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Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Aggregate Business Acquisitions Completed (Details) CAD / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 30, 2017 CAD CAD / shares | Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid, net of cash acquired |  |  | $ 57.7 | $ 0.0 |  |
Excess purchase price allocated to Goodwill |  |  |  |  | $ 2,961.3 | $ 2,888.4
Earnings Based Metrics |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum contingent consideration |  |  |  |  | 38.5 |
Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets acquired, discount rate |  |  | 9.00% |  |  |
Intangible assets acquired, royalty rate |  |  | 1.00% |  |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets acquired, discount rate |  |  | 20.00% |  |  |
Intangible assets acquired, royalty rate |  |  | 16.00% |  |  |
Aggregate total |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Consideration |  |  | $ 66.0 |  |  |
Cash paid, net of cash acquired |  |  | $ 57.7 |  |  |
Contingent consideration |  |  |  |  | 7.5 |
Allocation of purchase price to Intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  | 56.4 |
Weighted average useful life of acquired intangible assets |  |  | 8 years 3 months |  |  |
Excess purchase price allocated to Goodwill |  |  |  |  | $ 14.6 |
NYX |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Consideration | CAD 775,000,000 | $ 631.0 |  |  |  |
Aggregate purchase price (in CAD per share) | CAD / shares | CAD 2.40 |  |  |  |  |
Contingent termination fee | CAD | CAD 30,000,000 |  |  |  |  |

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