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Defined Contribution Plan, Number of Shares of Equity Securities Issued by Employer

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Defined Benefit Plan, Percentage of Employer and Related Party Securities Included in Plan Assets

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Amount of funded (unfunded) status of defined benefit plan, measured as difference between fair value of plan assets and benefit obligation. Includes, but is not limited to, overfunded (underfunded) status.

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Percentage of target investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Amount of cost for employer contribution to multiemployer plan. Multiemployer plan includes, but is not limited to, pension plan determined to be individually significant and insignificant and other postretirement benefit plan.

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Retirement Plans and Post Retirement Benefits Defined Contribution Plans and Other Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Defined Contribution Plans [Abstract]
Expenses related to defined contribution plans and multiemployer plan	$ 23.0	$ 21.0	$ 15.0
Deferred Compensation Arrangements [Abstract]
Funded status	$ 2.0	(6.0)
Deferred compensation plan maximum deferral percentage	90.00%
Deferred compensation plan, employer contributions and related earnings, maximum vesting period	5 years
Deferred compensation liability included in "Other long-term liabilities"	$ (2.0)	$ (2.0)
US Defined Contribution Plan [Member]
Defined Contribution Plans [Abstract]
Maximum percentage of employee's wages eligible for company match	5.00%
Shares of LP common stock included in plan assets	1,000,000
Total market value of plan assets represented by LP common stock	8.00%
Canadian Defined Contribution Plan [Member]
Defined Contribution Plans [Abstract]
Maximum percentage of employee's wages eligible for company match	3.00%
Percentage of base contribution	3.00%
Employer matching percentage	50.00%
UNITED STATES
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Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Target Allocation, Percentage	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
UNITED STATES \| Debt Securities
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
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UNITED STATES \| Cash and Cash Equivalents
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
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Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	24.00%
Foreign Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Target Allocation, Percentage	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	100.00%
Foreign Plan \| Debt Securities
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Target Allocation, Percentage	0.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	22.00%
Foreign Plan \| Multi-strategy Funds
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Target Allocation, Percentage	0.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	0.00%	59.00%
Foreign Plan \| Cash and Cash Equivalents
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Target Allocation, Percentage	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocation	100.00%	19.00%
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangements [Abstract]
Funded status	$ 7.0