13. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details 2) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property, equipment, leasehold and patents	$ 1,740,316	$ 3,489,834
Canada [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property, equipment, leasehold and patents	354,851	1,966,564
United States and abroad [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property, equipment, leasehold and patents	$ 1,385,465	$ 1,523,270