Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 02, 2016	Apr. 02, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Jul. 04, 2015	Apr. 04, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015
Revenue, net		$ 887.4	$ 885.1	$ 765.0	$ 698.4	$ 698.8	$ 755.6	$ 779.8	$ 709.8	$ 3,235.9	$ 2,944.0	$ 2,102.8
Cost of sales		585.6	579.3	512.4	484.4	477.7	523.1	539.2	508.5	2,161.7	2,048.5	1,826.3
Gross profit		301.8	305.8	252.6	214.0	221.1	232.5	240.6	201.3	1,074.2	895.5	276.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses		296.0	263.0	202.1	197.0	193.7	196.2	190.2	188.5	958.1	768.6	213.7
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment, net		2.2	0.8	2.2	0.9	4.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	6.1	6.9	1.7
Restructuring												2.4
Asset impairments										0.0	0.0	1.7
Acquisition and integration expenses		7.3	7.4	11.7	1.4	5.2	6.6	4.1	4.7	27.8	20.6	41.3
Operating income	$ 1.1	(3.7)	34.6	36.6	14.7	18.0	28.6	46.1	6.7	82.2	99.4	15.7
Other expense (income), net										3.9	(9.5)	21.0
Interest expense, net										124.2	111.0	39.7
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense and equity income (loss)										(45.9)	(2.1)	(45.0)
Income tax expense (benefit)										25.6	(22.7)	(61.4)
Net (loss) income										(71.5)	20.6	16.4
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests										6.3	6.1	5.6
Less: Foreign exchange impact on redemption of preferred shares											12.0
Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation		$ (79.8)	$ (2.6)	$ 7.4	$ (2.8)	$ (4.4)	$ 4.8	$ 2.2	$ (6.0)	$ (77.8)	$ (3.4)	$ 10.0
Net (loss) income per common share attributed to Cott Corporation
Basic		$ (0.58)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.06	$ (0.02)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.04	$ 0.02	$ (0.06)	$ (0.61)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.11
Diluted		$ (0.58)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.06	$ (0.02)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.04	$ 0.02	$ (0.06)	$ (0.61)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.10
Weighted average outstanding shares (thousands) attributed to Cott Corporation
Basic										128,290	103,037	93,777
Diluted										128,290	103,037	95,900
Dividends declared per common share										$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.24
Convertible Preferred Shares [Member]
Less: Accumulated dividends on convertible preferred shares											$ 4.5	$ 0.6
Non-convertible Preferred Shares [Member]
Less: Accumulated dividends on convertible preferred shares											$ 1.4	$ 0.2