COMPONENTS OF ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

Schedule of changes in AOCI attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) attributable to our common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

	Cash Flow  Hedges	Excluded Components of Fair Value Hedges	Net Investment Hedges	Cumulative Translation Adjustment	Equity Investees	Pension and OPEB Adjustment	Total
(millions of Canadian dollars)
Balance as at January 1, 2020	(1,073)	—	(317)	1,396	67	(345)	(272)
Other comprehensive income/(loss) retained in AOCI	(696)	7	(228)	1,760	8	—	851
Other comprehensive (income)/loss reclassified to earnings
Interest rate contracts1	179	—	—	—	—	—	179
Commodity contracts2	(1)	—	—	—	—	—	(1)
Foreign exchange contracts3	3	—	—	—	—	—	3
Other contracts4	(1)	—	—	—	—	—	(1)
Amortization of pension and other postretirement benefits (OPEB) actuarial loss and prior service costs5	—	—	—	—	—	13	13
	(516)	7	(228)	1,760	8	13	1,044
Tax impact
Income tax on amounts retained in AOCI	167	—	7	—	(2)	—	172
Income tax on amounts reclassified to earnings	(42)	—	—	—	—	(3)	(45)
	125	—	7	—	(2)	(3)	127
Balance as at September 30, 2020	(1,464)	7	(538)	3,156	73	(335)	899

	Cash Flow Hedges	Net Investment Hedges	Cumulative Translation Adjustment	Equity Investees	Pension and OPEB Adjustment	Total
(millions of Canadian dollars)
Balance as at January 1, 2019	(770)	(598)	4,323	34	(317)	2,672
Other comprehensive income/(loss) retained in AOCI	(845)	167	(1,831)	26	—	(2,483)
Other comprehensive (income)/loss reclassified to earnings
Interest rate contracts1	108	—	—	—	—	108
Foreign exchange contracts3	4	—	—	—	—	4
Other contracts4	(4)	—	—	—	—	(4)
Amortization of pension and OPEB actuarial loss and prior service costs5	—	—	—	—	59	59
	(737)	167	(1,831)	26	59	(2,316)
Tax impact
Income tax on amounts retained in AOCI	254	(20)	—	(7)	—	227
Income tax on amounts reclassified to earnings	(34)	—	—	—	(15)	(49)
	220	(20)	—	(7)	(15)	178
Other	—	—	—	(7)	55	48
Balance as at September 30, 2019	(1,287)	(451)	2,492	46	(218)	582

1 Reported within Interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

2 Reported within Transportation and other services revenue, Commodity sales revenues, Commodity costs and Operating and

administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

3    Reported within Transportation and other services revenues and Net foreign currency gain/(loss) in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

4 Reported within Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

5 These components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs and are reported within Other income/(expense) in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.