Deferred revenue - Inputs in model to unwind deferred revenue (Details) - Wheaton Precious Metals International	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024 oz
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Remaining life	83 years
Inferred resources included, as a percent	50.00%
Monthly cash percentage	18.00%
Leverage ratio threshold	3.5
Monthly deferred revenue percentage	82.00%
Price averaging period	5 days
Platinum
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Entitlement percentage	4.50%
Gold
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Entitlement percentage	100.00%
Lowest range of product delivery \| Platinum
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Entitlement percentage	4.50%
Middle range of product delivery \| Platinum
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Entitlement percentage	2.25%
High range of product delivery \| Platinum
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Entitlement percentage	1.00%
Advance fully utilised
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Monthly cash percentage, 1st level	22.00%
Monthly cash percentage, 2nd level	20.00%
Monthly cash percentage, 3rd level	18.00%
Monthly cash percentage, 4th level	14.00%
Advance not fully utilised
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Monthly cash percentage, 1st level	18.00%
Monthly cash percentage, 2nd level	16.00%
Monthly cash percentage, 3rd level	14.00%
Monthly cash percentage, 4th level	10.00%
Minimum
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Estimated financing rate	4.60%
Minimum \| Middle range of product delivery \| Platinum
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Number of ounces delivered (in oz)	375,000
Minimum \| High range of product delivery \| Platinum
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Number of ounces delivered (in oz)	550,000
Maximum
Disclosure Of Contract Liabilities [Line Items]
Estimated financing rate	5.20%

The monthly cash percentage decreases if the entity's leverage ratio exceeds this amount.

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The monthly cash payment received percentage, first level, which is a key input in model used to value contract liability. Different percentages apply depending on utilisation of the advance, the investment grade of the entity and its leverage ratio.

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The monthly cash payment received percentage, fourth level, which is a key input in model used to value contract liability. Different percentages apply depending on utilisation of the advance, the investment grade of the entity and its leverage ratio.

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The monthly cash payment received percentage, second level, which is a key input in model used to value contract liability. Different percentages apply depending on utilisation of the advance, the investment grade of the entity and its leverage ratio.

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The monthly cash payment received percentage, third level, which is a key input in model used to value contract liability. Different percentages apply depending on utilisation of the advance, the investment grade of the entity and its leverage ratio.

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The monthly deferred revenue percentage, which is a key input in model used to value contract liability.

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The period over which the commodity price is averaged when serving as an input in model used to value contract liability.

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Portion of revenue stream included as key input in model used to value contract liability, as a percent.

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

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Discount Rate

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The number of contractual ounces of product delivered, which is a factor in determination of the entitlement percentage.

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The percent of production that is covered by the streaming agreement.

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The additional amounts to be received monthly under the streaming arrangement, as a percentage based on the value of deliveries.

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The estimated expected life of the revenue stream.

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