The maximum number of shares that can be issued in one year under the share based payments arrangement plan.

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The maximum amount of salary contribution per annum by the employee under the share based payments arrangement.

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The percentage of maximum employee contribution of base salary under the share based payments arrangement.

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- Definition

Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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- Definition

Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Stock-based compensation plans (Details)			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Stock-based compensation plans (Details)	Mar. 27, 2019 CAD ($) shares	Oct. 01, 2001 CAD ($) shares	Jul. 31, 2017 shares	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2018 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 shares
Share Appreciation Rights \| Non-employee Director
Share-based payment plans
Granted (in shares)								0
Restricted Share Units
Share-based payment plans
Granted (in shares)				2,083,425
Granted (per share) \| $ / shares				$ 13.57
LTIP Plans \| Share Appreciation Rights
Share-based payment plans
Granted (in shares)				0
Pre 2017 LTIP \| Share Appreciation Rights
Share-based payment plans
Shares authorized								6,820,000
Term of award				5 years
2017 LTIP \| Share Appreciation Rights
Share-based payment plans
Shares authorized								1,900,000
Term of award				10 years
Omnibus Plan
Share-based payment plans
Granted (in shares)					0	0
Shares reserved for issuance			1,100,000
Term of award			10 years
Omnibus Plan \| Non-employee Director
Share-based payment plans
Granted (in shares)			0
Omnibus Plan \| Share Appreciation Rights
Share-based payment plans
Term of award				10 years
2019 Incentive Award Plan
Share-based payment plans
Shares reserved for issuance				2,525,000
Deferred Share Unit Plan
Share-based payment plans
Shares reserved for issuance				100,000
Legacy Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based payment plans
Granted (in shares)		1,500,000			22,541	22,541	41,288
Maximum shares that can be issued in one year under the plan		300,000
Percentage of market value of shares that employees can purchase		85.00%
Maximum employee contribution of base salary		10.00%
Maximum employee contribution of base salary per annum \| $		$ 20,000
Granted (per share) \| $ / shares					$ 6.20		$ 42.20
Employee Share Purchase Plan
Share-based payment plans
Granted (in shares)	5,000,000			543,184	89,398	89,398
Percentage of market value of shares that employees can purchase	85.00%
Maximum employee contribution of base salary	10.00%
Maximum employee contribution of base salary per annum \| $	$ 25,000
Granted (per share) \| $ / shares				$ 9.75		$ 6.09
DigitalGlobe Equity Plan \| Restricted Share Units
Share-based payment plans
Granted (in shares)								0