Discontinued Operations

6 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2017

Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations Disclosure [Text Block]

3. Discontinued Operation

On April 6, 2016, the Company completed the sale of its 66% holding of common shares of Opta Minerals Inc. (“Opta Minerals”) to Speyside Equity Fund I LPfor aggregate gross proceeds of $4.8 million (C$6.2 million), of which $3.2 million (C$4.2 million) was received in cash, and $1.5 million (C$2.0 million) was received in the form of a subordinated promissory note bearing interest at 2.0% per annum that will mature on October 6, 2018. The Company has no significant continuing involvement with Opta Minerals.

The following table reconciles the major components of the results of discontinued operations to the amounts reported in the consolidated statement of operations for the two quarters endedJuly 2, 2016:

	$
Revenues	24,896
Cost of goods sold	(22,133)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(3,024)
Other expense, net	(794)
Foreign exchange loss	(454)
Interest expense	(484)
Loss before income taxes	(1,993)
Gain on classification as held for sale before income taxes	560
Total pre-tax loss from discontinued operations	(1,433)
Recovery of income taxes	599
Loss from discontinued operations	(834)
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interest	264
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to SunOpta Inc.	(570)