Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2018

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of detailed information about effective income tax expense recovery [Table Text Block]

		August 31,			August 31,			August 31,
		2018			2017			2016
Net loss for the year before income taxes	$	3,458,976		$	3,674,789		$	3,955,785
Combined Canadian federal and provincial tax rate		25.1%			25.0%			25.4%
Expected income tax recovery at statutory rates		868,203			918,697			1,004,769
Share based compensation		(37,620	)		(45,777	)		(87,740	)
Non-deductible financing transaction costs		(89,678	)		(90,372	)		-
Other non-deductible expenses		(2,864	)		(6,708	)		(8,697	)
Exploration expenditures to be renounced		-			-			(16,638	)
Non-taxable (non-deductible) change in fair value of financial instruments		6,706			50,456			(31,130	)
Losses and other deductions for which no benefit has been recognized		(526,515	)		(508,828	)		(444,424	)
Deferred income tax recoveries	$	218,232		$	317,468		$	416,140

Disclosure of deferred taxes [Table Text Block]

		August 31,			August 31,
		2018			2017
Deferred income tax assets
Exploration and evaluation assets	$	4,647,258		$	5,518,746
Scientific research and experimental developmental expenditures		5,527,640			4,594,951
		10,174,898			10,113,697
Deferred income tax liabilities
Property plant and equipment		(10,174,898	)		(10,113,697	)
Net deferred income tax assets	$	-		$	-

Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [Table Text Block]

		August 31,		August 31,
		2018		2017
Non-capital loss carryforwards	$	33,460,535	$	28,092,197
Scientific research and experimental developmental expenditures		5,345,287		8,987,956
Share issuance costs		781,253		1,226,581
Capital loss carry forwards		2,294,535		2,294,535
Deductible temporary differences not recognized	$	41,881,610	$	40,601,269

Disclosure of detailed information about non-capital losses [Table Text Block]

2026	$	156,000
2027		232,000
2028		847,000
2029		914,000
2030		1,584,000
2031		3,050,000
2032		3,601,000
2033		4,151,000
2034		4,211,000
2035		4,397,000
2036		3,008,000
2037		2,805,000
2038		2,837,000

Disclosure of detailed information about operating losses [Table Text Block]

2031	$	5,000
2032		2,000
2033		3,000
2034		1,658,000