Condensed consolidated and combined statements of convertible preferred stock and stockholders' deficit (Parenthetical) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013 AQXP Canada [Member] Exchangeable Preferred Shares [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 AQXP Canada [Member] Exchangeable Preferred Shares [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Aquinox USA [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Aquinox USA [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]
Warrant discount		$ 226,624	$ 68,920	$ 226,624
Redemption discount on issuance of preferred shares	$ 466,673		$ 1,633,357

The excess of (1) the carrying amount of the preferred stock in the registrant's balance sheet over (2) the fair value of the consideration transferred to the holders of the preferred stock, during the accounting period, which will be added to net earnings to arrive at net earnings available to common shareholders in the calculation of earnings per share.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27010884&loc=d3e42851-122695

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