Guarantor Subsidiaries (Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries) - Consolidating Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	$ 77.1	$ 86.2	$ 47.2	$ 179.4
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	293.3	305.7
Income taxes recoverable	1.6	1.6
Inventories	249.4	262.4
Prepaid expenses and other assets	17.2	47.6
Total current assets	638.6	703.5
Property, plant & equipment, net	769.8	864.5	480.5
Goodwill	759.6	743.6	139.2
Intangibles and other assets, net	711.7	758.0	290.6
Deferred tax assets	7.6	3.4
Other tax receivable		0.2
Total assets	2,887.3	3,073.2	1,410.7
Short-term borrowings	122.0	229.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	3.4	4.0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	437.6	420.0
Total current liabilities	563.0	653.0
Long-term debt	1,525.4	1,541.3
Deferred tax liabilities	76.5	109.4
Other long-term liabilities	76.5	71.8
Total liabilities	2,241.4	2,375.5
Equity
Common shares, no par	534.7	388.3
Additional paid-in-capital	51.2	46.6
Retained earnings (deficit)	129.6	158.1
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(76.2)	(51.0)
Total Cott Corporation equity	639.3	542.0
Non-controlling interests	6.6	6.9
Total equity	645.9	548.9	604.4	621.4
Total liabilities and equity	2,887.3	3,073.2
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	77.1	86.2	47.2	179.4
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	293.3	305.7
Income taxes recoverable	1.6	1.6
Inventories	249.4	262.4
Prepaid expenses and other assets	17.2	47.6
Total current assets	638.6	703.5
Property, plant & equipment, net	769.8	864.5
Goodwill	759.6	743.6
Intangibles and other assets, net	711.7	758.0
Deferred tax assets	7.6	3.4
Other tax receivable		0.2
Total assets	2,887.3	3,073.2
Short-term borrowings	122.0	229.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	3.4	4.0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	437.6	420.0
Total current liabilities	563.0	653.0
Long-term debt	1,525.4	1,541.3
Deferred tax liabilities	76.5	109.4
Other long-term liabilities	76.5	71.8
Total liabilities	2,241.4	2,375.5
Convertible preferred shares		116.1
Non-convertible preferred shares		32.7
Equity
Common shares, no par	534.7	388.3
Additional paid-in-capital	51.2	46.6
Retained earnings (deficit)	129.6	158.1
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(76.2)	(51.0)
Total Cott Corporation equity	639.3	542.0
Non-controlling interests	6.6	6.9
Total equity	645.9	548.9
Total liabilities and equity	2,887.3	3,073.2
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member] | Elimination Entries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	(163.1)	(186.9)
Total current assets	(163.1)	(186.9)
Deferred tax assets	(38.2)	(36.1)
Due from affiliates	(990.2)	(751.4)
Investments in subsidiaries	(1,726.1)	(1,409.4)
Total assets	(2,917.6)	(2,383.8)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(163.1)	(186.9)
Total current liabilities	(163.1)	(186.9)
Deferred tax liabilities	(38.2)	(36.1)
Due to affiliates	(990.2)	(751.4)
Total liabilities	(1,191.5)	(974.4)
Equity
Common shares, no par	(2,227.0)	(2,161.2)
Retained earnings (deficit)	524.0	752.4
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(23.1)	(0.6)
Total Cott Corporation equity	(1,726.1)	(1,409.4)
Total equity	(1,726.1)	(1,409.4)
Total liabilities and equity	(2,917.6)	(2,383.8)
Cott Corporation [Member] | Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	20.8	6.2	1.5	39.8
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	18.3	16.2
Inventories	13.0	12.4
Prepaid expenses and other assets	2.2	2.3
Total current assets	54.3	37.1
Property, plant & equipment, net	29.7	38.2
Goodwill	19.8	23.4
Intangibles and other assets, net	0.8	0.7
Deferred tax assets	7.4	3.4
Other tax receivable		0.1
Due from affiliates	400.1	183.8
Investments in subsidiaries	176.3	436.3
