Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2017

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The following table reconciles the major components of the results of discontinued operations to the amounts reported in the consolidated statement of operations:

	December 31, 2016	January 2, 2016
	$	$
Revenues	24,896	113,805
Cost of goods sold	(22,133)	(99,256)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(3,024)	(11,170)
Intangible asset amortization	-	(1,987)
Other expense, net(1)	(794)	(15,097)
Foreign exchange gain (loss)	(454)	717
Interest expense	(484)	(4,389)
Loss before income taxes	(1,993)	(17,377)
Gain (loss) on classification as held for sale before income taxes	560	(10,515)
Total pre-tax loss from discontinued operations	(1,433)	(27,892)
Recovery of (provision for) income taxes	599	(402)
Loss from discontinued operations	(834)	(28,294)
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interest	264	8,819
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to SunOpta Inc.	(570)	(19,475)

(1) For the years ended December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2016, other expense, net includes charges related to the impairment of long-lived assets of Opta Minerals of $0.4 million and $12.4 million, respectively.