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Subsidiaries (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Interests In Other Entities [Abstract]  
Disclosure of interests in subsidiaries The company has wholly-owned subsidiaries not presented in the tables below that are intermediate holding companies of investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances, and that are eliminated on consolidation.
December 31, 2020DomicileFairfax's ownership
(100% other than as shown below)
Insurance and reinsurance
Northbridge Financial Corporation (Northbridge)Canada
Odyssey Group Holdings, Inc. (Odyssey Group)United States
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp. (Crum & Forster)United States
Zenith National Insurance Corp. (Zenith National)United States
Brit Limited (Brit)(1)
United Kingdom
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (Allied World)Bermuda70.9%
Fairfax Central and Eastern Europe, which consists of:
Polskie Towarzystwo Reasekuracji Spólka Akcyjna (Polish Re)Poland
Colonnade Insurance S.A. (Colonnade Insurance)Luxembourg
FFH Ukraine Holdings (Fairfax Ukraine), which consists of:
Ukraine70.0%
ARX Insurance Company (ARX Insurance)Ukraine
Private Joint Stock Company Insurance Company Universalna (Universalna)Ukraine
Fairfax Latin America, which consists of:
Fairfax Brasil Seguros Corporativos S.A. (Fairfax Brasil)Brazil
La Meridional Compañía Argentina de Seguros S.A. (La Meridional Argentina) Argentina
SBS Seguros Colombia S.A. (SouthBridge Colombia)Colombia
SBI Seguros Uruguay S.A. (SouthBridge Uruguay)Uruguay
Southbridge Compañía de Seguros Generales S.A. (SouthBridge Chile)Chile
Bryte Insurance Company Ltd (Bryte Insurance)South Africa
Group Re, which underwrites business in:
CRC Reinsurance Limited (CRC Re)Barbados
Wentworth Insurance Company Ltd. (Wentworth)Barbados
Connemara Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Connemara) Barbados
Fairfax Asia, which consists of:
Falcon Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited (Falcon)Hong Kong
The Pacific Insurance Berhad (Pacific Insurance)Malaysia85.0%
PT Asuransi Multi Artha Guna Tbk (AMAG Insurance) Indonesia80.0%
Fairfirst Insurance Limited (Fairfirst Insurance)Sri Lanka78.0%
Run-off
U.S. Run-off: TIG Insurance Company (TIG Insurance)United States
Investment management
Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. (Hamblin Watsa)Canada
December 31, 2020DomicileFairfax's ownershipPrimary business
Non-insurance companies
Restaurants and retail
Recipe Unlimited Corporation (Recipe)Canada40.2 %
(2)
Franchisor, owner and operator of restaurants
Praktiker Hellas Trading Single Member SA (Praktiker)Greece100.0 %
Retailer of home improvement goods
Toys "R" Us (Canada) Ltd. (Toys "R" Us Canada)Canada84.6 %
Retailer of toys and baby products
Sporting Life Group Limited, which owns:
Canada71.4 %
Invests in retail businesses
100.0% of
Sporting Life Inc. (Sporting Life)Canada71.4 %
Retailer of sporting goods and sports apparel
100.0% of
Golf Town Limited (Golf Town)Canada71.4 %Retailer of golf equipment, apparel and accessories
Kitchen Stuff Plus, Inc. (Kitchen Stuff Plus)Canada55.0 %
Retailer of housewares and home decor
William Ashley China Corporation (William Ashley)Canada100.0 %
Retailer of tableware and gifts
Fairfax India
Fairfax India Holdings Corporation (Fairfax India), which owns:
Canada28.0 %
(2)
Invests in public and private Indian businesses
89.5% of
National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML)
India25.1 %
Provider of agricultural commodities storage
48.8% of
Fairchem Organics Limited (Fairchem)India13.7 %Manufacturer of oleochemicals and neutraceuticals
48.8% of
Privi Speciality Chemicals Limited (Privi)India13.7 %
Manufacturer, supplier and exporter of aroma chemicals
51.0% of
Saurashtra Freight Private Limited (Saurashtra Freight)
India14.3 %
Container freight station operator
Thomas Cook India
Thomas Cook (India) Limited (Thomas Cook India),
which owns:
India66.9 %
Provider of integrated travel and travel-related financial services
100.0% of
Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited (Sterling Resorts)
India66.9 %
Owner and operator of holiday resorts
Other
AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. (AGT)Canada58.0 %Originator, processor and distributor of value-added pulses and staple foods
Dexterra Group Inc. (Dexterra Group)Canada49.0 %Provider of Infrastructure support services
Boat Rocker Media Inc. (Boat Rocker)Canada55.7 %
(3)
Entertainment content creator, producer and distributor
Mosaic Capital Corporation (Mosaic Capital)
Canada— 
(4)
Invests in private Canadian businesses
Pethealth Inc. (Pethealth)Canada100.0 %
(5)
Pet medical insurance and database services
Rouge Media Group Inc. and Rouge Media, Inc. (Rouge Media)Canada and United States65.0 %
(5)
Media and marketing solutions
Farmers Edge Inc. (Farmers Edge)Canada41.1 %
(6)
Provider of advanced digital tools for agriculture
(1)    Subsequent to December 31, 2020 the company entered into an agreement to sell an approximate 14% equity interest in Brit to OMERS (note 23).
(2)    The company owns multiple voting shares and subordinate voting shares of Recipe and Fairfax India that give it voting rights of 61.1% and 93.4%.
(3)    The company has voting rights of 59.1% due to Boat Rocker's issuance of non-voting shares to non-controlling interests.
(4)    The company owns Mosaic Capital warrants that represent a substantive potential voting interest of approximately 61%.
(5)    Subsequent to December 31, 2020, on January 1, 2021 Pethealth became a wholly owned subsidiary of Crum & Forster, and the company sold substantially all of its interest in Rouge Media for consideration of approximately $10 and expects to record a nominal gain in the first quarter of 2021.
(6)    The company holds convertible debentures and warrants in Farmers Edge that, together with its holdings of common shares, represents a substantive potential voting interest of approximately 69%. Subsequent to December 31, 2020, on March 3, 2021 Farmers Edge completed an Initial Public Offering ("IPO") of common shares, prior to which the company exercised its warrants and converted its convertible debentures for common shares of Farmers Edge, resulting in the company's controlling equity interest in Farmers Edge increasing to approximately 62% on completion of the IPO (prior to any over-allotment option that may be exercised by the underwriters of the IPO).