Total assets	688.4	723.0
Current maturities of long-term debt		0.1
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	47.6	30.4
Total current liabilities	47.6	30.5
Other long-term liabilities	0.5	0.4
Due to affiliates	1.0	1.3
Total liabilities	49.1	32.2
Convertible preferred shares		116.1
Non-convertible preferred shares		32.7
Equity
Common shares, no par	534.7	388.3
Additional paid-in-capital	51.2	46.6
Retained earnings (deficit)	129.6	158.1
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(76.2)	(51.0)
Total Cott Corporation equity	639.3	542.0
Total equity	639.3	542.0
Total liabilities and equity	688.4	723.0
Cott Beverages Inc. [Member] | Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	1.0	8.6	1.1	37.5
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	63.3	130.4
Income taxes recoverable	0.6	0.6
Inventories	76.7	72.5
Prepaid expenses and other assets	4.6	33.9
Total current assets	146.2	246.0
Property, plant & equipment, net	163.3	178.4
Goodwill	4.5	4.5
Intangibles and other assets, net	79.2	81.6
Deferred tax assets	38.2	36.1
Other tax receivable		0.1
Due from affiliates	587.5	564.5
Investments in subsidiaries	847.3	623.5
Total assets	1,866.2	1,734.7
Short-term borrowings	122.0	229.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	2.6	2.5
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	234.6	212.4
Total current liabilities	359.2	443.9
Long-term debt	1,134.1	1,133.4
Other long-term liabilities	20.0	5.8
Due to affiliates	1.6	1.7
Total liabilities	1,514.9	1,584.8
Equity
Common shares, no par	701.5	525.7
Retained earnings (deficit)	(333.5)	(367.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(16.7)	(8.6)
Total Cott Corporation equity	351.3	149.9
Total equity	351.3	149.9
Total liabilities and equity	1,866.2	1,734.7
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	50.2	64.0	39.1	96.4
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	361.8	333.8
Income taxes recoverable	0.8	0.6
Inventories	154.1	172.0
Prepaid expenses and other assets	10.2	11.0
Total current assets	577.1	581.4
Property, plant & equipment, net	570.1	640.1
Goodwill	735.3	715.7
Intangibles and other assets, net	628.9	669.0
Due from affiliates	2.6	3.0
Investments in subsidiaries	702.5	349.6
Total assets	3,216.5	2,958.8
Current maturities of long-term debt	0.4	0.5
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	310.2	356.0
Total current liabilities	310.6	356.5
Long-term debt	391.3	407.3
Deferred tax liabilities	114.7	145.5
Other long-term liabilities	54.9	64.3
Due to affiliates	959.4	715.5
Total liabilities	1,830.9	1,689.1
Equity
Common shares, no par	1,486.9	1,595.8
Retained earnings (deficit)	(132.1)	(330.1)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	30.8	4.0
Total Cott Corporation equity	1,385.6	1,269.7
Total equity	1,385.6	1,269.7
Total liabilities and equity	3,216.5	2,958.8
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	5.1	7.4	$ 5.5	$ 5.7
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	13.0	12.2
Income taxes recoverable	0.2	0.4
Inventories	5.6	5.5
Prepaid expenses and other assets	0.2	0.4
Total current assets	24.1	25.9
Property, plant & equipment, net	6.7	7.8
Intangibles and other assets, net	2.8	6.7
Deferred tax assets	0.2
Due from affiliates		0.1
Total assets	33.8	40.5
Current maturities of long-term debt	0.4	0.9
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	8.3	8.1
Total current liabilities	8.7	9.0
Long-term debt		0.6
Other long-term liabilities	1.1	1.3
Due to affiliates	28.2	32.9
Total liabilities	38.0	43.8
Equity
Common shares, no par	38.6	39.7
Retained earnings (deficit)	(58.4)	(55.1)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	9.0	5.2
Total Cott Corporation equity	(10.8)	(10.2)
Non-controlling interests	6.6	6.9
Total equity	(4.2)	(3.3)
Total liabilities and equity	$ 33.8	$ 40.5