensive income may not be linear. In this table, the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the amount of net income and/or other comprehensive income is calculated without changing any other factors; in reality, changes in one factor may result in changes in another, which might magnify or counteract the sensitivities.

 

The sensitivity analysis assumes that we would realize the changes in exchange rates, market interest rates, wind discount and solar premium; in reality, the competitive marketplaces in which we operate would have an effect on this assumption.

 

(d)Fair values

 

General

 

The carrying values of cash and temporary investments, accounts receivable, short-term obligations, short-term borrowings, accounts payable and certain provisions (including restructuring provisions) approximate their fair values due to their immediate or short-term maturity. The fair values are determined directly by reference to quoted market prices in active markets.

 

18 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

The fair values of our investment financial assets are based on quoted market prices in active markets or other clear and objective evidence of fair value.

 

The fair value of our long-term debt, excluding leases, is based on quoted market prices in active markets.

 

For derivative financial instruments used to manage our exposure to currency risk, we estimated their fair values based on either quoted market prices in active markets for the same or similar financial instruments or the current rates offered to us for financial instruments of the same maturity, as well as discounted future cash flows determined using current rates for similar financial instruments of similar maturities subject to similar risks (such fair value estimates being largely based on the Canadian dollar: U.S. dollar forward exchange rate as at the statements of financial position dates). The fair values of the derivative financial instruments we use to manage our exposure to price risk associated with the purchase of nature-dependent electricity are currently estimated using a discounted cash flow approach and are based on industry-standard forecasts from EDC Associates Ltd. utilizing observable market data. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Level 3 derivative financial instruments were wind discount, reflecting 55% (December 31, 2025 – 76%) of the Alberta Interconnected Electrical System pool price, and solar premium, reflecting 82% (December 31, 2025 – 82%) of the Alberta Interconnected Electrical System pool price.

 

Derivative

 

The derivative financial instruments that we measure at fair value on a recurring basis subsequent to initial recognition are set out in the following table.

 

     September 30, 2026  December 31, 2025
As at ($ in millions except price or rate)  Designation  Maximum
maturity
date
  Notional
amount
   Fair value 1
and carrying
value
  Price or rate  Maximum
maturity
date
  Notional
amount
   Fair value 1
and carrying
value
  Price or rate 
Current derivative assets 2                                    
Derivatives used to manage currency risk associated with                                    
U.S. dollar-denominated transactions  HFT 4  —  $—   $—   —  2026  $30   $—   US$1.00: ₱59 
U.S. dollar-denominated transactions  HFH 3  2027  $567    16   US$1.00: C$1.37  2026  $134    1   US$1.00: C$1.35 
U.S. dollar-denominated debt (Notes 22, 26(b)-(c))  HFH 3  2027  $4,642    124   US$1.00: C$1.37  2026  $1,170    1   US$1.00: C$1.37 
European euro-denominated transactions swapped to  U.S. dollar-denominated transactions    HFT 4  2028  $48    13   €1.00: US$1.09  2028  $33    6   €1.00: US$1.09 
              $153              $8     
Other long-term assets 2 (Note 20)                                    
Derivatives used to manage currency risk associated with                                    
U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt 5 (Note 26(b))  HFH 3  2055  $2,628   $31   US$1.00: C$1.32  2055  $4,219   $40   US$1.00: C$1.32 
                                     
Current derivative liabilities 2                                    
Derivatives used to manage currency risk associated with                                    
U.S. dollar-denominated transactions  HFT 4  2027  $258   $10   US$1.00: ₱60  2026  $254   $6   US$1.00: ₱58 
U.S. dollar-denominated transactions  HFH 3  2027  $11    —   US$1.00: C$1.40  2026  $374    7   US$1.00: C$1.39 
U.S. dollar-denominated debt (Notes 22, 26(c))  HFH 3  2026  $120    —   US$1.00: C$1.41  2026  $733    10   US$1.00: C$1.39 
Derivatives used to manage other price risk associated with                                    
Purchase of electrical power  HFH 3  2047   0.3 TWh 6    12   $23.49/MWh 6  2047   0.3 TWh 6    7   $32.41/MWh 6 
              $22              $30     

 

 September 30, 2026 | 19

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

     September 30, 2026  December 31, 2025
As at ($ in millions except price or rate)  Designation  Maximum
maturity
date
  Notional
amount
   Fair value 1
and carrying
value
  Price or rate  Maximum
maturity
date
  Notional
amount
   Fair value 1
and carrying
value
  Price or rate 
Other long-term liabilities 2 (Note 27)                                    
Derivatives used to manage currency risk associated with                                    
U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt 5 (Note 26(c))  HFH 3  2056  $7,209   $98   US$1.00: C$1.33  2056  $7,332   $102   US$1.00: C$1.33 
European euro-denominated transactions swapped to  U.S. dollar-denominated transactions    HFT 4  2028  $517    25   €1.00: US$1.09  2028  $568    44   €1.00: US$1.09 
Derivatives used to manage other price risk associated with                                    
Purchase of electrical power  HFH 3  2047   4.6 TWh 6    47   $41.99/MWh 6  2047   4.9 TWh 6    21   $40.92/MWh 6 
              $170              $167     

 

1Fair value measured at the reporting date using significant other observable inputs (Level 2), except the fair value of virtual power purchase agreements (which we use to manage the price risk associated with the purchase of electrical power), which is measured at the reporting date using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). Changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy were as follows:

 

     Nine months 
  Periods ended September 30  2026   2025 
  Unrealized changes in virtual power purchase agreements forward element          
  Included in net income, excluding income taxes (see (e))  $4   $3 
  Included in other comprehensive income, excluding income taxes (see (e))   (35)   (2)
  Balance, beginning of period – asset (liability)   (28)   (38)
  Balance, end of period – asset (liability)  $(59)  $(37)

 

2Caption reflects line item in which derivative financial instruments are presented in the Consolidated statements of financial position. Derivative financial assets and liabilities are not set off.

3Designated as held for hedging (HFH) upon initial recognition (cash flow hedging item), except for derivatives used to manage other price risk associated with the purchase of electrical power which were entered into prior to fiscal 2025 and were designated as HFH on January 1, 2025; hedge accounting is applied. Unless otherwise noted, hedge ratio is 1:1 and is established by assessing the degree of matching between the notional amounts of hedging items and the notional amounts of the associated hedged items (variable notional amounts of hedging items and variable notional amounts of associated hedged items in respect of virtual power purchase agreements).

4Designated as held for trading (HFT) and classified as fair value through net income upon initial recognition; hedge accounting is not applied.

5We designate only the spot element as the hedging item. As at September 30, 2026, the foreign currency basis spread included in the fair value of the derivative instruments, which is used for purposes of assessing hedge ineffectiveness, was $(20) (December 31, 2025 – $(39)).

6Terawatt hours (TWh) are 1x109 kilowatt hours and megawatt hours (MWh) are 1x103 kilowatt hours.

 

Non-derivative

 

Our long-term debt, which is measured at amortized cost, and the fair value thereof, are set out in the following table.

 

As at (millions)  September 30, 2026   December 31, 2025 
   Carrying value   Fair value   Carrying value   Fair value 
Long-term debt, excluding leases (Note 26)  $26,546   $25,865   $27,225   $27,507 

 

(e)Recognition of derivative gains and losses

 

The following table sets out the gains and losses, excluding income tax effects, arising from derivative instruments that are classified as cash flow hedging items and their location within the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income.

 

Credit risk associated with such derivative instruments, as discussed further in (a), would be the primary source of hedge ineffectiveness. With the exception of the virtual power purchase agreement derivatives, there was no ineffective portion of derivative instruments classified as cash flow hedging items for the periods presented. The ineffective portion of the virtual power purchase agreements arises because they are considered off-market hedging instruments by the transition rules of the amendments to IFRS Accounting Standards in respect of nature-dependent electricity.

 

20 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

   Amount of gain (loss)
recognized in other
comprehensive income
   Gain (loss) reclassified from other
comprehensive income to income
(effective portion) (Note 11)
 
Periods ended   (effective portion) (Note 11)      Amount 
September 30
(millions)
  2026   2025   Location  2026   2025 
THREE-MONTH                   
Derivatives used to manage currency risk associated with                       
U.S. dollar-denominated purchases  $2   $12   Goods and services purchased  $2   $1 
U.S. dollar-denominated debt 1 (Notes 22, 26(b)-(c))   (68)   176   Financing costs   (19)   161 
Net investment in a foreign operation   —    15   Financing costs   —    (6)
    (66)   203       (17)   156 
Derivatives used to manage other market risks                       
Purchase of electrical power   (13)   (18)  Goods and services purchased   1    1 
Other   —    2   Financing costs   —    (1)
    (13)   (16)      1    — 
   $(79)  $187      $(16)  $156 
                        
NINE-MONTH                       
Derivatives used to manage currency risk associated with                       
U.S. dollar-denominated purchases  $23   $(11)  Goods and services purchased  $2   $8 
U.S. dollar-denominated debt 1 (Notes 22,26(b)-(c))   179    (52)  Financing costs   375    (172)
Net investment in a foreign operation   —    (57)  Financing costs   —    — 
    202    (120)      377    (164)
Derivatives used to manage other market risks                       
Purchase of electrical power   (31)   1   Goods and services purchased   4    3 
Other   —    —   Financing costs   —    — 
    (31)   1       4    3 
   $171   $(119)     $381   $(161)

 

1Amounts recognized in other comprehensive income are net of the change in the foreign currency basis spread (which is used for purposes of assessing hedge ineffectiveness) included in the fair value of the derivative instruments; such amounts for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, totalled $4 (2025 – $(8)) and $19 (2025 – $(16)), respectively.

 

The following table sets out the ineffectiveness gains and losses included in Goods and services purchased in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income that arise from derivative instruments classified as held for hedging and designated as being in a hedging relationship.

 

   Gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income 
Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Derivatives used to manage other market risks (purchase of electrical power)  $—   $—   $—   $3 

 

 September 30, 2026 | 21

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

The following table sets out the gains and losses included in Financing costs in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income that arise from derivative instruments classified as held for trading and not designated as being in a hedging relationship.

 

   Gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income 
Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Derivatives used to manage currency risk  $(5)  $19   $(13)  $19 

 

5segment information

 

Operating segments are components of an entity that engage in business activities from which they earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses related to transactions with the other component(s)), the operations of which can be clearly distinguished and for which the operating results are regularly reviewed by a chief operating decision-maker to make resource allocation decisions and to assess performance. We have embarked upon the modification of our internal and external reporting processes, systems and internal controls arising from organizational changes announced in July 2026 and correspondingly we are assessing our segmented reporting structure.

 

The TELUS technology solutions segment presently includes: network revenues and equipment sales arising from mobile technologies; data revenues (which include internet protocol; television; hosting, managed information technology and cloud-based services; and home and business security and automation); agriculture and consumer goods services (software, data management and data analytics-driven smart-food chain and consumer goods technologies); voice and other telecommunications services revenues; and equipment sales.

 

The TELUS health segment includes: healthcare services, software and technology solutions (including employee and family assistance programs and benefits administration) (see Note 18(c)).

 

The TELUS digital experience segment, which has the U.S. dollar as its primary functional currency, includes key service lines: digital solutions; artificial intelligence and data solutions; trust and safety; and customer experience management. Subsequent to TELUS Corporation’s acquisition of the TELUS International (Cda) Inc. non-controlling interests in fiscal 2025, our internal and external reporting processes, systems and internal controls were transitioned to match the post-privatization operational realignment; commencing with the three-month period ended March 31, 2026, our segmented reporting structure was correspondingly transitioned and comparative amounts have been restated on a comparable basis.

 

Intersegment sales are recorded at the exchange value, which is the amount agreed to by the parties.

 

The segment information regularly reported to our Chief Executive Officer (our chief operating decision-maker), and the reconciliation thereof to our products and services view of revenues, other revenues and income before income taxes, are set out in the following table.

 

22 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

   TELUS technology solutions       TELUS digital         
   Mobile   Fixed   Segment total   TELUS health   experience   Eliminations   Total 
Three-month periods ended
September 30 (millions)
  2026   2025   2026  2025 (restated*)   2026   2025 (restated*)   2026   2025 (restated*)   2026   2025 (restated*)   2026   2025 (restated*)   2026   2025 
Operating revenues                                                                     
External revenues                                                                     
Service  $1,809   $1,780   $1,508  $1,499   $3,317   $3,279   $527   $516   $637   $712   $—   $—   $4,481   $4,507 
Equipment   487    493    50   66    537    559    2    1    —    —    —    —    539    560 
Revenues arising from contracts with customers  $2,296   $2,273   $1,558  $1,565    3,854    3,838    529    517    637    712    —    —    5,020    5,067 
             Other income (Note 7)    —    29    —    10    6    —    —    —    6    39 
                       3,854    3,867    529    527    643    712    —    —    5,026    5,106 
             Intersegment revenues    5    6    1    1    94    109    (100)   (116)   —    — 
                      $3,859   $3,873   $530   $528   $737   $821   $(100)  $(116)  $5,026   $5,106 
             EBITDA 1   $1,494   $1,657   $77   $85   $1   $30   $(23)  $(19)  $1,549   $1,753 
             Restructuring and other costs included in EBITDA (Note 16)    135    60    15    12    61    37    —    —    211    109 
             Adjusted EBITDA 1   $1,629   $1,717   $92   $97   $62   $67   $(23)  $(19)  $1,760   $1,862 
             Capital expenditures 2   $631   $570   $52   $56   $41   $42   $(23)  $(16)  $701   $652 
             Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures 1  $998   $1,147   $40   $41   $21   $25   $—   $(3)  $1,059   $1,210 
             Operating revenues – external, other income and intersegment (above)   $3,859   $3,873   $530   $528   $737   $821   $(100)  $(116)  $5,026   $5,106 
             Goods and services purchased    1,757    1,622    182    176    173    211    (77)   (67)   2,035    1,942 
             Employee benefits expense    608    594    271    267    563    580    —    (30)   1,442    1,411 
             EBITDA (above)    1,494    1,657    77    85    1    30    (23)   (19)   1,549    1,753 
             Depreciation    550    529    14    21    53    71    —    —    617    621 
             Amortization of intangible assets    220    224    94    105    66    61    —    —    380    390 
             Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill    —    —    800    —    —    —    —    —    800    — 
             Operating income (loss)   $724   $904   $(831)  $(41)  $(118)  $(102)  $(23)  $(19)   (248)   742 
                                                     Financing costs    376    154 
                                                     Income (loss) before income taxes   $(624)  $588 

 

 September 30, 2026 | 23

 

 
notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

   TELUS technology solutions           TELUS digital                 
   Mobile   Fixed   Segment total   TELUS health   experience   Eliminations   Total
Nine-month periods ended
September 30 (millions)
  2026   2025   2026  2025
(restated*)
   2026   2025
(restated*)
   2026   2025
(restated*)
   2026   2025
(restated*)
   2026   2025
(restated*)
   2026   2025 
Operating revenues                                                                     
External revenues                                                                     
Service  $5,353   $5,292   $4,488  $4,497   $9,841   $9,789   $1,582   $1,500   $1,984   $2,152   $—   $—   $13,407   $13,441 
Equipment   1,343    1,458    175   213    1,518    1,671    4    4    —    —    —    —    1,522    1,675 
Revenues arising from contracts with customers  $6,696   $6,750   $4,663  $4,710    11,359    11,460    1,586    1,504    1,984    2,152    —    —    14,929    15,116 
             Other income (Note 7)    20    118    1    11    18    —    —    —    39    129 
                  11,379    11,578    1,587    1,515    2,002    2,152    —    —    14,968    15,245 
             Intersegment    16    17    5    5    322    310    (343)   (332)   —    — 
                 $11,395   $11,595   $1,592   $1,520   $2,324   $2,462   $(343)  $(332)  $14,968   $15,245 
             EBITDA 1   $4,480   $4,853   $220   $251   $34   $119   $(75)  $(47)  $4,659   $5,176 
             Restructuring and other costs included in EBITDA (Note 16)    470    194    64    28    181    117    —    —    715    339 
             Adjusted EBITDA 1   $4,950   $5,047   $284   $279   $215   $236   $(75)  $(47)  $5,374   $5,515 
             Capital expenditures 2   $1,844   $1,676   $149   $159   $112   $126   $(75)  $(44)  $2,030   $1,917 
             Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures 1   $3,106   $3,371   $135   $120   $103   $110   $—   $(3)  $3,344   $3,598 
             Operating revenues – external, other income and intersegment (above)   $11,395   $11,595   $1,592   $1,520   $2,324   $2,462   $(343)  $(332)  $14,968   $15,245 
             Goods and services purchased    4,963    4,858    535    504    530    540    (268)   (255)   5,760    5,647 
             Employee benefits expense    1,952    1,884    837    765    1,760    1,803    —    (30)   4,549    4,422 
             EBITDA (above)    4,480    4,853    220    251    34    119    (75)   (47)   4,659    5,176 
             Depreciation    1,593    1,593    45    44    153    177    —    —    1,791    1,814 
             Amortization of intangible assets    734    702    288    299    197    192    —    —    1,219    1,193 
             Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill    —    —    800    —    2,135    500    —    —    2,935    500 
             Operating income (loss)   $2,153   $2,558   $(913)  $(92)  $(2,451)  $(750)  $(75)  $(47)   (1,286)   1,669 
                                                    Financing costs    1,131    871 
                                                     Income (loss) before income taxes   $(2,417)  $798 

 

*As required by IFRS Accounting Standards, comparative amounts have been restated to conform with the reportable segments presented in the current period.

