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Stock Issued During the Period, Percentage of Voting Stock Publicly Owned

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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the amounts payable to vendors for goods and services received and the amount of obligations and expenses incurred but not paid.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount after tax and reclassification adjustments of other comprehensive income (loss).

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Number of new stock issued during the period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Basis of Presentation (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 26, 2016 $ / shares shares	Jul. 21, 2016 shares	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment	Dec. 24, 2013
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of discontinued operating segments \| segment			2	2
Number of reportable segments \| segment				3
Restatement Adjustment [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Increase in other comprehensive income \| $			$ 21,500	$ 21,500
Reduction of accounts payable and accrued liabilities \| $			$ 21,500	$ 21,500
JLL
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (as percent)	39.00%				51.00%
Koninklijke DSM
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (as percent)	34.00%				49.00%
JLL/Delta Patheon Holdings [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (as percent)	4.00%
IPO
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of ordinary shares (in shares) \| shares	29,464,286
Share price (in USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 21.00
Percentage of voting stock owned by the public	23.00%
IPO \| Koninklijke DSM
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of ordinary shares (in shares) \| shares	4,761,905	4,761,905