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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	$ 2,960,626,610us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 1,654,356,064us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 1,294,829,413us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Total long-lived assets	538,631,956us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets	568,440,775us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
Europe
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	240,258,288us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember	180,336,649us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember	656,459,728us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember
Germany
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	137,011,822us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_DE	72,186,472us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_DE	422,038,906us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_DE
United Kingdom
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	59,878,185us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_GB	32,901,446us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_GB	28,266,410us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_GB
France
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	9,990,167us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_FR	26,405,640us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_FR	18,726,891us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_FR
Netherlands
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	9,166,320us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_NL	12,881,805us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_NL	21,998,224us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_NL
Spain
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	1,124,816us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_ES	16,135,229us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_ES	71,982,482us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_ES
Others
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	23,086,978us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesEuropeMember	19,826,057us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesEuropeMember	93,446,815us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesEuropeMember
The Americas
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	1,795,489,931us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_AmericaMember	588,278,676us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_AmericaMember	342,252,612us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_AmericaMember
Canada.
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	1,182,091,018us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA	371,840,958us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA	86,327,618us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA
Total long-lived assets	29,152,090us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA	115,404,304us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA
United States
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	604,537,140us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	215,262,233us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	254,096,258us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
Others
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	8,861,773us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesAmericaMember	1,175,485us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesAmericaMember	1,828,736us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesAmericaMember
Asia and other regions
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	924,878,391us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_AsiaAndOtherRegionsMember	885,740,739us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_AsiaAndOtherRegionsMember	296,117,073us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_AsiaAndOtherRegionsMember
Japan
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	623,691,469us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_JP	483,787,914us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_JP	120,248,386us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_JP
PRC
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	163,657,880us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CN	199,663,742us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CN	89,120,632us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CN
Total long-lived assets	438,640,711us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CN	441,711,646us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CN
India
Revenues generated by geographic location of customers' headquarter
Total net revenues	63,816,728us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IN	68,731,110us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IN	22,523,243us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_IN
Singapore
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Total net revenues	18,021,083us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_SG	36,743,424us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_SG	969,796us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_SG
Others
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Total net revenues	55,691,231us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesAsiaMember	96,814,549us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesAsiaMember	63,255,016us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = csiq_OtherCountriesAsiaMember
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