 

1Earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), both unadjusted and adjusted, are not standardized financial measures under IFRS Accounting Standards and may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers; we define EBITDA as operating revenues and other income less goods and services purchased and employee benefits expense. We calculate adjusted EBITDA to exclude items that do not reflect our ongoing operations and, in our opinion, should not be considered in a long-term valuation metric or included in an assessment of our ability to service or incur debt. We report EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures because they are key measures that management uses to evaluate the performance of our business, and EBITDA is also utilized in determining compliance with certain debt covenants.

 

24 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

2See Note 31(a) for a reconciliation of capital asset additions, excluding spectrum licences, to cash payments for capital assets, excluding spectrum licences, reported in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, TELUS technology solutions capital expenditures include real estate development amounts of $12 (2025 – $36) and $47 (2025 – $65), respectively. Real estate development capital expenditures are not a standardized financial measure under IFRS Accounting Standards and may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers; we define real estate capital expenditures as including amounts for both investment properties and certain owner-occupied properties.

 

6revenue from contracts with customers

 

(a)Revenues

 

In the determination of the minimum transaction prices in contracts with customers, amounts are allocated to fulfilling, or the completion of fulfilling, future contracted performance obligations, which are largely in respect of services to be provided over the duration of the contract. The following table sets out our aggregate estimated minimum transaction prices allocated to remaining unfulfilled, or partially unfulfilled, future contracted performance obligations and the timing of when we might expect to recognize the associated revenues; actual amounts could differ from these estimates due to a variety of factors, including the unpredictable nature of: customer behaviour; industry regulation; the economic environments in which we operate; and competitor behaviour.

 

As at (millions)  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Estimated minimum transaction price allocated to remaining unfulfilled, or partially unfulfilled, performance obligations to be recognized as revenue in a future period 1, 2          
During the 12-month period ending one year hence  $2,441   $2,399 
During the 12-month period ending two years hence   1,037    972 
Thereafter   122    127 
   $3,600   $3,498 

 

1Excludes constrained variable consideration amounts, amounts arising from contracts originally expected to have a duration of one year or less and, as a permitted practical expedient, amounts arising from contracts that are not affected by revenue recognition timing differences arising from transaction price allocation or from contracts under which we may recognize and bill revenue in an amount that corresponds directly with our completed performance obligations.

2IFRS Accounting Standards require the explanation of when we might expect to recognize as revenue the amounts disclosed as the estimated minimum transaction price allocated to remaining unfulfilled, or partially unfulfilled, performance obligations. The estimated amounts disclosed are based upon contractual terms and maturities. Actual minimum transaction price revenues recognized, and the timing thereof, will differ from these estimates primarily due to the frequency with which the actual duration of contracts with customers does not match their contractual maturities.

 

(b)Accounts receivable

 

As at (millions)  Note   September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Customer accounts receivable       $2,694   $2,809 
Allowance for doubtful accounts   4(a)   (129)   (130)
Billed customer accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts        2,565    2,679 
Accrued receivables – customer        579    658 
Billed and unbilled customer accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts        3,144    3,337 
Accrued receivables – other        425    460 
Accounts receivable – current       $3,569   $3,797 

 

(c)Contract assets

 

Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Balance, beginning of period  $817   $862   $864   $939 
Net additions arising from operations   469    412    1,334    1,160 
Amounts billed in the period and thus reclassified to accounts receivable   (465)   (433)   (1,378)   (1,263)
Change in impairment allowance, net (Note 4(a))   (1)   (4)   (2)   — 
Other   (1)   2    1    3 
Balance, end of period 1  $819   $839   $819   $839 
Reconciliation of contract assets presented in the Consolidated statements of financial position – current                    
Gross contract assets            $552   $582 
Reclassification to contract liabilities of contracts with contract assets less than contract liabilities (Note 24)             (14)   (17)
Reclassification from contract liabilities of contracts with contract liabilities less than contract assets (Note 24)             (97)   (120)
             $441   $445 

 

1Timing of amounts to be billed and thus reclassified to accounts receivable is set out in Note 4(c).

 

 September 30, 2026 | 25

 

 
notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

7other income

 

Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Government assistance  $6   $—   $6   $2 
Lease and other sublease revenue   4    4    11    53 
Gain on contributions of real estate to joint ventures (Note 21(a))   —    13    15    21 
Income (loss) from equity accounted investments, net   (6)   (1)   (5)   1 
Investment income (loss), gain (loss) on disposal of assets and other   (4)   23    (2)   42 
Changes in provisions related to business combinations (Note 25)   6    —    14    10 
   $6   $39   $39   $129 

 

8employee benefits expense

 

Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Employee benefits expense – gross                
Wages and salaries  $1,369   $1,408   $4,208   $4,295 
Share-based compensation 1 (Note 14)   42    47    110    144 
Pensions – defined benefit (Note 15(a))   14    16    45    45 
Pensions – defined contribution (Note 15(b))   33    32    95    95 
Restructuring costs (Note 16(a))   82    37    294    181 
Employee health and other benefits   63    68    184    204 
    1,603    1,608    4,936    4,964 
Capitalized internal labour costs, net                    
Contract acquisition costs (Note 20)                    
Capitalized   (38)   (30)   (127)   (95)
Amortized 2   30    29    220    78 
Contract fulfilment costs (Note 20)                    
Capitalized   (7)   (9)   (23)   (22)
Amortized   4    3    9    8 
Property, plant and equipment   (75)   (75)   (238)   (236)
Intangible assets subject to amortization   (75)   (115)   (228)   (275)
    (161)   (197)   (387)   (542)
   $1,442   $1,411   $4,549   $4,422 

 

1For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, $10 (2025 – $NIL) and $28 (2025 – $NIL), respectively, of share-based compensation in the TELUS technology solutions segment was included in restructuring costs.

2For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, $NIL (2025 – $NIL) and $130 (2025 – $NIL), respectively, of amortization of costs incurred to obtain contracts with customers was included in restructuring and other costs (see Note 16).

 

26 | September 30, 2026  

 

 
notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

9financing costs

 

Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Interest expense                
From transactions that only involve the raising of finance                 
Long-term debt, excluding lease liabilities and other (secured)                
Gross  $318   $331   $973   $921 
Capitalized 1 (Notes 17, 18(a))   (3)   (1)   (9)   (10)
Net   315    330    964    911 
Short-term borrowings and other   22    25    52    54 
Gain on purchase of long-term debt 2 (Note  26(b))   —    (222)   —    (222)
Long-term debt prepayment premium 3 (Note 26(e))   —    48    51    48 
    337    181    1,067    791 
From transactions that do not only involve the raising of finance                     
Long-term debt – lease liabilities (Notes 19, 26(h))   43    36    127    119 
Long-term debt – other (secured) (Note 26(g))    6    6    17    20 
Employee defined benefit plans net interest (Note 15)    (11)   3    (4)   9 
Accretion on provisions (Note 25)   9    7    22    21 
    47    52    162    169 
    384    233    1,229    960 
Other                    
Foreign exchange   (2)   (64)   (46)   (52)
    382    169    1,183    908 
Interest income   (6)   (15)   (52)   (37)
   $376   $154   $1,131   $871 
                     
Net interest cost            $1,144   $1,094 
Interest expense on long-term debt, excluding lease liabilities and other – capitalized 1             (9)   (10)
Gain on purchase of long-term debt             —    (222)
Employee defined benefit plans net interest             (4)   9 
             $1,131   $871 

 

1Interest on long-term debt, excluding lease liabilities, at a composite rate of 5.3% (2025 – 5.3%) was capitalized to property, plant and equipment assets under construction and to intangible assets with indefinite lives during the period.

2During the periods ended September 30, 2025, the gain on purchase of long-term debt is net of a $17 loss on the corresponding foreign exchange derivatives (cross currency interest rate swap agreements) terminated.

3During the periods ended September 30, 2025, long-term debt prepayment premium included a $38 effect of a hedging relationship becoming ineffective.

 

10income taxes

 

Expense composition and rate reconciliation

 

Periods ended   Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Current income tax expense                
For the current reporting period  $41   $261   $155   $526 
Adjustments recognized in the current period for income taxes of prior periods   (32)   (22)   (59)   (45)
Pillar Two global minimum tax   —    —    1    1 
    9    239    97    482 
Deferred income tax expense                    
Arising from the origination and reversal of temporary differences   17    (93)   (279)   (182)
Adjustments recognized in the current period for income taxes of prior periods   2    11    14    11 
Arising from write-down of deferred tax asset   8    —    97    — 
    27    (82)   (168)   (171)
   $36   $157   $(71)  $311 

 

 September 30, 2026 | 27

 

 
notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

  

Our income tax expense and effective income tax rate differ from those computed by applying the applicable statutory rates for the following reasons:

 

Three-month periods ended
September 30
($ in millions)
  2026   2025 
Income taxes computed at applicable statutory rates  $(170)   27.2%  $150    25.5%
Adjustments recognized in the current period for income taxes of prior periods   (30)   4.8    (11)   (1.9)
Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill   197    (31.6)   —    — 
(Non-taxable) non-deductible amounts, net   4    (0.6)   16    2.8 
Withholding and other taxes   6    (1.0)   5    0.9 
Losses not recognized   32    (5.1)   (1)   (0.2)
Foreign tax differential   (3)   0.5    (1)   (0.2)
Other   —    —    (1)   (0.2)
Income tax expense (recovery) per Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income  $36    (5.8)%  $157    26.7%

 

Nine-month periods ended
September 30
($ in millions)
  2026   2025 
Income taxes computed at applicable statutory rates  $(620)   25.7%  $196    24.6%
Adjustments recognized in the current period for income taxes of prior periods   (45)   1.9    (34)   (4.3)
Pillar Two global minimum tax   1    (0.1)   1    0.1 
Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill   426    (17.6)   107    13.4 
Write down of deferred tax asset   89    (3.7)   —    — 
(Non-taxable) non-deductible amounts, net   (8)   0.3    19    2.4 
Withholding and other taxes   19    (0.9)   24    3.0 
Losses not recognized   71    (2.9)   2    0.3 
Foreign tax differential   (4)   0.2    (4)   (0.5)
Income tax expense (recovery) per Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income  $(71)   2.9%  $311    39.0%

 

28 | September 30, 2026  

 

 
notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

11other comprehensive income

 

      Three-month period ended
September 30, 2025
   Three-month period ended
September 30, 2026
 
(millions)  Note  Accumulated
balance,
beginning of
period
   Amount
arising
   Income
taxes
   Net   Accumulated
balance, end
of period
   Accumulated
balance,
beginning of
period
   Amount
arising
   Income
taxes
   Net   Accumulated
balance, end
of period
 
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to income                                                     
Change in unrealized fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges  4(e)                                                  
Derivatives used to manage currency risk                                                     
Unrealized gains (losses) arising          $203   $31                  $(66)  $(14)          
Realized (gains) losses reclassified to net income           (156)   (25)                  17    1           
      $(284)   47    6   $41   $(243)  $(310)   (49)   (13)  $(36)  $(346)
Derivatives used to manage other market risks                                                     
Unrealized gains (losses) arising           (16)   (5)                  (13)   (3)          
Realized (gains) losses reclassified to net income           —    —                   (1)   —           
       9    (16)   (5)   (11)   (2)   (12)   (14)   (3)   (11)   (23)
Total      (275)   31    1    30    (245)   (322)   (63)   (16)   (47)   (369)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment       151    59    —    59    210    253    (22)   —    (22)   231 
Item never reclassified to income                                                     
Change in measurement of investment financial assets                                                     
Unrealized gains (losses) arising           —    —                   (2)   (1)          
Realized gains (losses)           1    —                   (23)   (2)          
       65    1    —    1    66    57    (25)   (3)   (22)   35 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     $(59)   91    1    90   $31   $(12)   (110)   (19)   (91)  $(103)
Attributable to:                                                     
Common Shares     $(85)                 $(27)  $(12)                 $(103)
Non-controlling interests      26                   58    —                   — 
      $(59)                 $31   $(12)                 $(103)
Item never reclassified to income                                                     
Employee defined benefit plan re-measurements  15(a)        22    6    16              1,283    333    950      
Other comprehensive income          $113   $7   $106             $1,173   $314   $859      

 

 September 30, 2026 | 29

 

 
notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

      Nine-month period ended
September 30, 2025
   Nine-month period ended
September 30, 2026
 
(millions)  Note  Accumulated
balance,
beginning of
period
   Amount
arising
   Income
taxes
   Net   Accumulated
balance, end
of period
   Accumulated
balance,
beginning of
period
   Amount
arising
   Income
taxes
   Net   Accumulated
balance, end
of period
 
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to income                                                     
Change in unrealized fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges  4(e)                                                  
Derivatives used to manage currency risk                                                     
Unrealized gains (losses) arising          $(120)  $1                  $202   $15           
Realized (gains) losses reclassified to net income           164    26                   (377)   (58)          
      $(260)   44    27   $17   $(243)  $(214)   (175)   (43)  $(132)  $(346)
Derivatives used to manage other market risks                                                     
Unrealized gains (losses) arising           1    —                   (31)   (7)          
Realized (gains) losses reclassified to net income           (3)   (1)                  (4)   (1)          
       (1)   (2)   (1)   (1)   (2)   4    (35)   (8)   (27)   (23)
Total      (261)   42    26    16    (245)   (210)   (210)   (51)   (159)   (369)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment      169    41    —    41    210    150    81    —    81    231 
Item never reclassified to income                                                     
Change in measurement of investment financial assets                                                     
Unrealized gains (losses) arising           3    —                   (5)   (1)          
Realized gains (losses)           7    2                   (28)   (3)          
       58    10    2    8    66    64    (33)   (4)   (29)   35 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     $(34)   93    28    65   $31   $4    (162)   (55)   (107)  $(103)
Attributable to:                                                     
Common Shares     $(105)                 $(27)  $4                  $(103)
Non-controlling interests      71                   58    —                   — 
      $(34)                 $31   $4                  $(103)
Item never reclassified to income                                                     
Employee defined benefit plan re-measurements  15(a)        57    15    42              1,299    337    962      
Other comprehensive income          $150   $43   $107             $1,137   $282   $855      

 

30 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

12per share amounts

 

Basic net income (loss) per Common Share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to Common Shares by the total weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per Common Share is calculated to give effect to share option awards and restricted share unit awards.

