Share Capital (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Disclosure Of Classes Of Share Capital Line Items

Disclosure of stock options activities [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2021				2020
	Number of Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price	Number of Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding - beginning of period	2,295,200		$	7.51	2,406,600		$	7.68
Granted	-			-	25,000			3.90
Expired	(359,900	)		9.22	(136,400	)		9.84
Outstanding - end of period	1,935,300		$	7.19	2,295,200		$	7.51

Disclosure of stock options outstanding and exercisable [Table Text Block]

Range of Exercise Prices	Number of options outstanding	Number of options exercisable		Weighted Average Exercise Price	Weighted Average Remaining Life
3.90 to 5.50	204,200	204,200	$	5.12	1.44
5.51 to 7.00	589,400	589,400		6.53	0.68
7.01 to 8.70	966,700	896,800		7.68	1.79
8.71 to 10.57	175,000	175,000		9.21	1.38
	1,935,300	1,865,400	$	7.19	1.38

Disclosure of fair value of options granted using black-scholes option pricing model [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2021		2020
Risk-free interest rate	-		0.33%
Expected dividend yield	-		-
Expected forfeiture rate	-		-
Expected volatility	-		71.88%
Expected life in years	-		5.00
Weighted average fair value of each option	-	$	2.27

Disclosure of bonus shares [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2021		2020
	Allocated	Authorized & Unissued	Allocated	Authorized & Unissued
Outstanding - beginning of period	270,000	364,000	270,000	364,000
Outstanding - end of period	270,000	364,000	270,000	364,000

Restricted Share Unit (RSU) [Member]

Disclosure Of Classes Of Share Capital Line Items

Disclosure of stock options activities [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2021		2020
Outstanding - beginning of period	1,151,035		464,886
Granted	505,726		918,252
Vested	(154,265	)	(221,979	)
Forfeited	-		(10,099	)
Rounding due to share consolidation	-		(25	)
Outstanding - end of period	1,502,496		1,151,035

Warrants [Member]

Disclosure Of Classes Of Share Capital Line Items

Disclosure of stock options activities [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2021				2020
	Number of Purchase Warrants			Weighted Average Exercise Price	Number of Purchase Warrants		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding - beginning of period	3,137,918		$	8.04	3,137,918	$	8.04
Expired	(2,392,611	)		8.56	-		-
Outstanding - end of period	745,307		$	6.38	3,137,918	$	8.04