DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Aug. 07, 2012
Entity Registrant Name	Counsel RB Capital Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000849145
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	crbn
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		28,135,228
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012