 

The following table presents reconciliations of the denominators of the basic and diluted per share computations. Net income (loss) was equal to diluted net income (loss) for all periods presented.

 

Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Basic total weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding   1,589    1,535    1,575    1,525 
Effect of dilutive securities – Restricted share units   —    8    —    6 
Diluted total weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding   1,589    1,543    1,575    1,531 

 

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, all and no, respectively, outstanding equity-settled restricted share unit awards were excluded in the calculation of diluted income per Common Share. For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, all (2025 – 1 million) and all (2025 – 1 million), respectively, TELUS Corporation share option awards were excluded in the calculation of diluted income per Common Share.

 

13dividends per share

 

(a)TELUS Corporation Common Share dividends declared

 

Nine-month periods ended
September 30 (millions
except per share amounts)
                       
TELUS Corporation  Declared    Paid to    
Common Share dividends  Effective  Per share   shareholders  Total 
2026                
Quarter 1 dividend  Mar. 11, 2026  $0.4184   Apr. 1, 2026  $653 
Quarter 2 dividend  Jun. 10, 2026   0.4184   July 2, 2026   659 
Quarter 3 dividend  Sept. 10, 2026   0.1875   Oct. 1, 2026   296 
      $1.0243      $1,608 
                 
2025                
Quarter 1 dividend  Mar. 11, 2025  $0.4023   Apr. 1, 2025  $610 
Quarter 2 dividend  Jun. 10, 2025   0.4163   July 2, 2025   634 
Quarter 3 dividend  Sept. 10, 2025   0.4163   Oct. 1, 2025   639 
      $1.2349      $1,883 

 

On November 5, 2026, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.1875 per share on issued and outstanding TELUS Corporation Common Shares payable on January 4, 2027, to holders of record at the close of business on December 11, 2026. The final amount of the dividend payment depends upon the number of TELUS Corporation Common Shares issued and outstanding at the close of business on December 11, 2026.

 

(b)Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan

 

We have a Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan under which eligible holders of TELUS Corporation Common Shares may acquire additional TELUS Corporation Common Shares by reinvesting dividends and by making additional optional cash payments to the trustee. Under this plan, we have the option of offering TELUS Corporation Common Shares from Treasury or having the trustee acquire TELUS Corporation Common Shares in the stock market. At our discretion, under the plan, we may offer TELUS Corporation Common Shares at a discount of up to 5% from the market price. During the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, eligible shareholders who participated in the plan elected to reinvest dividends declared of $20 million (2025 –$211 million) and $425 million (2025 – $614 million), respectively.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 31

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

14share-based compensation

 

(a)Details of share-based compensation expense

 

Included in Employee benefits expense in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income, and in Cash provided by operating activities in the Consolidated statements of cash flows, are the share-based compensation amounts set out in the accompanying table.

 

Periods ended September 30 (millions)      2026   2025 
   Note  Employee
benefits
expense 1
   Associated
operating
cash
outflows
   Statement
of cash
flows
adjustment
   Employee
benefits
expense
   Associated
operating
cash
outflows
   Statement
of cash
flows
adjustment
 
THREE-MONTH                                 
Restricted share units  (b)  $47   $—   $47   $43   $(1)  $42 
Employee share purchase plan  (c)   4    (4)   —    4    (4)   — 
Share option awards  (d)   1    —    1    —    —    — 
      $52   $(4)  $48   $47   $(5)  $42 
NINE-MONTH                                 
Restricted share units  (b)  $130   $—   $130   $126   $(6)  $120 
Employee share purchase plan  (c)   7    (7)   —    17    (17)   — 
Share option awards  (d)   1    —    1    1    —    1 
      $138   $(7)  $131   $144   $(23)  $121 

 

1Within employee benefits expense (see Note 8) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, restricted share units expense of $10 (2025 – $NIL) and $28 (2025 – $NIL), respectively, is included in restructuring costs (see Note 16) of the TELUS technology solutions segment and the balance is presented as share-based compensation.

 

(b)Restricted share units

 

TELUS Corporation restricted share units

 

We also award restricted share units that largely have the same features as our general restricted share units, but have a variable payout (0% – 200%) that depends upon the achievement of: our total customer connections performance condition (with a weighting of 33-1/3%; 2024 and prior awards, 25%); our free cash flow* performance condition (with a weighting of 33-1/3%; 2024 and prior awards, NIL%); and the total shareholder return on TELUS Corporation Common Shares relative to international peer groups of telecommunications companies (with a weighting of 33-1/3%; 2024 and prior awards, 75%). The grant-date fair values of the notional subsets of our restricted share units affected by the total customer connections performance condition and the free cash flow performance condition equal the fair market value of the corresponding TELUS Corporation Common Shares at the grant date; we include these notional subsets in the presentation of our restricted share units with only service conditions. For the notional subset of restricted share units affected by the relative total shareholder return performance condition, we estimate fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation due to their variable payout. Restricted share units granted in 2026 and 2025 are accounted for as equity-settled, based on their expected settlement method when granted.

 

The following table presents a summary of outstanding TELUS Corporation non-vested restricted share units.

 

As at  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Restricted share units without market performance conditions          
Restricted share units with service conditions only   17,828,176    12,212,381 
Notional subset affected by non-market performance conditions   2,805,626    1,148,939 
    20,633,802    13,361,320 
Restricted share units with market performance conditions          
Notional subset affected by relative total shareholder return performance condition   2,286,524    1,330,323 
Number of non-vested restricted share units   22,920,326    14,691,643 

 

The following table presents a summary of the activity related to TELUS Corporation restricted share units without market performance conditions.

 

 

 

* Free cash flow is not a standardized financial measure under IFRS Accounting Standards and might not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers (see Note 3).

 

32 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

   Number of restricted
share units 1
   Weighted
average grant-
 
   Non-vested   Vested   date fair value 
THREE-MONTH PERIOD               
Outstanding, April 1, 2026               
Non-vested   21,593,850    —   $18.48 
Vested   —    52,964   $23.52 
Granted               
Initial award   444,001    —   $13.03 
In lieu of dividends   575,968    1,405   $15.60 
Vested   (1,670,484)   1,670,484   $20.08 
Settled               
In equity   —    (1,665,142)  $20.26 
In cash   —    (5,893)  $20.22 
Forfeited   (309,533)   —   $19.92 
Outstanding, September 30, 2026               
Non-vested   20,633,802    —   $19.08 
Vested   —    53,818   $23.44 
                
NINE-MONTH PERIOD               
Outstanding, January 1, 2026               
Non-vested   13,361,320    —   $21.88 
Vested   —    53,519   $23.69 
Granted               
Initial award   9,942,321    —   $17.74 
In lieu of dividends   1,215,565    3,865   $16.76 
Vested   (2,709,564)   2,709,564   $20.27 
Settled               
In equity   —    (2,691,699)  $20.44 
In cash   —    (21,431)  $21.96 
Forfeited   (1,175,840)   —   $20.87 
Outstanding, September 30, 2026               
Non-vested   20,633,802    —   $19.08 
Vested   —    53,818   $23.44 

 

1Excluding the notional subset of restricted share units affected by the relative total shareholder return performance condition.

 

(c)TELUS Corporation employee share purchase plan

 

We have an employee share purchase plan under which eligible employees can purchase TELUS Corporation Common Shares through regular payroll deductions. In respect of TELUS Corporation Common Shares held within the employee share purchase plan, dividends declared thereon during the three-month and nine-month period ended September 30, 2026, of $6 million (2025 – $15 million) and $35 million (2025 – $43 million), respectively, were to be reinvested in TELUS Corporation Common Shares acquired by the trustee from Treasury, with a discount, if and as applicable, as set out in Note 13(b).

 

(d)Share option awards

 

TELUS Corporation share option awards

 

Employees may be granted share option awards to purchase TELUS Corporation Common Shares at an exercise price equal to the fair market value at the time of grant. Share option awards granted under the plan may be exercised over specific periods not to exceed, generally, seven years from the date of grant.

 

These share option awards have a net-equity settlement feature. The optionee does not have the choice of exercising the net-equity settlement feature; it is at our option whether the exercise of a share option award is settled as a share option or settled using the net-equity settlement feature.

 

The following table presents a summary of the activity related to the TELUS Corporation share option plan.

 

Periods ended September 30, 2026  Three months   Nine months 
   Number of
share
options
   Weighted
average share
option price 1
   Number of
share
options
   Weighted
average share
option price 1
 
Outstanding, beginning of period   3,560,288   $20.70    2,087,608   $22.48 
Granted   —   $-    1,000,000   $18.48 
Forfeited and other   (36,676)  $21.78    436,004   $20.23 
Outstanding, end of period   3,523,612   $20.69    3,523,612   $20.69 
Exercisable, end of period             1,964,835   $21.84 

 

1The weighted average remaining contractual life is 3.6 years.

 

The weighted average fair value of share option awards granted, and the weighted average assumptions used in the fair value estimation at time of grant, calculated using the Black-Scholes model (a closed-form option pricing model) are as follows:

 

Periods ended September 30, 2026  Three months   Nine months 
Share option award fair value (per share option)   —   $0.85 
Risk-free interest rate   —    2.9%
Expected lives 1 (years)   —    4.9 
Expected volatility   —    18.9%
Dividend yield   —    9.1%

 

1The maximum contractual term of the share option awards granted in 2026 was 10 years.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 33

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

15employee future benefits

 

(a)Defined benefit pension plans – summary

 

Amounts in the primary financial statements related to defined benefit pension plans

 

Three-month periods ended September 30      2026   2025 
($ in millions)  Note  Plan
assets
   Defined
benefit
obligations
accrued 1
   Net   Plan
assets
   Defined
benefit
obligations
accrued 1
   Net 
Employee benefits expense  8                              
Benefits earned for current service     $—   $(17)       $—   $(19)     
Benefits earned for past service      —    —         —    —      
Employees’ contributions      4    —         4    —      
Administrative fees      (1)   —         (1)   —      
       3    (17)  $(14)   3    (19)  $(16)
Financing costs  9                              
Notional income on plan assets 2 and interest on defined benefit obligations accrued      115    (101)        108    (97)     
Interest effect on asset ceiling limit      (3)   —         (14)   —      
       112    (101)   11    94    (97)   (3)
DEFINED BENEFIT (COST) INCLUDED IN NET INCOME 3                (3)             (19)
Other comprehensive income  11                              
Difference between actual results and estimated plan assumptions 4      (259)   —         173    —      
Changes in plan financial assumptions 5      —    537         —    (10)     
Changes in the effect of limiting net defined benefit plan assets to the asset ceiling      1,005    —         (141)   —      
       746    537    1,283    32    (10)   22 
DEFINED BENEFIT (COST) INCLUDED IN COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 3               $1,280             $3 

 

34 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

Nine-month periods ended September 30         2026   2025 
($ in millions)  Note  Plan
assets
   Defined
benefit
obligations
accrued 1
   Net   Plan
assets
   Defined
benefit
obligations
accrued 1
   Net 
Employee benefits expense  8                              
Benefits earned for current service     $—   $(51)       $—   $(55)     
Benefits earned for past service      —    (4)        —    —      
Employees’ contributions      13    —         13    —      
Administrative fees      (3)   —         (3)   —      
       10    (55)  $(45)   10    (55)  $(45)
Financing costs  9                              
Notional income on plan assets 2 and interest on defined benefit obligations accrued      344    (304)        323    (289)     
Interest effect on asset ceiling limit      (36)   —         (43)   —      
       308    (304)   4    280    (289)   (9)
DEFINED BENEFIT (COST) INCLUDED IN NET INCOME 3                (41)             (54)
Other comprehensive income  11                              
Difference between actual results and estimated plan assumptions 4      (106)   —         211    —      
Changes in plan financial assumptions 5      —    479         —    90      
Changes in the effect of limiting net defined benefit plan assets to the asset ceiling      926    —         (244)   —      
       820    479    1,299    (33)   90    57 
DEFINED BENEFIT (COST) INCLUDED IN COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 3                1,258              3 
AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES CASH FLOWS                                 
Employer contributions      15    —    15    16    —    16 
Funding of TELUS Defined Contribution Pension Plan from surplus 6      (19)   —    (19)   —    —    — 
BENEFITS PAID BY PLANS      (351)   351    —    (352)   352    — 
PLAN ACCOUNT BALANCES 6                                 
Change in period      783    471    1,254    (79)   98    19 
Balance, beginning of period      8,258    (8,476)   (218)   8,262    (8,452)   (190)
Balance, end of period     $9,041   $(8,005)  $1,036   $8,183   $(8,354)  $(171)
                                  
FUNDED STATUS – PLAN SURPLUS (DEFICIT)                                 
Pension plans that have plan assets in excess of defined benefit obligations accrued 7  20  $9,030   $(7,544)  $1,486   $8,173   $(7,900)  $273 
Pension plans that have defined benefit obligations accrued in excess of plan assets 8                                 
Funded      11    (255)   (244)   10    (229)   (219)
Unfunded      —    (206)   (206)   —    (225)   (225)
   27   11    (461)   (450)   10    (454)   (444)
      $9,041   $(8,005)  $1,036   $8,183   $(8,354)  $(171)

 

1Defined benefit obligations accrued are the actuarial present values of benefits attributed to employee services rendered to a particular date.

2The interest income on the plan assets portion of the employee defined benefit plans net interest amount included in Financing costs reflects a rate of return on plan assets equal to the discount rate used in determining the defined benefit obligations accrued, as at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

3Excluding income taxes.

4Financial assumptions in respect of plan assets (interest income on plan assets included in Financing costs reflects a rate of return on plan assets equal to the discount rate used in determining the defined benefit obligations accrued) and demographic assumptions in respect of the actuarial present values of the defined benefit obligations accrued, as at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year for both.

5The discount rate used to measure the defined benefit obligations accrued at September 30, 2026, was 5.39% (December 31, 2025 – 4.90%).

6Effect of asset ceiling limit at September 30, 2026, was $461 (December 31, 2025 – $1,351). During the three-month period ended September 30, 2026, the TELUS Defined Contribution Pension Plan was merged into both the TELUS Corporation Pension Plan (as amended) and the Pension Plan for Management and Professional Employees of TELUS Corporation (as amended); such amendments do not affect the defined benefit obligations accrued. The amendments to these defined benefit pension plans allow for the plans’ surpluses, not previously recognized for accounting purposes (due to the asset ceiling limits), to be used to make future employer contributions for the defined contribution components, should sufficient surpluses be available to do so.

7Presented in the Consolidated statements of financial position as Other long-term assets.

