Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2018

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 for the year ended December 31, 2016:

	$
Revenues	24,896
Cost of goods sold	(22,133)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(3,024)
Foreign exchange and other expense, net	(1,248)
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)