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

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 11, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2014 USD ($) MaintenanceAndSafety	Jan. 31, 2014 shares	Jun. 30, 2016 MaintenanceAndSafety	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Tanker Investments Limited [Member] \| Warrant [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Expected volatility used in computing fair value of stock purchase warrants					47.80%
Tanker Investments Limited [Member] \| Warrant [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Number of shares available through exercise of stock purchase warrant \| shares			1,500,000
Teekay Offshore [Member] \| Logitel Offshore Holdings [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership acquired	100.00%	100.00%
Aggregate purchase price, cash	$ 4,000	$ 4,000
Potential additional cash amount for purchase price	$ 27,600	$ 27,600
Number of units for maintenance and safety \| MaintenanceAndSafety		3
Time-charter Swap [Member] \| Teekay Tankers [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Estimated average daily tanker rate					$ 18
Newbuildings [Member] \| Cancellation Potential [Member] \| Logitel Offshore Holdings [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Number of units for maintenance and safety \| MaintenanceAndSafety				2