8Presented in the Consolidated statements of financial position as Other long-term liabilities

 

 September 30, 2026 | 35

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

(b)Defined contribution plans – expense

 

Our total defined contribution pension plan costs included as Employee benefits expense in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income are as follows:

 

Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Union pension plan contributions  $3   $3   $9   $9 
Other defined contribution pension plans   30    29    86    86 
   $33   $32   $95   $95 

 

16restructuring and other costs

 

(a)Details of restructuring and other costs

 

With the objective of reducing ongoing costs, we incur associated incremental non-recurring restructuring costs, as further discussed in (b) following. We may also incur atypical charges when undertaking major or transformational changes to our business or operating models or during post-acquisition business integration. In other costs, we include incremental atypical external costs incurred in connection with business acquisition or disposition activity; significant litigation costs in respect of losses or settlements; and adverse retrospective regulatory decisions.

 

Restructuring and other costs presented in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income are as follows:

 

Periods ended  Three months   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Restructuring 1 (b)                    
Goods and services purchased  $110   $47   $223   $123 
Employee benefits expense   82    37    294    181 
    192    84    517    304 
Other (c)                    
Goods and services purchased   19    25    49    35 
Employee benefits expense   —    —    149    — 
    19    25    198    35 
Total                    
Goods and services purchased   129    72    272    158 
Employee benefits expense   82    37    443    181 
   $211   $109   $715   $339 

 

1For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, excludes real estate rationalization-related restructuring net impairments of property, plant and equipment of $1 (2025 – $(4)) and $5 (2025 – $NIL), respectively, which are included in depreciation.

 

(b)Restructuring provisions

 

Employee-related provisions and other provisions, as presented in Note 25, include amounts for restructuring activities. In 2026, restructuring activities included ongoing and incremental efficiency initiatives, some involving employee-related costs and real estate rationalization. These initiatives were intended to enhance our long-term operating productivity and competitiveness.

 

(c)Other

 

During the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, we incurred incremental external costs in connection with business combinations. Non-recurring atypical business integration expenditures associated with these business acquisitions, which qualify as neither restructuring costs nor part of the fair value of the net assets acquired, have been included as a part of other costs.

 

36 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

17property, plant and equipment

 

   Owned assets   Right-of-use lease assets (Note 19)     
(millions)  Network
assets
   Buildings and
leasehold
improvements
   Computer
hardware
and other
   Land   Investment
property
   Assets
under
construction
   Total   Network
assets
   Real estate   Other   Total   Total 
AT COST                                                            
Balance as at January 1, 2026  $38,005   $4,018   $1,898   $85   $46   $721   $44,773   $2,150   $2,818   $80   $5,048   $49,821 
Additions   598    14    32    1    —    635    1,280    726    255    33    1,014    2,294 
Assets under construction put into service   (7)   179    54    —    127    (353)   —    —    —    —    —    — 
Transfers   1,082    —    24    —    —    —    1,106    (1,106)   —    —    (1,106)   — 
Dispositions, retirements and other   (535)   (53)   —    (3)   —    —    (591)   —    (132)   (3)   (135)   (726)
Net foreign exchange differences   2    6    10    —    —    3    21    —    13    —    13    34 
Balance as at September 30, 2026  $39,145   $4,164   $2,018   $83   $173   $1,006   $46,589   $1,770   $2,954   $110   $4,834   $51,423 
                                                             
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION                                                            
Balance as at January 1, 2026  $26,410   $2,556   $1,392   $—   $1   $—   $30,359   $374   $1,565   $20   $1,959   $32,318 
Depreciation 1   1,215    120    129    —    2    —    1,466    93    207    25    325    1,791 
Transfers   324    —    11    —    —    —    335    (335)   —    —    (335)   — 
Dispositions, retirements and other   (575)   (43)   (54)   —    —    —    (672)   —    (146)   (5)   (151)   (823)
Net foreign exchange differences   2    4    7    —    —    —    13    —    9    —    9    22 
Balance as at September 30, 2026  $27,376   $2,637   $1,485   $—   $3   $—   $31,501   $132   $1,635   $40   $1,807   $33,308 
                                                             
NET BOOK VALUE                                                            
Balance as at December 31, 2025  $11,595   $1,462   $506   $85   $45   $721   $14,414   $1,776   $1,253   $60   $3,089   $17,503 
                                                             
Balance as at September 30, 2026  $11,769   $1,527   $533   $83   $170   $1,006   $15,088   $1,638   $1,319   $70   $3,027   $18,115 

 

1For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, depreciation includes $2 in respect of impairment of real estate right-of-use lease assets.

 

As at September 30, 2026, our contractual commitments for the property, plant and equipment acquisitions totalled $194 million over a period ending December 31, 2028 (December 31, 2025 – $184 million over a period ending December 31, 2027).

 

 September 30, 2026 | 37

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

18intangible assets and goodwill

 

(a)Intangible assets and goodwill, net

 

   Intangible assets subject to amortization   Intangible
assets with
indefinite lives
             
(millions)  Note  Customer
contracts, related
customer
relationships and
subscriber base
   Software   Access to
rights-of-way,
crowdsource
assets and other
   Assets under
construction
   Total   Spectrum
licences
   Total
intangible
assets
   Goodwill 1   Total
intangible
assets and
goodwill
 
AT COST                                                
Balance as at January 1, 2026     $5,962   $9,396   $585   $517   $16,460   $13,217   $29,677   $11,325   $41,002 
Additions      —    72    34    669    775    373    1,148    —    1,148 
Assets under construction put into service      22    552    —    (574)   —    —    —    —    — 
Dispositions, retirements and other (including capitalized interest)  9   (265)   (303)   (33)   —    (601)   1    (600)   —    (600)
Net foreign exchange differences      67    5    10    4    86    —    86    99    185 
Balance as at September 30, 2026     $5,786   $9,722   $596   $616   $16,720   $13,591   $30,311   $11,424   $41,735 
                                                 
ACCUMULATED AMORTIZATION AND IMPAIRMENT                                                
Balance as at January 1, 2026     $2,503   $6,533   $313   $—   $9,349   $—   $9,349   $865   $10,214 
Amortization       456    721    42    —    1,219    —    1,219    —    1,219 
Impairment  (b)   500    —    —    —    500    —    500    2,435    2,935 
Dispositions, retirements and other      (276)   (299)   (17)   —    (592)   —    (592)   —    (592)
Net foreign exchange differences      28    2    6    —    36    —    36    27    63 
Balance as at September 30, 2026     $3,211   $6,957   $344   $—   $10,512   $—   $10,512   $3,327   $13,839 
                                                 
NET BOOK VALUE                                                
Balance as at December 31, 2025     $3,459   $2,863   $272   $517   $7,111   $13,217   $20,328   $10,460   $30,788 
                                                 
Balance as at September 30, 2026     $2,575   $2,765   $252   $616   $6,208   $13,591   $19,799   $8,097   $27,896 

 

1Accumulated amortization and impairment of goodwill is comprised of amortization of $364 recorded before 2002 and impairments (inclusive of net foreign exchange differences) recorded subsequently.

 

As at September 30, 2026, our contractual commitments for intangible asset acquisitions totalled $110 million over a period ending December 31, 2031 (December 31, 2025 – $70 million over a period ending December 31, 2031).

 

The Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 2026 auction of residual spectrum licences occurred during January 2026. We were the successful auction participant for 103 spectrum licences with a total purchase price of $318 million, all of which was paid during the three-month period ended March 31, 2026. We may not commercially use the licences until such time as Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada determines that we qualify as a radio communications carrier and comply with the Canadian Ownership and Control rules.

 

During the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, we obtained the use of 2500 MHz band spectrum and 3500 MHz band spectrum from the previous licensee for $55 million; such subordination of licences has been approved by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

 

38 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

(b)Impairment testing

 

The cash-generating units’ goodwill carrying amounts are as follows:

 

As at (millions)  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
TELUS technology solutions  $7,691   $7,024 
TELUS health   406    935 
TELUS digital experience   —    2,501 
   $8,097   $10,460 

 

General

 

The estimates of the recoverable amounts of the cash-generating units have been calculated using the fair value less costs of disposal method and are, in total, categorized as Level 3 fair value measures. There is a material degree of uncertainty with respect to the estimates of the recoverable amounts of the cash-generating units, given the need to make key economic assumptions about the future.

 

The fair value less costs of disposal method uses discounted cash flow projections that employ the following key assumptions: future cash flows and growth projections; associated economic risk assumptions and estimates of the likelihood of achieving key operating metrics and drivers; and the future weighted average cost of capital.

 

To validate the results of our recoverable amounts calculations, we employ a market-comparable approach and an analytical review of industry facts and facts that are specific to us.

 

TELUS health

 

As at September 30, 2026, the relevant circumstances of the TELUS health cash-generating unit were not consistent with those existing at the time of the December 2025 test, including due to structural changes in our operations as discussed following in TELUS digital experience.

 

As part of our ongoing consideration of trends, commitments, events and uncertainties informing our significant estimates and assumptions, in the context of cash-generating unit impairment testing, we determine if, and how, it is necessary to update the estimates of the recoverable amounts of the cash-generating units, including adjustment of growth projections in the projection periods. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2026, we informed the TELUS health cash-generating unit recoverable amount by the active programme to identify potential strategic partners for our TELUS Health business (see (c) following). In turn, we determined it necessary to downward adjust the growth projections in the projection period used for our impairment testing so as to reflect current economic conditions and updated historical information. The September 30, 2026, test of the TELUS health cash-generating unit, using an estimated recoverable amount of $2.6 billion, resulted in an irreversible goodwill impairment of $0.8 billion. Such recoverable amount used a discount rate of 9.0% (December 31, 2025 – 8.0%), a perpetual growth rate of 2.5% (December 31, 2025 – 2.5%) and cash flow projections through the end of 2030 (December 31, 2025 – 2029).

 

Had growth projections declined in the projection period by more than trivial amounts, or had the discount rate increased by more than a trivial amount, the September 30, 2026, estimate of the recoverable amount of the TELUS health cash-generating unit would be less; we believe that any reasonably possible change in other key assumptions on which our calculation of the recoverable amount of the TELUS health cash-generating unit is based would not cause its carrying value to further exceed its recoverable amount. If the future were to adversely differ from management’s best estimates for the key assumptions and associated cash flows were to be materially adversely affected, we could potentially experience future material impairment charges in respect of the TELUS health cash-generating unit.

 

TELUS digital experience

 

As at June 30, 2026, the relevant circumstances of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit were not consistent with those existing at the time of the December 2025 test, including due to structural changes in our operations, as referenced in Note 5, which arose in 2026 associated with the privatization of TELUS International (Cda) Inc. in fiscal 2025. These structural changes necessitated the reallocation of $0.9 billion of goodwill that had previously been attributed to the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit. Specifically, $0.7 billion was reallocated to the TELUS technology solutions cash-generating unit and $0.2 billion was reallocated to the TELUS health cash-generating unit. Due to these structural changes and resulting goodwill reallocation, IFRS Accounting Standards required us to concurrently test the carrying values of the affected cash-generating units’ goodwill amounts. As at March 31, 2026, the recoverable amount of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit was slightly in excess of its carrying amount. Had growth projections in the projection period been lower by more than trivial amounts, or had the discount rate been greater by more than a trivial amount, the March 31, 2026, estimate of the recoverable amount of the TELUS digital cash-generating unit would have been less; we believed that any reasonably possible change in other key assumptions on which our calculation of the recoverable amount of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit was based would not have caused its carrying value to exceed its recoverable amount.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 39

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

On a multi-year basis, the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit’s competitive industry continues to experience, and be increasingly challenged by, competitors and customers both actively building scale on an accelerated basis and, increasingly, technological innovation. These dynamics adversely affected both the level, timing and nature of customer demand in legacy services, specifically for content moderation and ad-relevancy, search-related services as these are being automated by the transition to AI. The customer demand dynamic is further affected by contract durations that vary by service line and have termination rights for our customers with limited notice and without penalty or termination fees, allowing them to make adjustments to service levels that can adversely, and relatively quickly, impact our revenue.

 

In the context of this multi-year experience for the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit, during the three-month period ended June 30, 2024, we determined that updated growth projections had resulted in its estimated recoverable amount to be slightly in excess of its carrying amount; and, during the three-month period ended June 30, 2025, we determined that updated growth projections had resulted in its estimated recoverable amount being exceeded by its carrying amount and thus recorded a $0.5 billion goodwill impairment.

 

As part of our ongoing consideration of trends, commitments, events and uncertainties informing our significant estimates and assumptions, in the context of cash-generating unit impairment testing, we determine if, and how, it is necessary to update the estimates of the recoverable amounts of the cash-generating units, including adjustment of growth projections in the projection periods. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, we experienced demand ramp-downs and more pronounced churn in legacy services provided to certain hyperscale customers as these services are being automated faster than anticipated. We have also reassessed our AI-enabling services growth trajectory and, while these services are expected to grow: customer adoption is slower than we previously anticipated, notably for certain larger customers; sales cycles have become further extended, both for existing and new customers; and, deal sizes have compressed. The extended sales cycles affect and challenge the entirety of the projection period. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, we determined it necessary to further downward adjust the growth projections in the projection period used for our impairment testing so as to reflect current economic conditions and updated historical information.

 

The June 30, 2026, test, using an estimated recoverable amount of $1.8 billion, resulted in an impairment of $2.1 billion, of which $1.6 billion was an irreversible goodwill impairment (which reduced the carrying value of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit’s goodwill to $NIL) and the remainder of $0.5 billion was allocated to related customer relationships. Such recoverable amount used a discount rate of 9.6% (December 31, 2025 – 9.6%), a perpetual growth rate of 2.5% (December 31, 2025 – 2.5%) and cash flow projections through the end of 2030 (December 31, 2025 – 2029).

 

Had growth projections declined in the projection period by more than trivial amounts, or had the discount rate increased by more than a trivial amount, the June 30, 2026, estimate of the recoverable amount of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit would be less; we believed that any reasonably possible change in other key assumptions on which our calculation of the recoverable amount of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit was based would not cause its carrying value to further exceed its recoverable amount.

 

As at September 30, 2026, relevant events and circumstances continued to be inconsistent with those existing at the time of the December 2025 annual test and were such that it was considered appropriate to again test the carrying value of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit; the September 30, 2026, test, using an estimated recoverable amount of $1.8 billion, resulted in neither a further impairment nor a reversal of previously recorded impairment charges in respect of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit’s related customer relationships. Such recoverable amount used a discount rate of 9.6%, a perpetual growth rate of 2.5% and cash flow projections through the end of 2030.

 

If the future were to adversely differ from management’s best estimates for the key assumptions and associated cash flows were to be materially adversely affected, we could potentially experience future material impairment charges in respect of the TELUS digital experience cash-generating unit.

 

(c)Partnership and monetisation strategy TELUS Health and TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods

 

In 2026, we have initiated, and have continued to progress, an active programme to identify potential strategic partners for our TELUS Health and TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods businesses. The monetisation strategy is part of our long-term orientation consistent with our approach to value creation.

 

In the event it became highly probable that a part of the TELUS Health or TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods businesses were to be sold, IFRS Accounting Standards would require us to treat such disposal group as a cash-generating unit. This would require a partial reallocation of goodwill that had been previously attributed to the TELUS health or TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods cash-generating units, respectively, to the disposal group cash-generating unit, requiring us to concurrently test the carrying values of the newly-defined cash-generating units' goodwill amounts. Depending on the disposal group and proceeds of sale, this could result in a further impairment.

