Earnings per share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 05, 2014

Earnings Per Share Abstract

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

			Quarter ended
		April 5, 2014		March 30, 2013
Earnings from continuing operations
	attributable to SunOpta Inc.	$	6,640	$	5,183
Loss from discontinued
	operations, net of income taxes		-		(58)
Earnings attributable to SunOpta Inc.		$	6,640	$	5,125
Basic weighted-average number of
	shares outstanding		66,572,936		66,092,504
Dilutive potential of the following:
	Employee/director stock options		1,544,245		885,853
	Warrants		467,826		285,485
Diluted weighted-average number of
	shares outstanding		68,585,007		67,263,842
Earnings per share - basic:
	- from continuing operations	$	0.10	$	0.08
	- from discontinued operations		-		-
		$	0.10	$	0.08
Earnings per share - diluted:
	- from continuing operations	$	0.10	$	0.08
	- from discontinued operations		-		-
		$	0.10	$	0.08