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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount of accelerated depreciation charged against earnings associated with exit from or disposal of business activities or restructuring plan.

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Amount of gain recognized in the income statement for an event or transaction that is unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, or both.

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Special Items Summary Special Items (Details) CAD in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 10, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016 CAD	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net, Current						CAD 183.1	$ 140.8
Special items	$ 16.5	$ 34.5	$ 20.3	$ (74.1)
OPEB Recognized Net (Gain) Loss Due to Curtailments			(2.9)	0.0
Intangible asset write-off	55.1	10.1	110.3	19.7
MillerCoors
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Special items		39.4		76.3
Accelerated depreciation expense		33.0		68.9
MCBC economic interest					42.00%	42.00%	42.00%
Other Employee-Related Costs [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Special items	0.4	(0.2)	1.3	(1.8)
UNITED STATES \| Asset Abandonment [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Special items	12.4	0.0	14.4	0.0
Canada [Member] \| Other Employee-Related Costs [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
OPEB Recognized Net (Gain) Loss Due to Curtailments	0.0	0.0	(2.9)	0.0
Canada [Member] \| Asset Abandonment [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Special items	1.1	1.4	2.3	2.5
Canada [Member] \| Sale of Asset [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Unusual or Infrequent Item, Gain, Gross	0.0	0.0	0.0	(110.4)
Europe [Member] \| Asset Abandonment [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Special items	2.6	2.5	5.2	4.8
International [Member] \| China Impairment [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Special items	$ 0.0	$ 30.8	$ 0.0	$ 30.8