Long-term debt (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Long-Term Debt [Abstract]
Revolving credit facility	$ 1,392,206	$ 899,595
Senior unsecured notes	404,001	370,735
Long-term debt	$ 1,796,207	$ 1,270,330

The amount of loans received from banks that have been secured by collateral. [Refer: Loans received]

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2018-01-01
-Paragraph 112
-Subparagraph c
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_112_c&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2018-03-16

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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant