Dividends (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure Cash Dividends [Abstract]

Dividends

Dividends declared in Canadian equivalent dollars during the year were as follows:

	2015				2014
	Dividend		Dividend per share		Dividend		Dividend per share
Common shares	$	124,831	$	0.4867	$	83,097	$	0.3695
Series A preferred shares	$	5,400	$	1.1250	$	5,400	$	1.1250
Series D preferred shares	$	5,000	$	1.2500	$	4,103	$	1.0257