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

Amount after tax, before reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature.

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