Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 15,494,325	$ 16,246,014
Cost of sales	9,508,827	9,256,526
Gross profit	5,985,498	6,989,488
Operating Expenses
Wages	1,647,780	1,528,031
Administrative salaries and benefits	1,007,850	838,837
Advertising and promotion	18,257	21,199
Investor relations and transfer agent fee	152,362	131,037
Office and miscellaneous	238,195	269,800
Insurance	285,418	301,856
Interest expense	44,125	41,699
Rent	241,286	117,715
Consulting	133,949	119,198
Professional fees	222,743	184,931
Travel	137,392	140,340
Telecommunications	26,071	24,363
Shipping	19,624	16,338
Research	98,928	95,098
Commissions	112,678	66,839
Bad debt expense	1,191
Currency exchange	64,870	(10,602)
Utilities	21,339	17,495
Total operating expenses	4,474,058	3,904,174
Operating income	1,511,440	3,085,314
Gain on sale of equipment		6,848
Gain on involuntary disposition (net of tax)	2,043,614
Write down of inventory	(51,346)
Loss on investment	(84,066)	(15,086)
Interest income	913	2,184
Income before income tax	3,420,555	3,079,260
Income taxes (Note 11)
Deferred income (expense) tax recovery	(985,495)	(303,793)
Income tax recovery (expense)	(680,319)	(982,133)
Net income for the year	1,754,741	1,793,334
Other comprehensive income	431,115	118,590
Comprehensive income	$ 2,185,856	$ 1,911,924
Income per share (basic) (Note 12)	$ 0.15	$ 0.16
Income per share (diluted) (Note 12)	$ 0.15	$ 0.15
Weighted average number of common shares (basic)	11,485,580	11,464,270
Weighted average number of common shares (diluted)	11,725,482	11,635,136