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INCOME TAXES (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income (Loss) before Income Tax      
Income (loss) before income taxes $ 321,316,997us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest $ 53,203,722us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest $ (200,588,507)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Current Tax      
Current Tax, net 46,739,006us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 11,683,643us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 15,697,682us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred Tax      
Deferred Tax, net 30,691,907us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (4,044,857)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (21,131,092)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Total Income Tax (Benefit) Expense      
Total Income Tax (Benefit) Expense, net 77,430,913us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 7,638,786us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (5,433,410)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Canada.      
Income (Loss) before Income Tax      
Income (loss) before income taxes 248,666,430us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
41,700,153us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
2,616,980us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
Current Tax      
Current Tax, net 17,721,440us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
1,694,557us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
2,447,930us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
Deferred Tax      
Deferred Tax, net 40,894,769us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
11,493,561us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
1,713,862us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
Total Income Tax (Benefit) Expense      
Total Income Tax (Benefit) Expense, net 58,616,209us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
13,188,118us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
4,161,792us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_CA
Other      
Income (Loss) before Income Tax      
Income (loss) before income taxes 72,650,567us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
11,503,569us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
(203,205,487)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
Current Tax      
Current Tax, net 29,017,566us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
9,989,086us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
13,249,752us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
Deferred Tax      
Deferred Tax, net (10,202,862)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
(15,538,418)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
(22,844,954)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
Total Income Tax (Benefit) Expense      
Total Income Tax (Benefit) Expense, net $ 18,814,704us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
$ (5,549,332)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember
$ (9,595,202)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= csiq_OtherJurisdictionsMember