XML 91 R27.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.20.1

Employee Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019
Employees Benefit Plans [Abstract]
Employee Benefit Plans	NOTE 21. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS The Corporation has a defined contribution pension plan covering a significant number of its employees. Under this plan, the Corporation matches individual contributions up to 5% of the employee’s eligible compensation. Total expense under the defined contribution plan in 2019 was $13 million (2018 – $12 million).

X

- Definition

The entire disclosure for employee benefits.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 19
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Section Scope
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&doctype=Standard&dita_xref=IAS19_g2-7_TI
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_DisclosureOfEmployeeBenefitsExplanatory
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Employees benefit plans.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	pds_EmployeesBenefitPlansAbstract
Namespace Prefix:	pds_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration