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Financial Statement Schedule I (Details 5) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements |  |  |
Net income (loss) | $ 243,886,084 us-gaap_ProfitLoss | $ 45,564,936 us-gaap_ProfitLoss | $ (195,155,097)us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Other comprehensive income (net of tax of nil): |  |  |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (32,439,736)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax | 1,877,848 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax | 5,505,067 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Canadian Solar Inc. | 205,648,267 us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax | 34,774,860 us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax | (190,228,872)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax
Parent Company |  |  |
Condensed Financial Statements |  |  |
Net income (loss) | 239,501,317 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember | 31,659,276 us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember | (195,468,691)us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Other comprehensive income (net of tax of nil): |  |  |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (33,853,050)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember | 3,115,584 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember | 5,239,819 us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Canadian Solar Inc. | $ 205,648,267 us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember | $ 34,774,860 us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember | $ (190,228,872)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember

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