 

19leases

 

Maturity analyses of lease liabilities are set out in Note 4(b) and Note 26(i); the period interest expense in respect thereof is set out in Note 9. The additions to, depreciation charges for, and carrying amounts of, right-of-use lease assets are set out in Note 17. We have not currently elected to exclude low-value and short-term leases from lease accounting.

 

40 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

  

   Three months   Nine months 
Periods ended
September 30 (millions)
  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Income from subleasing right-of-use lease assets                    
Co-location sublease revenue included in Operating revenues – service  $6   $5   $18   $21 
Other sublease revenue included in Other income (Note 7)  $2   $2   $5   $5 
Lease payments 1  $184   $172   $1,213   $623 

 

1In the Consolidated statements of cash flows, the principal component of lease payments is included in Cash used by financing activities (see Note 31(b)) and the interest component of lease payments is included in Interest paid.

 

20other long-term assets

 

As at (millions)  Note  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Pension assets  15  $1,486   $235 
Unbilled customer finance receivables  4(a)   571    586 
Derivative assets  4(d)   31    40 
Deferred income taxes      82    74 
Costs incurred to obtain or fulfill contracts with customers      401    370 
Investments in real estate joint ventures  21(a)   253    240 
Investments in associates  21(b)   201    198 
Portfolio investments 1             
At fair value through net income      100    78 
At fair value through other comprehensive income      673    648 
Prepaid maintenance      55    38 
Refundable security deposits and other      152    169 
      $4,005   $2,676 

 

1Fair value measured at reporting date using significant other observable inputs (Level 2).

 

The costs incurred to obtain and fulfill contracts with customers are as follows:

 

   Costs incurred to     
(millions)  Obtain
contracts with
customers
   Fulfill contracts
with
customers
   Total 
Balance as at July 1, 2026  $614   $93   $707 
Additions   125    7    132 
Amortization 1   (104)   (4)   (108)
Balance as at  September 30, 2026  $635   $96   $731 
Balance as at January 1, 2026  $701   $82   $783 
Additions   386    23    409 
Amortization 1   (452)   (9)   (461)
Balance as at September 30, 2026  $635   $96   $731 
Current  $310   $20   $330 
Non-current   325    76    401 
   $635   $96   $731 

 

1For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, $NIL (2025 – $NIL) and $130 (2025 – $NIL), respectively, of amortization of costs incurred to obtain contracts with customers was included in restructuring and other costs.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 41

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

21real estate joint ventures and investments in associates

 

(a)Real estate joint ventures

 

During 2026 and 2025, we partnered, as equals, with arm’s-length parties in real estate redevelopment projects in Alberta and British Columbia.

 

Summarized financial information

 

As at (millions)  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
ASSETS          
Current assets          
Cash and temporary investments, net  $8   $6 
Other   2    2 
    10    8 
Non-current assets          
Investment property under development   517    466 
Promissory notes 1   430    411 
    947    877 
   $957   $885 
LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ EQUITY          
Current liabilities          
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  $6   $5 
Non-current liabilities          
Long-term debt   32    21 
Liabilities   38    26 
Owners’ equity          
TELUS 2   460    430 
Other partners 1   459    429 
    919    859 
   $957   $885 

 

1Other partners’ equity is gross of $430 (December 31, 2025 – $411) promissory notes issued to the joint ventures by the arm’s-length parties in the real estate redevelopment projects in British Columbia; in the event of dissolution or other wind-up of the partnerships, the other partner’s equity will first be reduced by any amounts of the promissory notes outstanding when determining the equity of the joint ventures. The primary intended method of repayment of the promissory notes is through contribution of in-kind development costs, but may optionally include cash payments.

 

2The equity amounts recorded by the real estate joint ventures differ from those recorded by us by the amount of the deferred gains on our real estate contributed and the valuation provision we have recorded in excess of that recorded by the real estate joint ventures.

 

Our real estate joint ventures activity

 

Our real estate joint ventures investment activity is set out in the following table.

 

   Three months   Nine months 
Periods ended
September 30 (millions)  1
  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Balance, beginning of period  $253   $189   $237   $178 
Valuation provision reversal   —    —    —    3 
Related to real estate joint ventures’ statements of financial position                    
Items not affecting currently reported cash flows                    
Our real estate contributed   —    28    35    45 
Deferred gains on our remaining interests in our real estate contributed   —    (13)   (14)   (21)
Cash flows in the current reporting period                    
Funds we advanced or contributed   —    1    1    1 
Funds repaid to us and earnings distributed   —    —    (6)   (1)
Balance, end of period  $253   $205   $253   $205 

 

1We account for our interests in the real estate joint ventures using the equity method of accounting and such interests are included in our Consolidated statements of financial position as Other long-term assets (see Note 20).

 

(b)Investments in associates

 

As set out in Note 20, we include our investments in associates in our Consolidated statements of financial position as Other long-term assets. As at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, we held an equity interest in Miovision Technologies Incorporated, a Canadian incorporated entity that is complementary to, and is viewed to grow, our existing Internet of Things business; our judgment is that we obtained significant influence over the associate when we acquired our initial equity interest. Miovision Technologies Incorporated is developing a suite of hardware and cloud-based solutions that provide cities with the data and tools they need to reduce traffic congestion, make better urban planning decisions and improve safety on their roads. Our aggregate interests in other individually immaterial associates as at September 30, 2026, totalled $35 million (December 31, 2025 – $29 million).

 

42 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

Miovision Technologies Incorporated      

 

As at, or for the periods ended, ($ in millions)  September 30,
2026
   September 30,
2025
   December 31,
2025
 
Statement of financial position 1               
Current assets  $127        $82 
Non-current assets  $420        $411 
Current liabilities  $43        $74 
Non-current liabilities  $54        $31 
Net assets  $450        $388 
Statement of income and other comprehensive income 1               
THREE-MONTH               
Revenue and other income  $61   $42      
Net income (loss)  $2   $(11)     
Comprehensive income (loss)  $3   $(5)     
NINE-MONTH               
Revenue and other income  $160   $127      
Net income (loss)  $(2)  $(24)     
Comprehensive income (loss)  $1   $(20)     
Reconciliation of statement of financial position summarized financial information to carrying amounts               
Net assets (above)  $450        $388 
Our interest   36.9%        43.4%
Our interest in net assets (our carrying amounts)  $166        $169 

 

1As required by IFRS Accounting Standards, this summarized financial information is not just our share of these amounts.

 

22short-term borrowings

 

On May 22, 2024, we entered into an agreement with an arm’s-length securitization trust associated with a major Schedule I bank allowing us to borrow up to $1.6 billion, secured by certain trade receivables and unbilled customer finance receivables; the term of this revolving-period securitization agreement ends May 22, 2027, and requires minimum cash advances of $920 million. Funding under the agreement may be provided in either Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars. Currency risk associated with funding denominated in U.S. dollars is managed through the use of foreign currency forward contracts.

 

As at September 30, 2026, TELUS Corporation has an unsecured non-revolving $650 million (or US$ equivalent) bank credit facility, maturing June 2027, with a syndicate of financial institutions, which is to be used for general corporate purposes. Currency risk associated with funding denominated in U.S. dollars is managed through the use of foreign currency forward contracts.

 

Short-term borrowings of $1.6 billion (December 31, 2025 – $0.9 billion) are comprised of amounts advanced to us by the arm’s-length securitization trust ($0.9 billion; December 31, 2025 – $0.9 billion) and the non-revolving $650 million bank credit facility ($0.7 billion; December 31, 2025 – $NIL); all amounts advanced were denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

The balance of short-term borrowings (if any) is comprised of amounts drawn on bilateral bank facilities and/or other.

 

23accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

As at (millions)  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Trade accounts payable 1          
Supply chain financing – arm’s-length third party has paid supplier  $28   $16 
Supply chain financing – eligible payable 2   18    11 
Amounts that are part of supply chain financing   46    27 
Amounts that are not part of supply chain financing   1,296    955 
    1,342    982 
Accrued liabilities   1,375    1,246 
Payroll and other employee-related liabilities   689    651 
Interest payable   331    389 
Indirect taxes payable and other   166    226 
   $3,903   $3,494 

 

1The composition of trade accounts payable fluctuates due to various factors, including suppliers’ invoice timing, our data processing cycle timing and the seasonal nature of certain business activities, as well as whether the statement of financial position date falls on a business day. Trade accounts payable represent future payments for invoices received in respect of both operating and capital activities, and may include amounts for assessed and self-assessed government remittances.
2Amounts eligible for suppliers to choose to be paid in advance of industry-standard payment terms.

 

In 2023, we introduced a supply chain financing program that allows suppliers with qualifying trade accounts payable to opt for early payment from an arm’s-length third party, in advance of industry-standard payment terms; in turn, we reimburse the arm’s-length third party for those payments when the trade accounts payable would originally have been due.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 43

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

The weighted average due dates for trade accounts payable are largely similar, within and outside the supply chain financing program, and generally payment is due within one quarter.

 

24advance billings and customer deposits

 

As at (millions)  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Advance billings  $827   $877 
Deferred customer activation and connection fees   4    3 
Customer deposits   18    13 
Contract liabilities   849    893 
Other   102    160 
   $951   $1,053 

 

Contract liabilities represent our future performance obligations to customers for services and/or equipment for which we have already received consideration or for which an amount is due from the customer. Our contract liability balances, and the changes in those balances, are as follows:

 

   Three months   Nine months 
Periods ended
September 30 (millions)
  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Balance, beginning of period  $1,124   $1,176   $1,161   $1,102 
Revenue deferred in previous period and recognized in current period   (661)   (690)   (648)   (631)
Net additions arising from operations   676    652    626    644 
Additions arising from business acquisitions   —    —    —    23 
Balance, end of period  $1,139   $1,138   $1,139   $1,138 
Current            $960   $992 
Non-current  (Note 27)                    
Deferred revenues             179    143 
Deferred customer activation and connection fees             —    3 
             $1,139   $1,138 
                     
Reconciliation of contract liabilities presented in the Consolidated statements of financial position – current                    
Gross contract liabilities            $960   $992 
Reclassification to contract assets of contracts with contract liabilities less than contract assets (Note 6(c))             (97)   (120)
Reclassification from contract assets of contracts with contract assets less than contract liabilities (Note 6(c))             (14)   (17)
             $849   $855 

 

44 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

25provisions

 

(millions)  Note  Asset
retirement
obligations 1
   Employee-
related 2
   Written put
options and
contingent
consideration 3
   Regulatory 2   Other 2   Total 
Balance as at July 1, 2026     $305   $128   $237   $139   $156   $965 
Additions      —    73    1    2    100    176 
Reversals      —    —    (1)   —    (14)   (15)
Uses      (3)   (70)   —    (6)   (62)   (141)
Interest effects 4  9   4    —    2    3    —    9 
Effects of foreign exchange, net 4      —    —    —    —    (1)   (1)
Balance as at September 30, 2026     $306   $131   $239   $138   $179   $993 
Balance as at January 1, 2026     $301   $110   $233   $142   $175   $961 
Additions      —    281    4    21    195    501 
Reversals      —    (1)   (3)   —    (29)   (33)
Uses      (6)   (260)   (9)   (29)   (161)   (465)
Interest effects 4  9   11    —    7    4    —    22 
Effects of foreign exchange, net 4      —    1    7    —    (1)   7 
Balance as at September 30, 2026     $306   $131   $239   $138   $179   $993 
Current     $10   $128   $187   $41   $89   $455 
Non-current      296    3    52    97    90    538 
Balance as at September 30, 2026     $306   $131   $239   $138   $179   $993 

 

1Additions and reversals for Asset retirement obligations are included in the Consolidated statements of financial position as Property, plant and equipment, net. Uses, to the extent that such items include a flow of cash, are included net in Cash used by investing activities in the Consolidated statements of cash flows (see Note 31(a)).
2Additions and reversals for Employee-related, Regulatory and Other are generally included in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income as Employee benefits expense, Goods and services purchased and Goods and services purchased, respectively. Uses, to the extent that such items include a flow of cash, are generally included net in Cash provided by operating activities in the Consolidated statements of cash flows.
3Additions and reversals for Written put options and contingent consideration are included in the Consolidated statements of financial position as Goodwill, net, and in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income as Other income, respectively. Uses, to the extent that such items include a flow of cash, are included in Cash used by investing activities in the Consolidated statements of cash flows.
4Interest effects, excepting those arising from provision re-measurement due to change in discount rates, and Effects of foreign exchange, net, are included in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income as Financing costs.

 

Asset retirement obligations

 

We establish provisions for liabilities associated with the retirement of property, plant and equipment when these obligations result from the acquisition, construction, development and/or normal operation of the assets. We expect that the associated cash outflows in respect of the balance accrued as at the financial statement date will occur proximate to the retirement dates of these assets.

 

Employee-related

 

Our employee-related provisions are largely in respect of restructuring activities (as discussed further in Note 16(b)). The timing of the associated cash outflows in respect of the balance accrued as at the financial statement date is substantially short-term in nature.

 

Written put options and contingent consideration

 

In connection with certain business acquisitions, we have established provisions for written put options in respect of non-controlling interests. Some of these provisions are determined based on the net present value of estimated future earnings, requiring us to make key economic assumptions about the future. We have also established provisions for contingent consideration. We do not expect cash outflows in respect of the written put options to occur before their initial exercisability, nor do we expect cash outflows in respect of contingent consideration to occur before completion of the related earning periods; in some instances, we may settle the provision for written put options using equity instruments. During the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, $NIL and $3 million, respectively, of provisions for written put options and contingent consideration were settled using equity instruments.

 

Regulatory

 

The regulatory regime under which we operate as a telecommunications carrier in Canada sets out, among other matters, rates, terms and conditions for the provision of telecommunications services, and in turn, we may need to record associated provisions. We cannot reasonably determine the timing of cash outflows in respect of regulatory accounts.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 45

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

Other

 

The provisions for other include: legal claims; real estate rationalization and other non-employee-related restructuring activities; and contract termination costs and onerous contracts (including those related to business acquisitions). Except as noted below, we expect the cash outflows associated with the balance accrued as at the financial statement date to occur over an indeterminate multi-year period.

 

As discussed further in Note 29(a), we are involved in a number of legal claims and we are aware of certain other possible legal claims. We establish provisions for legal claims when warranted, considering legal assessments, current information, and the expected availability of recourse. We cannot reasonably determine the timing of cash outflows in respect of legal claims.

 

In connection with business acquisitions, we have established provisions for contract termination costs and onerous contracts acquired.

 

26long-term debt

 

(a)Details of long-term debt

 

As at (millions)  Note  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Senior unsecured             
TELUS Corporation senior notes   (b)  $16,945   $18,191 
TELUS Corporation commercial paper  (c)   1,701    952 
Other  (e)   34    295 
Junior unsecured             
TELUS Corporation junior subordinated notes  (f)   7,397    7,250 
Secured             
Other  (g)   469    537 
       26,546    27,225 
Lease liabilities  (h)   3,238    3,314 
Long-term debt     $29,784   $30,539 
Current     $3,854   $3,102 
Non-current      25,930    27,437 
Long-term debt     $29,784   $30,539 

 

(b)TELUS Corporation senior notes

 

The notes are senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, ranking equally with all of our existing and future unsecured unsubordinated obligations, are senior in right of payment to all of our existing and future subordinated indebtedness, and are effectively subordinated to all existing and future obligations of, or guaranteed by, our subsidiaries. The notes’ indentures contain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability, and that of certain of our subsidiaries, to: grant security in respect of indebtedness; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; and incur new indebtedness.

