Proceeds from issuance of equity portion attributable to parent.

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Costs incurred in connection with the offering and selling of additional partner interest.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 946
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.D.Q1)
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-Publisher SEC
-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
-Number Topic 5
-Section D

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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Amount of consideration received by subsidiary or equity investee in exchange for shares of stock issued or sold. Includes amount of cash received, fair value of noncash assets received, and fair value of liabilities assumed by the investor.

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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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Equity Financing Transactions of the Daughter Companies - Summary of Proceeds Received from Financial Transactions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Net Proceeds Received		$ 168,752	$ 187,576
Teekay Offshore [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Net Proceeds Received	$ 71,300
Teekay Offshore [Member] \| Preferred Units Offering [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Total Proceeds Received		100,000
Less: Teekay Corporation Portion		(26,000)
Offering Expenses		(2,750)
Net Proceeds Received		71,250
Teekay Offshore [Member] \| Common Units Offering [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Total Proceeds Received		102,041
Less: Teekay Corporation Portion		(2,041)
Offering Expenses		(2,550)
Net Proceeds Received		$ 97,450