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Common shares
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
Common shares Common shares
At December 31
thousands of shares2025 2024 
Authorized1,100,000 1,100,000 
Outstanding483,593 509,045 
The most recent 12-month normal course issuer bid program came into effect June 29, 2025, under which Imperial continued its then-existing share purchase program. The program enabled the company to purchase up to a maximum of 25,452,248 common shares (5 percent of the total shares on June 15, 2025) which included shares purchased under the normal course issuer bid from Exxon Mobil Corporation. As in the past, Exxon Mobil Corporation advised the company that it intended to participate to maintain its ownership percentage at approximately 69.6 percent. The program completed on December 17, 2025 as a result of the company purchasing the maximum allowable number of shares under the program.
The excess of the purchase cost over the stated value of shares purchased has been recorded as a distribution of earnings reinvested.
The company’s common share activities are summarized below:

 Thousands of
 shares
Millions of
 dollars
Balance as at January 1, 2023584,153 1,079 
Purchases at stated value(48,316)(87)
Balance as at December 31, 2023535,837 992 
Purchases at stated value(26,792)(50)
Balance as at December 31, 2024509,045 942 
Purchases at stated value(25,452)(47)
Balance as at December 31, 2025483,593 895 
The following table provides the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share and the dividends declared by the company on its outstanding common shares:

 2025 2024 2023 
Net income (loss) per common share – basic   
Net income (loss) (millions of Canadian dollars)
3,268 4,790 4,889 
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (millions of shares)
502.8 529.4 574.8 
Net income (loss) per common share (dollars)
6.50 9.05 8.51 
 
Net income (loss) per common share – diluted   
Net income (loss) (millions of Canadian dollars)
3,268 4,790 4,889 
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (millions of shares)
502.8 529.4 574.8 
Effect of employee share-based awards (millions of shares)
1.2 1.2 1.1 
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding,
        assuming dilution (millions of shares)
504.0 530.6 575.9 
Net income (loss) per common share (dollars)
6.48 9.03 8.49 
 
Dividends per common share – declared (dollars)
2.88 2.40 1.94