 

Interest is payable semi-annually. Upon a change in control triggering event, as defined in the supplemental trust indenture, we must offer to repurchase the notes at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the repurchase date.

 

Notes issued before September 2023 are redeemable at our option, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, on not fewer than 30 days’ and not more than 60 days’ prior notice before their respective maturity dates; for notes issued subsequent to August 2023, the notice period is not fewer than 10 days’ and not more than 60 days’ prior notice. On or after the respective redemption present value spread cessation dates set out in the table below, notes issued before September 2023 are redeemable at our option, in whole but not in part, on not fewer than 30 days’ and not more than 60 days’ prior notice, at redemption prices equal to 100% of their principal amounts; for notes issued subsequent to August 2023, the notice period is not fewer than 10 days’ and not more than 60 days’ prior notice. Accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the date fixed for redemption.

 

46 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

         Principal face amount  Redemption present
value spread
TELUS Corporation senior note series  Issued  Maturity  Issue price  Effective
interest rate 1
   Originally
issued
  Outstanding
at financial
statement date
  Basis
points 2
  Cessation
date
3.75% Notes, Series CV  December 2015  March 2026 3  $992.14  3.84%  $600 million  $NIL  53.5  Dec. 10, 2025
2.75% Notes, Series CZ  July 2019  July 2026 4  $998.73  2.77%  $800 million  $NIL 4  33  May 8, 2026
2.80% U.S. Dollar Notes 5  September 2016  February 2027  US$991.89  2.89%  US$600 million  US$600 million  20  Nov. 16, 2026
3.70% U.S. Dollar Notes 5  March 2017  September 2027  US$998.95  3.71%  US$500 million  US$500 million  20  June 15, 2027
2.35% Notes, Series CAC  May 2020  January 2028  $997.25  2.39%  $600 million  $600 million  48  Nov. 27, 2027
3.625% Notes, Series CX  March 2018  March 2028  $989.49  3.75%  $600 million  $600 million  37  Dec. 1, 2027
4.80% Notes, Series CAO  February 2024  December 2028  $998.95  4.83%  $700 million  $700 million  28  Nov. 15, 2028
3.30% Notes, Series CY  April 2019  May 2029  $991.75  3.40%  $1.0 billion  $1.0 billion  43.5  Feb. 2, 2029
5.00% Notes, Series CAI  September 2022  September 2029  $995.69  5.07%  $350 million  $350 million  46.5  July 13, 2029
3.15% Notes, Series CAA  December 2019  February 2030  $996.49  3.19%  $600 million  $600 million  39.5  Nov. 19, 2029
5.60% Notes, Series CAM  September 2023  September 2030  $998.85  5.62%  $500 million  $500 million  46  July 9, 2030
2.05% Notes, Series CAD  October 2020  October 2030  $997.93  2.07%  $500 million  $500 million  38  July 7, 2030
4.95% Notes, Series CAP  February 2024  February 2031  $997.07  5.00%  $600 million  $600 million  34.5  Dec. 18, 2030
4.65% Notes, Series CAQ  August 2024  August 2031  $999.11  4.66%  $700 million  $700 million  38.5  June 13, 2031
2.85% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAF  June 2021  November 2031  $997.52  2.88% 6   $750 million  $750 million  34  Aug. 13, 2031
3.40% U.S. Dollar Sustainability-Linked Notes 5  February 2022  May 2032  US$997.13  3.43% 6  US$900 million  US$900 million  25  Feb. 13, 2032
5.25% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAG  September 2022  November 2032  $996.73  5.29% 6  $1.1 billion  $1.1 billion  51.5  Aug. 15, 2032
4.95% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAJ  March 2023  March 2033  $998.28  4.97% 6  $500 million  $500 million  54.5  Dec. 28, 2032
5.75% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAK  September 2023  September 2033  $997.82  5.78% 6  $850 million  $850 million  52  June 8, 2033
5.10% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAN  February 2024  February 2034  $996.44  5.15% 6  $500 million  $500 million  38.5  Nov. 15, 2033
4.40% Notes, Series CL  April 2013  April 2043  $997.68  4.41%  $600 million  $129 million 7  47  Oct. 1, 2042
5.15% Notes, Series CN  November 2013  November 2043  $995.00  5.18%  $400 million  $400 million  50  May 26, 2043
4.85% Notes, Series CP  Multiple 8  April 2044  $987.91 8  4.93% 8  $500 million 8  $900 million 8  46  Oct. 5, 2043
4.75% Notes, Series CR  September 2014  January 2045  $992.91  4.80%  $400 million  $400 million  51.5  July 17, 2044
4.40% Notes, Series CU  March 2015  January 2046  $999.72  4.40%  $500 million  $60 million 7  60.5  July 29, 2045
4.70% Notes, Series CW  Multiple 9  March 2048  $998.06 9  4.71% 9   $325 million 9  $89 million 7, 9  58.5  Sept. 6, 2047
4.60% U.S. Dollar Notes 5  June 2018  November 2048  US$987.60  4.68%  US$750 million  US$561 million 7  25  May 16, 2048
4.30% U.S. Dollar Notes 5  May 2019  June 2049  US$990.48  4.36%  US$500 million  US$371 million 7  25  Dec. 15, 2048
3.95% Notes, Series CAB  Multiple 10  February 2050  $997.54 10  3.97% 10  $400 million 10     $73 million 7, 10   57.5  Aug. 16, 2049
4.10% Notes, Series CAE  April 2021  April 2051  $994.70  4.13%  $500 million  $49 million 7  53  Oct. 5, 2050
5.65% Notes, Series CAH  September 2022  September 2052  $996.13  5.68%  $550 million  $550 million  61.5  Mar. 13, 2052
5.95% Notes, Series CAL  September 2023  September 2053  $992.67  6.00%  $400 million  $400 million  61.5  Mar. 8, 2053

 

1The effective interest rate represents the yield the notes would provide to an initial debt holder if held to maturity and, in respect of sustainability-linked notes, if no trigger events or MFN step-ups occur.
2For Canadian dollar-denominated notes, the redemption price is the greater of (i) the present value of the notes discounted at the Government of Canada yield plus the redemption present value spread calculated over the period to the cessation date, or (ii) 100% of the principal amount thereof.

For U.S. dollar-denominated notes, the redemption price is the greater of (i) the present value of the notes discounted at the U.S. Adjusted Treasury Rate (at the U.S. Treasury Rate for the 3.40% U.S. Dollar Sustainability-Linked Notes) plus the redemption present value spread calculated over the period to the cessation date, or (ii) 100% of the principal amount thereof.

3On December 16, 2025, we exercised our right to, and did, early redeem, on January 16, 2026, all of our 3.75% Notes, Series CV.
4On March 9, 2026, we exercised our right to, and did, early redeem, on May 8, 2026, $500 million of our 2.75% Notes, Series CZ; the balance was repaid at maturity.
5We have entered into foreign exchange derivatives (cross currency interest rate exchange agreements) that effectively convert the principal payments and interest obligations to Canadian dollar obligations as follows:

 

 September 30, 2026 | 47

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

TELUS Corporation senior note series  Interest rate
fixed at
   Canadian dollar
equivalent
principal
  Exchange
rate
 
2.80% U.S. Dollar Notes   2.95%  $792 million  $1.3205 
3.70% U.S. Dollar Notes   3.41%  $667 million  $1.3348 
3.40% U.S. Dollar Sustainability-Linked Notes   3.89%  $1.1 billion  $1.2753 
4.60% U.S. Dollar Notes   4.41%  $728 million  $1.2985 
4.30% U.S. Dollar Notes   4.27%  $498 million  $1.3435 

 

6If we have not obtained a sustainability performance target verification assurance certificate for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2030, the sustainability-linked notes will incur increased interest rates from the trigger date through to their individual maturities. The interest rate on certain sustainability-linked notes may also increase (MFN step-up) if we fail to meet additional sustainability and/or environmental, social or governance targets specified in a sustainability-linked bond; the interest rate on these notes, however, in no event can exceed the initial rate by more than the combined MFN step-up and trigger event limit, whether as a result of not obtaining a sustainability performance target verification assurance certificate and/or any targets provided for in one or more future sustainability-linked bonds. Similarly, if we redeem any sustainability-linked notes without having obtained a sustainability performance target verification assurance certificate at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the redemption date, any interest accrued will be determined using the following rates:

 

   Sustainability performance
target verification
assurance certificate
        
TELUS Corporation
senior note series
  Fiscal
year
   Trigger
date
   Post-
trigger
event
interest
rate
   Aggregate
MFN step-up
and trigger
event limit
   Redemption
interest
accrual rate
if certificate
not obtained
 
2.85% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAF  2030    Nov. 14, 2030     3.85%   N/A    3.85%
3.40% U.S. Dollar Sustainability-Linked Notes  2030    Nov. 14, 2030     4.40%   1.50%   4.40%
5.25% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAG  2030    Nov. 15, 2030     6.00%   1.50%   6.00%
4.95% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAJ  2030    Mar. 28, 2031     5.70%   1.50%   5.70%
5.75% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAK  2030    Apr. 30, 2031     6.35%   1.20%   6.35%
5.10% Sustainability-Linked Notes, Series CAN  2030    Feb. 15, 2031     5.60%   1.00%   5.60%

 

7In the year ended December 31, 2025, we acquired TELUS Corporation senior notes pursuant to our tender offers, as set out in the following table.

 

       Tender offer principal face
amount acquired (millions)
 
TELUS Corporation
senior note series
  Maturity   June 2025   Dec. 2025   Total 
4.40% Notes, Series CL  April 2043    —   $471   $471 
4.40% Notes, Series CU  Jan. 2046   $267   $173   $440 
4.70% Notes, Series CW  Mar. 2048    —   $386   $386 
4.60% U.S. Dollar Notes  Nov. 2048   US$189    —   US$189 
4.30% U.S. Dollar Notes  June 2049   US$129    —   US$129 
3.95% Notes, Series CAB  Feb. 2050   $695   $32   $727 
4.10% Notes, Series CAE  April 2051   $422   $29   $451 

 

8$500 million of 4.85% Notes, Series CP were issued in April 2014 at an issue price of $998.74 and an effective interest rate of 4.86%. This series of notes was reopened in December 2015 and a further $400 million of notes were issued at an issue price of $974.38 and an effective interest rate of 5.02%.
9$325 million of 4.70% Notes, Series CW were issued in March 2017 at an issue price of $990.65 and an effective interest rate of 4.76%. This series of notes was reopened in February 2018 and a further $150 million of notes were issued in March 2018 at an issue price of $1,014.11 and an effective interest rate of 4.61%.
10$400 million of 3.95% Notes, Series CAB were issued in December 2019 at an issue price of $991.54 and an effective interest rate of 4.00%. This series of notes was reopened in May 2020 and a further $400 million of notes were issued at an issue price of $1,003.53 and an effective interest rate of 3.93%.

 

(c)TELUS Corporation commercial paper

 

TELUS Corporation has an unsecured commercial paper program, backstopped by our $2.75 billion revolving syndicated credit facility (see (d)), which is used for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures and investments. Subject to conditions related to debt ratings, this program allows us to issue commercial paper up to a maximum aggregate equivalent amount at any one time of $2.1 billion (US$1.5 billion maximum). We use foreign currency forward contracts to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated commercial paper. Although commercial paper debt matures within one year, we classify it as a current portion of long-term debt as these amounts are supported by the revolving credit facility and we expect that they will continue to be supported by the revolving credit facility, which has no repayment requirements within the next year. As at September 30, 2026, we had $1.7 billion (December 31, 2025 – $1.0 billion) of commercial paper outstanding, all of which was denominated in U.S. dollars (US$1.2 billion; December 31, 2025 – US$0.7 billion), with an effective average interest rate of 4.5%, maturing through February 2027.

 

(d)TELUS Corporation credit facilities

 

As at September 30, 2026, TELUS Corporation had a $2.75 billion unsecured revolving syndicated bank credit facility, expiring on August 21, 2030 (December 31, 2025 – August 21, 2030), with a syndicate of financial institutions, which is used for general corporate purposes, including the backstopping of commercial paper.

 

48 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

The TELUS Corporation credit facilities incur interest at prime rate, U.S. Dollar Base Rate, Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) or term secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) (as such terms are used or defined in the credit facilities), plus applicable margins. The credit facilities include customary representations, warranties and covenants, including two financial quarter-end ratio tests: our leverage ratio must not exceed 4.25:1.00; and our operating cash flow to interest expense ratio must not be less than 2.00:1.00, all as defined in the credit facilities.

 

TELUS Corporation’s continued access to these credit facilities does not depend upon TELUS Corporation maintaining a specific credit rating.

 

As at (millions)  September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Net available  $1,049   $1,798 
Backstop of commercial paper   1,701    952 
Gross available revolving $2.75 billion bank credit facility  $2,750   $2,750 

 

As at September 30, 2026, we had letters of credit outstanding of $61 million (December 31, 2025 – $67 million), issued under various uncommitted facilities. These letter of credit facilities are in addition to our ability to provide letters of credit under our committed revolving bank credit facility.

 

(e)Other (unsecured)

 

In 2025, a wholly owned subsidiary issued preferred shares for US$200 million to a private equity investor, in connection with the acquisition of Workplace Options; IFRS Accounting Standards required that the preferred shares be accounted for as financial liabilities. In the first quarter of 2026, the preferred shares were exchanged with the private equity investor for a US$200 million promissory note issued by the wholly owned subsidiary. The promissory note, and previously the preferred shares, were similarly featured in that they were: unsubordinated obligations, senior in right of payment to all of our existing and future subordinated indebtedness, and effectively subordinated to all existing and future obligations of, or guaranteed by, our subsidiaries; redeemable, in whole but not in part, at our option and, after May 13, 2030, also at the holder’s option; change in control events, as defined in the preferred investment agreement, may also have required redemption of the preferred shares; the redemption price was generally equal to a multiple of invested capital; and any accrued and un-reinvested interest would have been included in determining the redemption amount.

 

During the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, at our option, the promissory note was repaid and a prepayment premium of $51 million was recorded.

 

(f)TELUS Corporation junior subordinated notes

 

The notes are direct unsecured obligations, are subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, and are effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and obligations of, or guaranteed by, our subsidiaries. For purposes of calculating leverage ratios, only one-half of the principal is included as debt in the initial post-issuance decade.

 

Interest is payable semi-annually and has a fixed rate reset at the interest payment date coinciding with the cessation date of the no-call period and every five years thereafter. Upon a rating event, as defined in the supplemental trust indenture, we must offer to repurchase the notes at a price equal to 102% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the repurchase date.

