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Investments - Teekay LNG - Marubeni Joint Venture - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2013	Feb. 29, 2012 Vessel	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership			16.05%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
Long-term Debt			$ 6,736,498,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt	$ 6,109,470,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Interest rate swap agreements [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Teekay LNG-Marubeni Joint Venture entered in to an interest rate swap	8 years
Notional amount	160,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
Amortizing quarterly over the term of the interest rate swap to million at maturity	70,400,000tk_ReducedPrincipalAmountOfDenominatedInterestRateSwaps / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
Interest rate swap agreements [Member] | Derivative Instrument Interest Payment Period One [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
LIBOR-based interest for the payment of a fixed rate of interest	2.20%us-gaap_DerivativeFixedInterestRate / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = tk_DerivativeInstrumentInterestPaymentPeriodOneMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
Interest rate swap agreements [Member] | Derivative Instrument Interest Payment Period Two [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
LIBOR-based interest for the payment of a fixed rate of interest	2.36%us-gaap_DerivativeFixedInterestRate / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = tk_DerivativeInstrumentInterestPaymentPeriodTwoMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
Teekay LNG-Marubeni Joint Venture [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership		100.00%tk_JointVentureInterestInAcquiredBusiness / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember
Number of vessels		6tk_NumberOfVessels / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember
Acquisition cost		1,300,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember
Percentage of ownership		52.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember	52.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember
Long-term Debt			963,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember
Carrying value of the guarantee liability	$ 700,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember		$ 400,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember	$ 600,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_TeekayLngMarubeniJointVentureMember
Marubeni Corporation [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership		48.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = tk_MarubeniMember

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