Lease Obligations - Summary of Minimum Lease Payments (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020 CAD ($)
Disclosure Of Maturity Analysis Of Finance Lease Payments Receivable [Line Items]
Minimum lease payments	$ 1,607
Amounts representing finance charges	(167)
Net minimum lease payments	1,440
Less Than One Year
Disclosure Of Maturity Analysis Of Finance Lease Payments Receivable [Line Items]
Minimum lease payments	490
One to Three Years
Disclosure Of Maturity Analysis Of Finance Lease Payments Receivable [Line Items]
Minimum lease payments	895
Three to Five Years
Disclosure Of Maturity Analysis Of Finance Lease Payments Receivable [Line Items]
Minimum lease payments	$ 222

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The amount of the discounted unguaranteed residual value of assets subject to finance leases. Unguaranteed residual value is the portion of the residual value of the underlying asset, the realisation of which by a lessor is not assured or is guaranteed solely by a party related to the lessor. Finance lease is a lease that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of an underlying asset.

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The gross investment in the finance lease discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease. Finance lease is a lease that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of an underlying asset. Gross investment in the finance lease is the sum of: (a) the lease payments receivable by a lessor under a finance lease; and (b) any unguaranteed residual value accruing to the lessor. Interest rate implicit in the lease is the rate of interest that causes the present value of (a) the lease payments and (b) the unguaranteed residual value to equal to the sum of (i) the fair value of the underlying asset and (ii) the initial direct costs of the lessor.

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The amount of undiscounted finance lease payments to be received. Finance lease is a lease that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of an underlying asset.

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