 

After the initial no-call period, the notes are redeemable at our option, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, on not fewer than 10 days’ and not more than 60 days’ prior notice, on any interest payment date (prior to elapsing of the initial no-call periods, the notes are redeemable, on not fewer than 10 days’ and not more than 90 days’ prior notice, on each note’s unique first rate reset date) at redemption prices equal to 100% of their principal amounts. Accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the date fixed for redemption.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 49

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements(unaudited)

 

               Principal face amount       
TELUS Corporation junior subordinated note series  Issued  Maturity  Issue price  Initial effective
interest rate 1
  Originally
issued
  Outstanding
at financial
statement date
  No-call period
cessation date
  Rate reset
minimum 2
 
6.25% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series CAR  Multiple 3  July 2055  $1,006.41 3   6.09% 3  $1.1 billion 3   $1.5 billion 3   July 21, 2030  6.25%
6.75% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series CAS  Multiple 4  July 2055  $1,020.45 4   6.46% 4  $500 million 4   $925 million 4   July 21, 2035  6.75%
U.S. Dollar 6.625% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series A 5  June 2025  Oct. 2055  US$1,000.00  6.625 % US$700 million  US$700 million  Oct. 15, 2030  6.625%
U.S. Dollar 7.000% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series B 5  June 2025  Oct. 2055  US$1,000.00  7.000% US$800 million  US$800 million  Oct. 15, 2035  7.000%
U.S. Dollar 6.375% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series C 5  Dec. 2025  June 2056  US$1,000.00  6.375% US$800 million  US$800 million  June 9, 2031  6.375%
U.S. Dollar 6.625% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series D 5  Dec. 2025  June 2056  US$1,000.00  6.625% US$700 million  US$700 million  June 9, 2036  6.625%
5.375% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series CAT  Dec. 2025  June 2056  $1,000.00  5.375% $400 million  $400 million  June 9, 2031  5.375%
5.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series CAU  Dec. 2025  June 2056  $1,000.00  5.875% $400 million  $400 million  June 9, 2036  5.875%

 

1The effective interest rate represents the minimum yield the notes would provide to an initial debt holder if held to maturity.
2For the Canadian dollar-denominated notes, the rate reset is based upon a spread to the Five Year Government of Canada Bond Yield at the rate reset date, but is subject to a rate reset minimum.

For the U.S. Dollar-denominated notes the rate reset is based upon a spread to Five-Year U.S. Treasury Rate at the rate reset date, but is subject to a reset minimum.

3$1.1 billion of 6.25% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series CAR Notes were issued in April 2025 at an issue price of $999.65 and an initial effective interest rate of 6.25%. This series of notes was reopened in June 2025 and a further $375 million of notes were issued at an issue price of $1,026.25 and an initial effective interest rate of 5.61%.
4$500 million of 6.75% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series CAS Notes were issued in April 2025 at an issue price of $999.59 and an initial effective interest rate of 6.75%. This series of notes was reopened in June 2025 and a further $425 million of notes were issued at an issue price of $1,045.00 and an initial effective interest rate of 6.13%.
5We have entered into foreign exchange derivatives (cross currency interest rate exchange agreements) that, during the first no-call periods, effectively convert the principal payments and interest obligations to Canadian dollar obligations as follows:

 

TELUS Corporation junior
subordinated note series
  First no-call
period interest
rate fixed at
   Canadian dollar
equivalent
principal
  Exchange
rate
 
U.S. Dollar 6.625% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series A   5.79%  $1.0 billion  $1.3743 
U.S. Dollar 7.000% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series B   6.42%  $1.1 billion  $1.3743 
U.S. Dollar 6.375% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series C   5.64%  $1.1 billion  $1.3957 
U.S. Dollar 6.625% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate, Series D   6.07%  $1.0 billion  $1.3955 

 

(g)Other (secured)

 

Other liabilities incur interest at 4.4%, are secured by the AWS-4 spectrum licences associated with these other liabilities, and are subject to amortization schedules, so that the principal is repaid over the periods to maturity, the last period ending March 31, 2035.

 

(h)Lease liabilities

 

Lease liabilities are subject to amortization schedules, so that the principal is repaid over various periods, which include reasonably expected renewals. The weighted average interest rate on lease liabilities was approximately 5.2% as at September 30, 2026.

 

50 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

(i)Long-term debt maturities

 

Anticipated requirements for long-term debt repayments, calculated for long-term debt owed as at September 30, 2026, are as follows:

  

Composite long-term debt
denominated in
  Canadian dollars   U.S. dollars   Other
currencies
     
   Long-term
debt,
           Long-term
debt,
       Currency swap agreement
amounts to be exchanged
             
Years ending December 31 (millions)  excluding
leases
   Leases
(Note 19)
   Total   excluding
leases
   Leases
(Note 19)
   (Receive) 1   Pay   Total   Leases
(Note 19)
   Total 
2026 (remainder of year)  $11   $107   $118   $1,231   $11   $(1,231)  $1,218   $1,229   $16   $1,363 
2027   50    425    475    2,030    35    (2,030)   1,923    1,958    58    2,491 
2028   1,952    387    2,339    —    34    —    —    34    49    2,422 
2029   1,404    311    1,715    —    38    —    —    38    42    1,795 
2030   1,652    242    1,894    —    39    (993)   962    8    32    1,934 
2031 - 2035   5,251    500    5,751    1,277    34    (3,547)   3,364    1,128    72    6,951 
Thereafter   6,284    781    7,065    5,578    —    (2,709)   2,204    5,073    2    12,140 
Future cash outflows in respect of composite long-term debt principal repayments   16,604    2,753    19,357    10,116    191    (10,510)   9,671    9,468    271    29,096 
Future cash outflows in respect of associated interest and like carrying costs 2   11,240    929    12,169    10,098    65    (3,352)   3,362    10,173    90    22,432 
Undiscounted contractual maturities (Note 4(b))  $27,844   $3,682   $31,526   $20,214   $256   $(13,862)  $13,033   $19,641   $361   $51,528 

 

1Where applicable, cash flows reflect foreign exchange rates as at September 30, 2026. Maturities and gross cash flows for the TELUS Corporation junior subordinated notes reflect the initial fixed rate reset date.
2Future cash outflows in respect of associated interest and like carrying costs for sustainability-linked notes, commercial paper, amounts drawn under our credit facilities (if any), other (unsecured) and junior subordinated notes have been calculated based upon the rates in effect as at September 30, 2026.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 51

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

27other long-term liabilities

 

As at (millions)  Note   September 30,
2026
   December 31,
2025
 
Contract liabilities  24   $179   $132 
Other       —    2 
Deferred revenues       179    134 
Pension benefit liabilities  15    450    453 
Other post-employment benefit liabilities       95    98 
Derivative liabilities  4(d)   170    167 
Deferred capital expenditure government grants       66    66 
Other       65    34 
        1,025    952 
Deferred customer activation and connection fees  24    —    3 
       $1,025   $955 

 

28owners’ equity

 

(a)TELUS Corporation Common Share capital – general

 

Our authorized share capital is as follows:

 

As at  September 30,
2026
  December 31,
2025
First Preferred Shares  1 billion  1 billion
Second Preferred Shares  1 billion  1 billion
Common Shares  4 billion  4 billion

 

Only holders of Common Shares may vote at our general meetings, with each holder entitled to one vote per Common Share held, provided that no less than 66-2/3% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares are owned by Canadians. With respect to priority in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of our assets among our shareholders for the purpose of winding up our affairs, preferences are as follows: First Preferred Shares; Second Preferred Shares; and finally Common Shares.

 

As at September 30, 2026, we had reserved for issuance from Treasury: approximately 81 million Common Shares under a dividend reinvestment and share purchase plan (see Note 13(b)); approximately 64 million Common Shares under restricted share unit plans (see Note 14(b)); and approximately 12 million Common Shares under share option plans (see Note 14(d)).

 

(b)Subsidiaries with significant non-controlling interests

 

TELUS International (Cda) Inc.

 

Our TELUS International (Cda) Inc. subsidiary was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and had geographically dispersed operations, with its principal places of business located in Asia, Central America, Europe and North America.

 

Summarized financial information

 

Summarized financial information for our TELUS International (Cda) Inc. subsidiary is set out in the accompanying table.

 

For the periods ended September 30, 2025 (millions)         
Statement of income and other comprehensive income 1, 2     
THREE-MONTH     
Revenue and other income  $957 
Net income (loss)  $(133)
Comprehensive income (loss)  $(59)
Net income (loss) allocated to non-controlling interest  $(65)
Other comprehensive income allocated to non-controlling interest  $32 
Comprehensive income (loss) allocated to non-controlling interest  $(33)
NINE-MONTH     
Revenue and other income  $2,885 
Net income (loss)  $(544)
Comprehensive income (loss)  $(575)
Net income (loss) allocated to non-controlling interest  $(337)
Other comprehensive income allocated to non-controlling interest  $(13)
Comprehensive income (loss) allocated to non-controlling interest  $(350)
Statement of cash flows 1, 2     
THREE-MONTH     
Cash provided by operating activities  $(19)
Cash used by investing activities  $(48)
Cash provided by financing activities  $375 
NINE-MONTH     
Cash provided by operating activities  $83 
Cash used by investing activities  $(130)
Cash provided by financing activities  $307 

 

1As required by IFRS Accounting Standards, this summarized financial information excludes inter-company eliminations.
2Amounts for periods in the year ended December 31, 2025, are prior to privatization on October 31, 2025.

 

52 | September 30, 2026  

 

  

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

Terrion

 

Our Terrion subsidiary was established under the Partnership Act (Ontario) on July 24, 2025, and its principal place of business is Canada. Terrion is a wireless tower infrastructure operator enabling wholesale access and co-location.

 

During the 160-day period (hereinafter referred to as “the year”) from the date of establishment of the partnership through December 31, 2025, Terrion capitalization activity included issuing equity in Terrion to a non-controlling interest. Subsequent to the capitalization activity, TELUS Corporation retained a 50.1% voting and economic interest in Terrion. TELUS has a call option, exercisable in whole but not in part, in respect of the non-controlling interest either in September 2027 (if there is a dispute among the partners) or after September 2057. The call option price is generally the greater of fair value and a multiple of invested capital.

 

Summarized financial information

 

Summarized financial information for Terrion is set out in the accompanying table.

 

As at, or for the periods 1 ended,
($ in millions)
  September 30,
2026
    September 30,
2025
    December 31,
2025
 
Statement of financial position 2                    
Current assets   $ 66             $ 33  
Non-current assets   $ 796             $ 658  
Current liabilities   $ 60             $ 37  
Non-current liabilities   $ 431             $ 314  
Accumulated non-controlling interest in Terrion in Consolidated statement of changes in owners’ equity   $ 801             $ 799  
Statement of income and other comprehensive income 2                        
THREE-MONTH                        
Revenue and other income   $ 48     $ 10          
Net income 3   $ 14     $ 4          
Comprehensive income 3   $ 14     $ 4          
Net income and comprehensive income allocated to non-controlling interest   $ 7     $ 2          
NINE-MONTH                        
Revenue and other income   $ 140     $ 10          
Net income 3   $ 46     $ 4          
Comprehensive income 3   $ 46     $ 4          
Net income and comprehensive income allocated to non-controlling interest   $ 23     $ 2          
Statement of cash flows 1                        
THREE-MONTH                        
Cash provided by operating activities   $ 38     $ 2          
Cash used by investing activities 4   $ (18 )   $ —          
Cash used by financing activities   $ (18 )   $ (2 )        
Partnership distributions to non-controlling interest (included as a use of cash in financing activities)   $ 7     $ —          
NINE-MONTH                        
Cash provided by operating activities   $ 107     $ 2          
Cash used by investing activities 4   $ (51 )   $ —          
Cash used by financing activities   $ (46 )   $ (2 )        
Partnership distributions to non-controlling interest (included as a use of cash in financing activities)   $ 21     $ —          

 

1Amounts for periods in the year ended December 31, 2025, are for the 160-day period from the date of establishment, July 24, 2025, through December 31, 2025, inclusive.
2As required by IFRS Accounting Standards, this summarized financial information excludes inter-company eliminations.
3As Terrion is a partnership, no provision is made for income taxes in respect of the partners in determining Terrion’s net income and comprehensive income.
4For the three-month period ended September 30, 2026, includes additions (excluding additions from leases) to property, plant and equipment of $19 (2025 – $3) and (source) use in associated non-cash investing working capital of $(9) (2025 – $(3)). For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2026, Includes additions (excluding additions from leases) to property, plant and equipment of $47 (2025 – $3), and (source) use in associated non-cash investing working capital of $(18) (2025 – $(3)).

 

(c)Purchase of Common Shares for cancellation pursuant to normal course issuer bid

 

As referred to in Note 3, we may purchase a portion of our Common Shares for cancellation pursuant to normal course issuer bids in order to maintain or adjust our capital structure.

 

On December 15, 2025, we announced that we had received approval for a normal course issuer bid to purchase and cancel up to 28 million of our Common Shares (up to a maximum of $500 million) from December 17, 2025, to December 16, 2026, through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and/or alternative trading platforms or otherwise as may be permitted by applicable securities laws and regulations, including privately negotiated block purchases. Additionally, we are able to enter into an automatic share purchase plan with a broker for the purpose of permitting us to purchase our Common Shares under the normal course issuer bid at times we would not otherwise be permitted to trade in our own Common Shares, including during regularly scheduled quarterly internal blackout periods. Such purchases will be determined by the broker in its sole discretion based on parameters we have established. We record a liability and charge share capital and retained earnings for purchases that may occur during such blackout periods based upon the parameters of the normal course issuer bid as at the statement of financial position date.

 

 September 30, 2026 | 53

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

The excess of the purchase price over the average stated value of Common Shares purchased for cancellation is charged to retained earnings. We cease to consider the Common Shares to be outstanding on the date of our purchase of the Common Shares, although the actual cancellation of the Common Shares by the transfer agent and registrar occurs on a timely basis on a date shortly thereafter.

 

29contingent liabilities

 

Claims and lawsuits

 

General

 

A number of claims and lawsuits (including class actions and intellectual property infringement claims) seeking damages and other relief are pending against us and, in some cases, other mobile carriers and telecommunications service providers. As well, we have received notice of, or are aware of, certain possible claims (including intellectual property infringement claims) against us and, in some cases, other mobile carriers and telecommunications service providers.

 

It is not currently possible for us to predict the outcome of such claims, possible claims and lawsuits due to various factors, including: the preliminary nature of some claims; uncertain damage theories and demands; an incomplete factual record; uncertainty concerning legal theories and procedures and their resolution by the courts, at both the trial and the appeal levels; and the unpredictable nature of opposing parties and their demands.

 

However, subject to the foregoing limitations, management is of the opinion, based upon legal assessments and information presently available, that it is unlikely that any liability, to the extent not provided for through insurance or otherwise, would have a material effect on our financial position and the results of our operations, including cash flows, with the exception of the following items.

 

Certified class actions

 

Certified class actions against us include the following:

 

System access fee class action

 

In 2004, a class action was brought in Saskatchewan against a number of past and present wireless service providers, including us, which alleged breach of contract, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment and violation of competition, trade practices and consumer protection legislation across Canada in connection with the collection of system access fees. In September 2007, a national opt-in class was certified by the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench in relation to the unjust enrichment claim only. In February 2008, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench granted an order amending the certification order so as to exclude from the class of plaintiffs any customer bound by an arbitration clause with us. After a long period of dormancy, the Plaintiff sought, in 2024, to advance the class action. The defendants applied to dismiss the class action for want of prosecution. The court granted the applications and dismissed the class action, a decision that the Plaintiff is appealing.

 

Per minute billing class action

 

In 2008, a class action was brought in Ontario against us alleging breach of contract, breach of the Ontario Consumer Protection Act, breach of the Competition Act and unjust enrichment, in connection with our practice of “rounding up” mobile airtime to the nearest minute and charging for the full minute. The action sought certification of a national class. In November 2014, an Ontario class only was certified by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in relation to the breach of contract, breach of Consumer Protection Act, and unjust enrichment claims; all appeals of the certification decision have now been exhausted. At the same time, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice declined to stay the claims of our business customers, notwithstanding an arbitration clause in our customer service agreements with those customers. This latter decision was appealed and on May 31, 2017, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed our appeal. The Supreme Court of Canada granted us leave to appeal this decision and on April 4, 2019, granted our appeal and stayed the claims of business customers. Notice of this certified class action was provided to potential class members in 2022. A summary judgment hearing has been set for February 1 to 19, 2027.

