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BORROWINGS (Details 2) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
BORROWINGS
Short-term bank borrowings	$ 655,925,862us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings	$ 588,765,154us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Long-term borrowings due within one year	37,201,847us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent	136,449,641us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Subtotal for short-term	693,127,709csiq_BankPayableCurrent	725,214,795csiq_BankPayableCurrent
Short-term borrowings from non-banking financial institutions	14,708,285us-gaap_ShortTermNonBankLoansAndNotesPayable	53,297,709us-gaap_ShortTermNonBankLoansAndNotesPayable
Borrowings from non-banking financial institutions	32,385,029csiq_NonBankBorrowingsCurrent	53,297,709csiq_NonBankBorrowingsCurrent
Total	725,512,738us-gaap_DebtCurrent	778,512,504us-gaap_DebtCurrent
Average interest rate on short term borrowings (as a percent)	4.63%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate	4.67%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
Borrowings secured by restricted cash
BORROWINGS
Short-term bank borrowings	120,772,338us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByRestrictedCashMember	69,840,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByRestrictedCashMember
Long-term borrowings due within one year	19,400,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByRestrictedCashMember
Short-term borrowings secured by inventories
BORROWINGS
Short-term bank borrowings	35,881,746us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByInventoryMember	32,905,247us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByInventoryMember
Borrowings guaranteed by Dr. Shawn Qu
BORROWINGS
Short-term bank borrowings	57,419,443us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtGuaranteedByRelatedPartyMember	30,161,927us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtGuaranteedByRelatedPartyMember
Borrowings secured by prepaid land use rights and property, plant and equipment
BORROWINGS
Short-term bank borrowings	91,270,262us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByLandUseRightAndPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember	108,781,908us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByLandUseRightAndPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
Long-term borrowings due within one year	5,033,502us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByLandUseRightAndPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember	19,926,520us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByLandUseRightAndPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
Borrowings secured by project assets
BORROWINGS
Short-term bank borrowings	45,148,851us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByProjectAssetsMember	28,035,954us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByProjectAssetsMember
Long-term borrowings due within one year	586,630us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByProjectAssetsMember	49,821,157us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByProjectAssetsMember
Long-term borrowings from non-banking financial institutions	16,149,686csiq_LongTermNonBankLoansAndNotesPayableCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByProjectAssetsMember
Borrowings secured by bank notes
BORROWINGS
Short-term bank borrowings		36,420,800us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = csiq_DebtSecuredByBankNotesMember
Unsecured
BORROWINGS
Short-term bank borrowings	305,433,222us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember	282,619,318us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember
Long-term borrowings due within one year	12,181,715us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember	66,701,964us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember
Long-term borrowings from non-banking financial institutions	1,527,059csiq_LongTermNonBankLoansAndNotesPayableCurrent / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember
Short-term borrowings from non-banking financial institutions	$ 14,708,284us-gaap_ShortTermNonBankLoansAndNotesPayable / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember	$ 53,297,709us-gaap_ShortTermNonBankLoansAndNotesPayable / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember

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