Guarantor Subsidiaries (Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries) - Consolidating Balance Sheet (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	$ 118.1	$ 77.1	$ 86.2	$ 47.2
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	403.9	293.3
Inventories	301.4	249.4
Prepaid expenses and other assets	29.8	18.8
Total current assets	853.2	638.6
Property, plant & equipment, net	929.9	769.8
Goodwill	1,175.4	759.6	743.6
Intangible assets, net	939.7	684.1
Deferred tax assets	0.2	7.6
Other assets, net	41.3	27.6
Total assets	3,939.7	2,887.3
Short-term borrowings	207.0	122.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	5.7	3.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	597.4	437.6
Total current liabilities	810.1	563.0
Long-term debt	1,988.0	1,525.4
Deferred tax liabilities	157.8	76.5
Other long-term liabilities	110.0	76.5
Total liabilities	3,065.9	2,241.4
Equity
Common shares, no par	909.3	534.7
Additional paid-in-capital	54.2	51.2
Retained earnings (deficit)	22.9	129.6
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(117.9)	(76.2)	(51.0)	(16.8)
Total Cott Corporation equity	868.5	639.3
Non-controlling interests	5.3	6.6
Total equity	873.8	645.9	548.9	604.4
Total liabilities and equity	3,939.7	2,887.3
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	118.1	77.1	86.2	47.2
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	403.9	293.3
Inventories	301.4	249.4
Prepaid expenses and other assets	29.8	18.8
Total current assets	853.2	638.6
Property, plant & equipment, net	929.9	769.8
Goodwill	1,175.4	759.6
Intangible assets, net	939.7	684.1
Deferred tax assets	0.2	7.6
Other assets, net	41.3	27.6
Total assets	3,939.7	2,887.3
Short-term borrowings	207.0	122.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	5.7	3.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	597.4	437.6
Total current liabilities	810.1	563.0
Long-term debt	1,988.0	1,525.4
Deferred tax liabilities	157.8	76.5
Other long-term liabilities	110.0	76.5
Total liabilities	3,065.9	2,241.4
Equity
Common shares, no par	909.3	534.7
Additional paid-in-capital	54.2	51.2
Retained earnings (deficit)	22.9	129.6
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(117.9)	(76.2)
Total Cott Corporation equity	868.5	639.3
Non-controlling interests	5.3	6.6
Total equity	873.8	645.9
Total liabilities and equity	3,939.7	2,887.3
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	(233.6)	(163.1)
Total current assets	(233.6)	(163.1)
Deferred tax assets	(6.0)	(38.2)
Due from affiliates	(1,866.5)	(990.2)
Investments in subsidiaries	(2,199.0)	(1,726.1)
Total assets	(4,305.1)	(2,917.6)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(233.6)	(163.1)
Total current liabilities	(233.6)	(163.1)
Deferred tax liabilities	(6.0)	(38.2)
Due to affiliates	(1,866.5)	(990.2)
Total liabilities	(2,106.1)	(1,191.5)
Equity
Common shares, no par	(2,633.2)	(2,227.0)
Retained earnings (deficit)	600.9	524.0
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(166.7)	(23.1)
Total Cott Corporation equity	(2,199.0)	(1,726.1)
Total equity	(2,199.0)	(1,726.1)
Total liabilities and equity	(4,305.1)	(2,917.6)
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	4.8	20.8	6.2	1.5
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	27.4	18.3
Inventories	14.0	13.0
Prepaid expenses and other assets	1.4	2.2
Total current assets	47.6	54.3
Property, plant & equipment, net	27.5	29.7
Goodwill	20.3	19.8
Intangible assets, net	0.1	0.1
Deferred tax assets		7.4
Other assets, net	1.2	0.7
Due from affiliates	943.2	400.1
Investments in subsidiaries	361.9	176.3
Total assets	1,401.8	688.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	66.5	47.6
Total current liabilities	66.5	47.6
Long-term debt	464.3
Deferred tax liabilities	1.0
Other long-term liabilities	0.5	0.5
Due to affiliates	1.0	1.0
Total liabilities	533.3	49.1
Equity
Common shares, no par	909.3	534.7
Additional paid-in-capital	54.2	51.2
Retained earnings (deficit)	22.9	129.6
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(117.9)	(76.2)
Total Cott Corporation equity	868.5	639.3
Total equity	868.5	639.3
Total liabilities and equity	1,401.8	688.4
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	3.1	1.0	8.6	1.1
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	73.3	63.3
Inventories	72.0	76.7
Prepaid expenses and other assets	4.3	5.2
Total current assets	152.7	146.2
Property, plant & equipment, net	154.4	163.3
Goodwill	4.5	4.5
Intangible assets, net	66.2	69.8
Deferred tax assets	6.0	38.2
Other assets, net	17.0	9.4
Due from affiliates	580.2	587.5
Investments in subsidiaries	847.3	847.3
Total assets	1,828.3	1,866.2
Short-term borrowings	207.0	122.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	2.5	2.6
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	261.9	234.6
Total current liabilities	471.4	359.2
Long-term debt	1,135.6	1,134.1
Other long-term liabilities	24.4	20.0
Due to affiliates	142.1	1.6
Total liabilities	1,773.5	1,514.9
Equity
Common shares, no par	834.8	701.5
Retained earnings (deficit)	(759.9)	(333.5)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(20.1)	(16.7)
Total Cott Corporation equity	54.8	351.3
Total equity	54.8	351.3
Total liabilities and equity	1,828.3	1,866.2
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	71.7	50.2	64.0	39.1
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	443.1	361.8
Inventories	194.3	154.1
Prepaid expenses and other assets	19.4	11.0
Total current assets	728.5	577.1
Property, plant & equipment, net	640.8	570.1
Goodwill	867.9	735.3
Intangible assets, net	675.6	611.4
Other assets, net	20.7	17.5
Due from affiliates	343.1	2.6
Investments in subsidiaries	989.8	702.5
Total assets	4,266.4	3,216.5
Current maturities of long-term debt	0.2	0.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	369.3	310.2
Total current liabilities	369.5	310.6
Long-term debt	385.3	391.3
Deferred tax liabilities	136.2	114.7
Other long-term liabilities	63.5	54.9
Due to affiliates	1,233.6	959.4
Total liabilities	2,188.1	1,830.9
Equity
Common shares, no par	1,648.7	1,486.9
Retained earnings (deficit)	251.9	(132.1)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	177.7	30.8
Total Cott Corporation equity	2,078.3	1,385.6
Total equity	2,078.3	1,385.6
Total liabilities and equity	4,266.4	3,216.5
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	38.5	5.1	$ 7.4	$ 5.5
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	93.7	13.0
Inventories	21.1	5.6
Prepaid expenses and other assets	4.7	0.4
Total current assets	158.0	24.1
Property, plant & equipment, net	107.2	6.7
Goodwill	282.7
Intangible assets, net	197.8	2.8
Deferred tax assets	0.2	0.2
Other assets, net	2.4
Total assets	748.3	33.8
Current maturities of long-term debt	3.0	0.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	133.3	8.3
Total current liabilities	136.3	8.7
Long-term debt	2.8
Deferred tax liabilities	26.6
Other long-term liabilities	21.6	1.1
Due to affiliates	489.8	28.2
Total liabilities	677.1	38.0
Equity
Common shares, no par	149.7	38.6
Retained earnings (deficit)	(92.9)	(58.4)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	9.1	9.0
Total Cott Corporation equity	65.9	(10.8)
Non-controlling interests	5.3	6.6
Total equity	71.2	(4.2)
Total liabilities and equity	$ 748.3	$ 33.8