 

54 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

Uncertified class actions

 

Uncertified class actions against us include:

 

9-1-1 class actions

 

In 2008, a class action was brought in Saskatchewan against us and other Canadian telecommunications carriers alleging that, among other matters, we failed to provide proper notice of 9-1-1 charges to the public, have been deceitfully passing them off as government charges, and have charged 9-1-1 fees to customers who reside in areas where 9-1-1 service is not available. The plaintiffs advance causes of action in breach of contract, misrepresentation and false advertising and seek certification of a national class. A virtually identical class action was filed in Alberta at the same time, but the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench declared that class action expired against us as of 2009. No steps have been taken in this proceeding since 2016.

 

Public Mobile class actions

 

In 2014, class actions were brought against us in Quebec and Ontario on behalf of Public Mobile’s customers, alleging that changes to the technology, services and rate plans made by us contravene our statutory and common law obligations. In particular, the Quebec action alleges that our actions constitute a breach of the Quebec Consumer Protection Act, the Quebec Civil Code, and the Ontario Consumer Protection Act. On June 28, 2021, the Quebec Superior Court approved the discontinuance of this claim against TELUS. The Ontario class action alleges negligence, breach of express and implied warranty, breach of the Competition Act, unjust enrichment, and waiver of tort. No steps have been taken in this proceeding since it was filed and served. We have proposed that the proceeding be discontinued on consent, failing which we intend to bring a motion to dismiss the action.

 

Summary

 

We believe that we have good defences to the above matters. Should the ultimate resolution of these matters differ from management’s assessments and assumptions, a material adjustment to our financial position and the results of our operations, including cash flows, could result. Management’s assessments and assumptions include that reliable estimates of any such exposure cannot be made considering the continued uncertainty about: the nature of the damages that may be sought by the plaintiffs; the causes of action that are being, or may ultimately be, pursued; and, in the case of the uncertified class actions, the causes of action that may ultimately be certified.

 

30related party transactions

 

(a)Transactions with key management personnel

 

Our key management personnel, consisting of our Board of Directors and our Executive Team, have authority and responsibility for overseeing, planning, directing and controlling our activities.

 

Total compensation expense for key management personnel and its composition, included in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income as Employee benefits expense, is as follows:

 

Periods ended   Three month   Nine months 
September 30 (millions)  2026   2025   2026   2025 
Short-term benefits  $9   $4   $18   $12 
Post-employment pension 1 and other benefits   2    1    10    5 
Share-based compensation 2   26    15    68    47 
   $37   $20   $96   $64 

 

1The members of our Executive Team are members of our Pension Plan for Management and Professional Employees of TELUS Corporation and certain other non-registered, non-contributory supplementary defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans.
2We accrue an expense for the notional subset of our restricted share units with market performance conditions using a fair value determined by a Monte Carlo simulation. Restricted share units with an equity settlement feature are accounted for as equity instruments. The expense in respect of restricted share units that do not ultimately vest is reversed against the expense that was previously recorded in their respect.

 

As disclosed in Note 14, we made awards of share-based compensation in 2026 and 2025 to our key management personnel, as set out in the following table. As most of these awards are cliff-vesting or graded-vesting with multi-year requisite service periods, the related expense is being recognized rateably over a period of years and thus only a portion of the 2026 and 2025 initial awards is included in the amounts in the table above.

 

Nine-month periods ended
September 30 ($ in millions)
  Number of
units
   Notional
value 1
   Grant-date
fair value 1
 
2026            
TELUS Corporation               
Restricted share units   4,034,323   $67   $56 
Share options   1,000,000    1    1 
        $68   $57 

 

 September 30, 2026 | 55

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

Nine-month periods ended
September 30 ($ in millions)
  Number of
units
   Notional
value 1
   Grant-date
fair value 1
 
2025               
TELUS Corporation               
Restricted share units   1,601,848   $35   $43 
TELUS International (Cda) Inc.               
Restricted share units   1,229,346    5    5 
        $40   $48 

 

1The notional value of restricted share units is determined by multiplying the equity share price at the time of award by the number of units awarded; the grant-date fair value differs from the notional value because the fair values of some awards have been determined using a Monte Carlo simulation (see Note 14(b)). The notional value and grant-date fair value of share options is determined using a Black-Scholes model (a closed-form option pricing model).

 

Our Directors’ Deferred Share Unit Plan provides that, in addition to his or her annual equity grant of deferred share units, a director may elect to receive his or her annual retainer and meeting fees in deferred share units, TELUS Corporation Common Shares or cash. Deferred share units entitle directors to a specified number of TELUS Corporation Common Shares. Deferred share units are settled when a director ceases to be a director, for any reason, at a time elected by the director in accordance with the Directors’ Deferred Share Unit Plan. As at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, no share-based compensation awards accounted for as liabilities were outstanding.

 

Executive Team members’ employment agreements typically provide for severance payments if an executive’s employment is terminated without cause: generally, 18 months of base salary, benefits and accrual of pension service in lieu of notice, and 50% of base salary in lieu of an annual cash bonus. In the event of a change in control, Executive Team members are not entitled to treatment any different than that given to our other employees with respect to non-vested share-based compensation.

 

(b)Transactions with defined benefit pension plans

 

During the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2026, we provided our defined benefit pension plans with management and administrative services on a cost recovery basis and actuarial services on an arm’s-length basis; the charges for these services amounted to $4 million (2025 – $3 million) and $10 million (2025 – $9 million), respectively, and are included net in the Consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income as Goods and services purchased.

 

31additional statement of cash flow information

 

(a)Statements of cash flows – operating activities and investing activities

 

Periods ended   Three months     Nine months  
September 30 (millions)   2026     2025     2026     2025  
OPERATING ACTIVITIES                
Employee future benefits expense, net                    
Defined benefit pension plans (Note 15(a))                    
Employee benefits expense (Note 8)  $14   $16   $45   $45 
Employer contributions   (6)   (6)   (15)   (16)
    8    10    30    29 
Defined contribution pension plans (Note 15(b))                    
Employee benefits expense (Note 8)   33    32    95    95 
Employer contributions   (14)   (32)   (76)   (95)
    19    —    19    — 
   $27   $10   $49   $29 
Net change in non-cash operating working capital                    
Current                    
Accounts receivable  $(50)  $(139)  $228   $86 
Inventories   3    30    24    174 
Contract assets   (8)   8    16    20 
Costs incurred to obtain or fulfill contracts with customers (Note 20)   5    (8)   83    (29)
Prepaid maintenance and other   89    68    (91)   (103)
Unrealized change in held for trading derivatives   (4)   (14)   (3)   (17)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 23)   363    300    292    (19)
Advance billings and customer deposits (Note 24)   (29)   (44)   (102)   (85)
Provisions   62    6    79    7 
    431    207    526    34 

 

56 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

Periods ended   Three months     Nine months  
September 30 (millions)   2026     2025     2026     2025  
Non-current                    
Contract assets   (4)   16    7    68 
Unbilled customer finance receivables   (19)   19    15    41 
Unrealized change in held for trading derivatives   (5)   42    (19)   42 
Costs incurred to obtain or fulfill contracts with customers (Note 20)   (29)   (15)   (31)   (43)
Prepaid maintenance   2    3    (17)   11 
Refundable security deposits and other   18    (7)   17    (12)
Provisions (Note 25)   (30)   —    (61)   (110)
Contract liabilities (Note 24, 27)   20    (4)   42    31 
Other post-employment benefit liabilities   1    4    (3)   10 
Other long-term liabilities   (14)   (4)   31    (4)
    (60)   54    (19)   34 
   $371   $261   $507   $68 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES                    
Cash payments for capital assets, excluding spectrum licences                    
Capital asset additions                    
Gross capital expenditures                    
Property, plant and equipment (Note 17)  $(872)  $(739)  $(2,294)  $(2,136)
Intangible assets subject to amortization (Note 18)   (251)   (256)   (775)   (705)
    (1,123)   (995)   (3,069)   (2,841)
Additions arising from leases (Note 17)   422    343    1,014    907 
Additions arising from non-monetary transactions and other   —    —    25    17 
Capital expenditures 1 (Note 5)    (701)   (652)   (2,030)   (1,917)
Other non-cash items included above                    
Change in associated non-cash investing working capital   105    18    80    31 
   $(596)  $(634)  $(1,950)  $(1,886)

 

1For the three-month period ended September 30, 2026, includes capital expenditures of  $19 (2025 – $3) and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2026, includes capital expenditures of $47 (2025 – $3), in respect of our Terrion subsidiary (see Note 28(b)).

 

 September 30, 2026 | 57

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

(b)Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities

 

   Three-month period ended September 30, 2025   Three-month period ended September 30, 2026 
       Statement of cash flows   Non-cash changes           Statement of cash flows   Non-cash changes     
(millions)  Beginning of
period
   Issued or
received
   Redemptions,
repayments or
payments
   Foreign
exchange
movement
(Note 4(e))
   Other   End of period   Beginning of
period
   Issued or
received
   Redemptions,
repayments or
payments
   Foreign
exchange
movement
(Note 4(e))
   Other   End of period 
Dividends payable to holders of Common Shares  $634   $—   $(634)  $—   $639   $639   $659   $—   $(659)  $—   $296   $296 
Dividends reinvested in shares from Treasury   —    —    226    —    (226)   —    —    —    215    —    (215)   — 
   $634   $—   $(408)  $—   $413   $639   $659   $—   $(444)  $—   $81   $296 
Short-term borrowings  $922   $4   $(23)  $19   $—   $922   $1,225   $370   $(19)  $—   $—   $1,576 
Net-settled derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated short-term borrowings – liability (asset)   1    26    (4)   (21)   —    2    (1)   21    (19)   (15)   —    (14)
   $923   $30   $(27)  $(2)  $—   $924   $1,224   $391   $(38)  $(15)  $—   $1,562 

 

58 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

   Three-month period ended September 30, 2025   Three-month period ended September 30, 2026 
       Statement of cash flows   Non-cash changes           Statement of cash flows   Non-cash changes     
(millions)  Beginning of
period
   Issued or
received
   Redemptions,
repayments or
payments
   Foreign
exchange
movement
(Note 4(e))
   Other   End of period   Beginning of
period
   Issued or
received
   Redemptions,
repayments or
payments
   Foreign
exchange
movement
(Note 4(e))
   Other   End of period 
Long-term debt                                                            
TELUS Corporation senior notes  $21,045   $—   $(1,549)  $79   $(241)  $19,334   $17,247   $—   $(300)  $(7)  $5   $16,945 
TELUS Corporation commercial paper   991    1,066    (1,037)   20    —    1,040    2,093    1,137    (1,518)   (11)   —    1,701 
TELUS Corporation credit facilities   —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    —    — 
Other (unsecured)   273    21    —    5    —    299    34    —    —    —    —    34 
TELUS Corporation junior subordinated notes   4,414    —    —    42    8    4,464    7,403    —    —    (6)   —    7,397 
Other (secured)   568    —    (13)   —    —    555    479    —    (10)   —    —    469 
Lease liabilities   3,093    —    (137)   (3)   344    3,297    2,975    —    (142)   (12)   417    3,238 
Derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt – liability (asset)   219    1,056    (1,080)   (137)   (82)   (24)   (154)   1,518    (1,486)   24    41    (57)
TELUS Communications Inc. debentures   200    —    (200)   —    —    —                               
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. credit facility   1,610    294    (1,950)   36    10    —                               
    32,413    2,437    (5,966)   42    39    28,965    30,077    2,655    (3,456)   (12)   463    29,727 
To eliminate effect of gross settlement of derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt   —    (1,056)   1,056    —    —    —    —    (1,518)   1,518    —    —    — 
   $32,413   $1,381   $(4,910)  $42   $39   $28,965   $30,077   $1,137   $(1,938)  $(12)  $463   $29,727 
Partnership distributions payable to non-controlling interests  $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $(7)  $—   $7   $— 

 

 September 30, 2026 | 59

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

  

   Nine-month period ended September 30, 2025   Nine-month period ended September 30, 2026 
       Statement of cash flows   Non-cash changes           Statement of cash flows   Non-cash changes     
(millions)  Beginning of
period
   Issued or
received
   Redemptions,
repayments or
payments
   Foreign
exchange
movement
(Note 4(e))
   Other   End of period   Beginning of
period
   Issued or
received
   Redemptions,
repayments or
payments
   Foreign
exchange
movement
(Note 4(e))
   Other   End of period 
Dividends payable to holders of Common Shares  $605   $—   $(1,849)  $—   $1,883   $639   $649   $—   $(1,961)  $—   $1,608   $296 
Dividends reinvested in shares from Treasury   —    —    634    —    (634)   —    —    —    653    —    (653)   — 
   $605   $—   $(1,215)  $—   $1,249   $639   $649   $—   $(1,308)  $—   $955   $296 
Short-term borrowings  $922   $417   $(374)  $(43)  $—   $922   $920   $855   $(228)  $29   $—   $1,576 
Net-settled derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated short-term borrowings – liability (asset)   2    35    (66)   31    —    2    —    85    (47)   (52)   —    (14)
   $924   $452   $(440)  $(12)  $—   $924   $920   $940   $(275)  $(23)  $—   $1,562 

 

60 | September 30, 2026  

 

 

notes to condensed interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

 

   Nine-month period ended September 30, 2025   Nine-month period ended September 30, 2026 
       Statement of cash flows   Non-cash changes           Statement of cash flows   Non-cash changes     
(millions)  Beginning of
period
   Issued or
received
   Redemptions,
repayments or
payments
   Foreign
exchange
movement
(Note 4(e))
   Other   End of period   Beginning of
period
   Issued or
received
   Redemptions,
repayments or
payments
   Foreign
exchange
movement
(Note 4(e))
   Other   End of period 
Long-term debt                                                            
TELUS Corporation senior notes  $22,077   $—   $(2,349)  $(163)  $(231)  $19,334   $18,191   $—   $(1,400)  $141   $13   $16,945 
TELUS Corporation commercial paper   1,404    3,190    (3,477)   (77)   —    1,040    952    3,835    (3,148)   62    —    1,701 
TELUS Corporation credit facilities   —    770    (764)   (6)   —    —    —    —    —    —    —    — 
Other (unsecured)   —    301    —    (2)   —    299    295    13    (273)   (1)   —    34 
TELUS Corporation junior subordinated notes   —    4,451    —    37    (24)   4,464    7,250    —    —    145    2    7,397 
Other (secured)   588    —    (150)   —    117    555    537    —    (31)   —    (37)   469 
Lease liabilities   2,882    —    (506)   16    905    3,297    3,314    —    (1,087)   (8)   1,019    3,238 
Derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt – liability (asset)   (68)   3,535    (3,578)   273    (186)   (24)   71    3,148    (3,102)   (348)   174    (57)
TELUS Communications Inc. debentures   200    —    (200)   —    —    —                               
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. credit facility   1,703    801    (2,459)   (57)   12    —                               
    28,786    13,048    (13,483)   21    593    28,965    30,610    6,996    (9,041)   (9)   1,171    29,727 
To eliminate effect of gross settlement of derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt   —    (3,535)   3,535    —    —    —    —    (3,148)   3,148    —    —    — 
   $28,786   $9,513   $(9,948)  $21   $593   $28,965   $30,610   $3,848   $(5,893)  $(9)  $1,171   $29,727 
Partnership distributions payable to non-controlling interests  $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $(21)  $—   $21   $— 

 

 September 30, 2026 | 61