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12. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details 2) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, and patents $ 4,441,347FSI_PropertyEquipmentLeaseholdAndPatents $ 4,902,304FSI_PropertyEquipmentLeaseholdAndPatents
Canada [Member]    
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, and patents 2,796,949FSI_PropertyEquipmentLeaseholdAndPatents
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= FSI_CanadaMember		 3,331,879FSI_PropertyEquipmentLeaseholdAndPatents
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= FSI_CanadaMember
United States [Member]    
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, and patents $ 1,644,398FSI_PropertyEquipmentLeaseholdAndPatents
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= FSI_UnitedStatesMember		 $ 1,570,424FSI_PropertyEquipmentLeaseholdAndPatents
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= FSI_UnitedStatesMember