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Amortization Of In Process Revenue Contract Year Four

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Amortization Of In Process Revenue Contract Year One

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Amortization Of In Process Revenue Contract Year Thereafter

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Amortization Of In Process Revenue Contract Year Three

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Amortization Of In Process Revenue Contract Year Two

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Number Of Vessels

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Amount of non-cash amortization of intangible asset (liability) for above and below market leases.

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of amortization expense for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life expected to be recognized after the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of amortization expense for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life expected to be recognized during the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of amortization expense for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life expected to be recognized during the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of amortization expense for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life expected to be recognized during the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of amortization expense for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life expected to be recognized during the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of amortization expense for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life expected to be recognized during the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Goodwill, Intangible Assets and In-Process Revenue Contracts - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 14, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Aggregate amortization expense	$ 13,200,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	$ 18,200,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	$ 17,200,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Amortization of intangible assets, 2015	11,900,000
Amortization of intangible assets, 2016	10,900,000
Amortization of intangible assets, 2017	9,800,000
Amortization of intangible assets, 2018	8,900,000
Amortization of intangible assets, 2019	8,900,000
Amortization of intangible assets, thereafter	44,300,000
Amortization of in-process revenue	(40,939,000)	(61,700,000)	(72,933,000)
Teekay LNG [Member] \| Newbuildings [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of vessels	4
ALP Maritime Services B.V [Member] \| Teekay Offshore [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership acquired				100.00%
BG Joint Venture [Member] \| Teekay LNG [Member] \| Shipbuilding supervision and crew training services [Member] \| Newbuildings [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of vessels	4
Teekay Petrojarl and Omi Corporation [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of in-process revenue	40,900,000	61,700,000	72,900,000
Amortization of in-process revenue contracts, 2015	22,800,000
Amortization of in-process revenue contracts, 2016	29,600,000
Amortization of in-process revenue contracts, 2017	32,700,000
Amortization of in-process revenue contracts, 2018	22,200,000
Amortization of in-process revenue contracts, 2019	14,900,000
Amortization of in-process revenue contracts, thereafter	$ 51,200,000