Lessee, Operating Lease, Extension of Term of Contract

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Stated value of common units of ownership issued by a limited liability company (LLC).

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Represents a (noncash) issuance of additional equity interests to the parent by a subsidiary during the period, thereby effecting a change in total (consolidated) equity attributable to the parent. The additional equity interest represented by this element increases the parent's controlling interest in the subsidiary.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of limited partner units issued.

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Decrease in noncontrolling interest (for example, but not limited to, redeeming or purchasing the interests of noncontrolling shareholders, issuance of shares (interests) by the non-wholly owned subsidiary to the parent entity for other than cash, and a buyback of shares (interest) by the non-wholly owned subsidiary from the noncontrolling interests).

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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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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	27 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	May 11, 2020	Sep. 30, 2018
Teekay Lng Marubeni Joint Venture [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		52.00%
Teekay LNG \| Elimination of Teekay LNG's IDR in exchange for units issued [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Issued			10,750
Common Unit, Issuance Value			$ 122,600
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Additional Interest Issued to Parent	$ 116,600
Teekay LNG \| Accumulated Deficit \| Elimination of Teekay LNG's IDR in exchange for units issued [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Additional Interest Issued to Parent	116,600
Teekay LNG \| Non-controlling Interests \| Elimination of Teekay LNG's IDR in exchange for units issued [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Changes to non-controlling interest from equity contributions and other	107,600
Teekay LNG \| AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member] \| Elimination of Teekay LNG's IDR in exchange for units issued [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Additional Interest Issued to Parent	$ 9,000
Teekay LNG \| Teekay Lng Marubeni Joint Venture [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract				2 years
Lessee, Operating Lease, Extension of Term of Contract		21 months