POTASH CORP OF SASKATCHEWAN INC (SEC Filing Page | XBRL Cloud Viewer | XBRL Instance)

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408 1059 - Disclosure - Intangible Assets (Tables) Network

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469 1070 - Disclosure - Share-Based Compensation (Tables) Network

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476 1071 - Disclosure - Related Party Transactions (Tables) Network

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492 Summary of Recognized Financial Instruments that are Offset, or Subject to Enforceable Master Netting Arrangements Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period pot:DisclosureOfDerivativeFinancialAssetAndLiabilitiesOffsettingArrangementsExplanatory
493 1073 - Disclosure - Description of Business - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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832 1096 - Disclosure - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow - Summary of Changes in Liabilities Arising From Financing Activities (Detail) Network

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869 1099 - Disclosure - Inventories - Summary of Items Affecting Cost of Goods Sold (Detail) Network

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879 1101 - Disclosure - Property, Plant and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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939 1105 - Disclosure - Other Assets - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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968 1108 - Disclosure - Intangible Assets - Summary of Reconciliation of Intangible Assets (Detail) Network

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990 1110 - Disclosure - Payables and Accrued Charges - Summary of Payables and Accrued Charges (Detail) Network

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1008 1112 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments - Summary of Derivatives (Detail) Network

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1121 1120 - Disclosure - Investments - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1400 1139 - Disclosure - Capital Management - Schedule of Net Debt, Adjusted Shareholders' Equity and Adjusted Capital (Detail) Network

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1433 1142 - Disclosure - Capital Management - Summary of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Finance Costs (Detail) Network

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1459 1144 - Disclosure - Commitments - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1467 1145 - Disclosure - Commitments - Summary of Minimum Future Commitments under Contractual Agreements (Detail) Network

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1481 1146 - Disclosure - Guarantees - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1530 1149 - Disclosure - Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefits - Summary of Other Variables that Impacted Benefit Obligations and Expense (Detail) Network

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1757 1164 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1796 1165 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Summary of Available Debt Facilities (Detail) Network

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1885 1170 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Summary of Available for Sale Equity Securities (Detail) Network

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1911 Disclosure of available for sale equity securities [table] Table

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1917 1172 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Summary of Long-term Debt (Detail) Network

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1918 Disclosure of fair value measurement of liabilities [table] Table

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1928 Disclosure of Fair Value Measurement of Assets and Liabilities [Table] Table

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1951 1175 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Summary of Recognized Financial Instruments that are Offset, or Subject to Enforceable Master Netting Arrangements (Detail) Network

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1967 1176 - Disclosure - Contingencies and Other Matters - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1975 1177 - Disclosure - Merger of Equals with Agrium - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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2001 1178 - Disclosure - Comparative Figures - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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