13. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details 1) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Sales generated	$ 4,663,708	$ 5,312,635
Canada [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Sales generated	74,835	135,779
United States and abroad [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Sales generated	$ 4,588,873	$ 5,176,856

Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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