Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Nov. 14, 2019
Document And Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	Franchise Holdings International, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001096275
Document Type	10-Q/A
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2019
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 31, 2019 of FRANCHISE HOLDINGS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15h, 2019 (the "Form 10-Q") is to indicate that the registrated has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months. In error, the original report indicated that the issier has not filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the proceeding 12 months. No other changes have been made to the Form 10-Q. This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-Q speaks as of the original filing date of the Form 10-Q, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date, and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the original Form 10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	No
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business Flag	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		40,506,721
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019