Note 17 - Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	17. Subsequent events: On February 9, 2016, the Company announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase up to $40 million of its common stock in the open market. Purchases will be made exclusively through the facilities of the NASDAQ Capital Market. The stock buyback program commenced on February 10, 2016 and will terminate on or before February 9, 2017. All shares purchased by Tucows under the stock buyback program will be retired and returned to treasury.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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