Other Assets (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Other Assets
Investments	$ 490	$ 532
Prepaids	661	481
Pension	207	212
Other	352	541
Other assets	$ 1,710	1,766
Reclassification
Other Assets
Investments		(226)
Other		$ 226

The amount of investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates in an entity's separate financial statements. [Refer: Associates [member]; Joint ventures [member]; Subsidiaries [member]; Investments in subsidiaries reported in separate financial statements]

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The amount of non-current prepayments. [Refer: Prepayments]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of pension surplus included in other assets.

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